Daily Republican., 1882-12-06
FIFTH EDlII0O
GRAVE KORREnE
Local Local Force of tine PE,lano,,tA y, y
PFeas "A GhaSIlx To,, "uelphI

~OSA"IuA Detective WorG
Local Force OF the pr., .'A By u
Press "A GhasIly Jon h'"oslDAI
Francis McNamee, "Dr,o,u
and Levi Chew, the ,ot,a Du.ca" Ph
man. man, ' were , arrested late 'I, Oh SGololl
night in Philadelphia, wbIIa Ua Mond
wagon containing five danS lazy driving
s0s,s sne Jefferson Medical Collepe "oqle' T.
rests rests, were made by five repcpio,d cp tae q
Press and a detective. Tbe bpVi'eS hei Of
been taken from the LebanUonO OCal's q
IN TN the u lower part of the cisv ciGS1?ts
which the Press asserts so so may rUy' tn
nave been taken for dissectiorru ruy Y O0di
now almost empty. ''On Iaati
The prisoners are profe,si,,.,
roooers, aud 'Deir Operations ia, 6a. ga
carried Oh tur long TINA, T SaVe Oe
arrests were made early wv" va,,.l na
morning, when a detective visi.Ds issS's'd
cemetery ground and arres,sd .S'%a g
Chew, Its superintendent S ana hGb
with tho cnnnS. coSaLhee had coOt,' =
mails between this city and 5'5y.ng WE
Square, Delaware Count DO Nes@y
drove the wagon with tb;s m,a aal
was about to start on bis ion.Sll uall
morning when arrested, 'TS.ney Ha
immunity from arrest on ,bi0 o psd
and was accordingly released aSaet SS
promise to attend the hearin, N.Y. apA
ternoon. Four Of the bodies S'u 'us
identified. One of them Is tb,,"in a
JorGensen, who shot himself y
vem Der 20 and died on Dpc.mh.v,a, W
The prisoners were given ,'I ~
at 4 o'clock yesterday aftsrnon w. ",
istrate Lemons Office On "
street above Seventh. wy
Crowds OF colored people v,,,I
the street for hours before thu Nv NY
began. Plots to lypch the pr,Ss,l ~
their arrival was discusssd I'a'l' h. \
stable Myers, Pinkertop, Hs..., nv
Henderson and Others rushed tbsNs @
ners through the crowded bslVsr
back door and had them in,i5a i'
the mob realized what was 'rrS soi,, "
1t vented its disappointment En- n
and yells. The office was Orovdsd
oolored element being str6npsF'
eraI OF the officers of Lebanon CsD,'
were present, Louis n. Aegsr,s-
titled that two keys found On IISY,5
fitted doors in the loom wben 6ai
were prepared for dissection ia tbs1 Nj
terson College. McNamee depiadIII
ing who gave them TO him o, vhat
was TO haul, but finally said ba
waited outside the cemetery Vbis
others brought out the bodies, and
knew where they came from R,b
Chew, when arrested about hail.,
IA o'clock yo,terday morning n
crying, and said he was psid B r.
every body taken from the csDsa
and that the money was handed b
by his brother.
He did not know how many IN
had been robbed. Sometimes Pfls
the digging and sometimes Lew,
mad been in the cemetery eleven "A
and the grave robbery had besBn
on for nine years. His brOthey-r
Solomon Butler, now in Marylnl
it first, th0n one Myers aud tba
Nance, Sometimes if the warna
and the driver said they Wes I'D
the cotfius were Opaned in The nSr
vault. the corpse snatChol' and
farce Of burying the empty ahl
gone through next day
The records Of the buriaibaIi
| the cemetery this mOrniHgAoEdtl
in two months tifty-tive hdiaVds
in ono grave. This creatd RNSatl
Upon conclusion of The testimony
defendants were declared committed
default of $4,000 for a further hearing
Friday. As soon as the crowd Outs
! of the magistrates office learned
the case was over an 0VerEleIm
rush was made tCr tho entry and ga
way, with threats to lynch the prla
ers ard & Sergeant and ten OF the
serves had to DO sent for The Gro
made another rash and men and
men struck at the Captives, |Aoshia
and covered before the1, The pol
men drew their CluN' I'D alnostoi
trot went down Cus5.Aut street. %
Central station, where the pIliai
! were locked up for the night.