The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
DENIED CanssTrAs BURIAL.

The fIeshIe.. Bones of the As-assin 10 be
Exhibit ID I'm the Mu.eum-rhe Mystery
Surrounding the transfer of his Cadayer
from the Jaii 60 the Medical Museum-
the Public.
wA.mSGIoS, ID. C., July 6.-The body of the as
sassin, which was inferred in the wing of the
jail last Saturday afternoon, was quietly removed
last Monday night frum its las; resting place to the
dsBcs ,ssa ,h somewhat e q esne
Garfield were taken into the very building where
President Lincoln was. in 1865, assassnated by John
opening street, between Ninth and TENTH
through which Booth made his escape, and through
which, four years later. Booths remains were taken
to the Museum to be transferred from the box in
which the Government had buried them at the arse
nal to a temporary coffin for removal to Baltimore
where the final interInent took place As was ap-
pre- hended by the officers of the jail and Others
when II was first suggested that the remains of Gu
team should rest at the jail at least for season. the
body proved as much of an elephant the hands Of
Gene q! Crocker the Warden and Others. as did Gui-
teau in life They continually beset on the
streets with inquiries whether it really that
the body was there buried, and at the jail, many 2eo
pie called to see the grave. The enormous sums Of
fered for the eadaver OF make it an object for
resurreeoniss to obtain the body if they could and
since the execution some suspicious parties have
been noticed abo.t the jail and the Potter's field.
the latter having been carefully looked to find
some trace of the remains. Had the body remained
within the walls of the jail it would have always Of
fered q strong temptation for raid of ghous, and
TO protect would have required constant vigilance
on the part Of the oicsrs- As the body left to
Dr. Hicks with the request that it should not be dis
posed of for mercenary purposes and es there eoud
be found safer place TO keep the remains than the
Army Medical Museum, il determined to re emoye
them there, and at the same time to keep the fact
OF the removal secret until after Mrs Scovle left
the city. Ihe iaet Of the removal leaked out, not
through the jail officials. any connected with
the prison, but from the observations of people
in the neighborbsod. 1t was noticed that Warden
Croker, and Capt. Russ Deputy Warden, were both
at the Jail after nishtfa of Monday some what un-
usual occurrence. unless the Of execution,
the departure of prisoners for the pententiary. or
some event requiring speedy action by them. About
o'clock. Rev. DIR. Hicks and young physician
walked out to tho building and were seen to enter.
About 10 O'Clock the dark outlines Of covered vehi
cle resembling the hearselike wagons used by un-
dertakers, having been noticed approaching the
building without the knowledge Of any those
IN the secret the gate leading into the nclosure
opened and the vehicle entered. II driven
down TO that portion Of the potter field where small
poI patients are Inferred, and there waited some
minutes. IL any one then observed the wagon, the
impression doubtless that the remains Of some
person who had died of smallpox were being remov-
ell. Thence skirting the inclosure 10 the hospital
through the rank weeds, the wagon, with the least
possible noise, driven TO the basement
trance Of the Jail and hacked up to the door. This
having been quickly opened, the grave which was
but few feet away, directly under the store room
in the east wing, was soon reached. Shovels were
industriously piled, and it was not long before the
coffin exposed to view. The Warden and his de.
putty breathed more freely as they finally the
last of Guiteau. There present at the disnter
ment, only the Warden. the deputy Warden, one
physician, the driver and two men, with Rev. DIR.
Hicks, and il Is believed that DIR. Hicks of
the who rode in the wagon with the corpse. The
vehicle was driven from the jail at moderate rate
ofspeed into the city, and about ll:3o o'clock was
10 pass into the alley above described. Some
thing in the shape of a coffin borne from the
hcle into the door of the Museum building.
There but little doubt, that within week two,
all that remains of Charles jules Guiteau, after pas.
sing through the hands Of the automatists of the
Museum, will be standing in glasa case in one of
the public halls of the building, where the public
can safe its curiosity. The officers duty at the
jail deny the story of the removal or at least of hay
ing any knowledge of it, and confirmation of their
assertions, note the fact that Tuesday and yea,
terday the of carbolc acid was made necessary,
disnfectant Of the grave of Gniteau, for the
stencil had become strong There is doubt that
the acid used, but as but two officers have keys
TO the apartment in which the grave dug they
alone tell whether the body is there not. One
of these officers, to-day. made the assertion that if
it had been removed, it without his knowledge,
and he did not that the dirt had been disturbed
physician who assisted in the operation. told your
assassin had been separated today. by attaches Of
the Army Medical Museum, located in the building
in which President Lincoln assassinated, and
that after being put through the necessary form for
preservation, the skeleton wOrld be placed
exhibition. There is n0 longer any donbt on the
point that Gutcau's body is not Wondering in the
grave, hut is safely slowed in the Museum.-GiObe-
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