The daily gazette., 1882-05-02
erpANGE FANCY.


rather preserves the CorRsss T:,s,oS q WIN &,s
,s'IdTsn % in Order to DC DOr'
hei"' fPhlladelphia Press'l
~ nlace in Palmyra, N. j., on
nlv lu1eI last' which furnishes the sequel ,o1 70
esasy tSe tSe most remarkable cases w, evvr
o. IN The bodies of three em6aineu cnll-
OV,,dh own. hui Ind been preserved by an eccen-
fn, sh,v .hor for twenty years, were inter.
iatner rave % the father having died
ID TnS s"3oTe and the remaining members
NV ~ family mi being unwilling to perpe.ua.e
',S .in~lllar idea, in violation Oh co'pih'n
tonl; ,0so Horny Gov lived in q comfortable
? 10y s,onnd LID dwelling on the northeast cor
lasI,on ! p.ont and Cooper streets, Camden.
ol IiUI, ,I,' thsn m consisted of himself, a wife
ta,li,I .~o cIhidren--one girl years ana tne
.'O curly-haired, handsome BOY OF .
ras vas a surgical instrument maker,
VO IN business In this city, on Eighth
naar Walnut, and afterward In the
N ,p.Sood n.S, If Second and Dock streets.
glUO' nv 'ISg ,SgarIed as skilful man at his
" S% and was said to be worth money, but
.,i.snt s~ disposition and Discrimination TO
su,'Ut !. ,ocioty prevented any specific inquiry
u X, '' exact financial standing. People
tnow ~, him in business way, however,
@n, oontont to spread the rumor that he
man of no inconsiderable wealth.
on,,re = "a, fine of business hours was spent
his family, to whom he appeared de-
kdly attached.
.sv v,1uER's STRANGE CONDUCT.
,on .fter the war began Mrs. Coy died
yL od,Ing % blrth to another child--a girl.
Ess hurled, and after that the father
.oJ more than ever in love with his
lren The little daughter was rather q
ate child, and in 1862 she was taken Ill
disd sfter few weeks sickness. I'm
In0 attendance at the little ones bed
and the constant loss of sleep seemed
lave strangely affected the fathers mind.
Tould not even permit any of the neigh
10 touch or even look at the dead body,
declared that it should never leave his
while he lived. And the eccentric
then went to work to accomplish that
bose. With the assistance of mys-
us stranger the little corpse was sub
d to an embalming process and
encased in an air-tight casket
carefully deposited In one of
upper chambers of the dwell
0ld-time residents of Camden
nber well that 1t was a popu-
HpeHtition that the spirit of the child
10 regularly appear at the windows In
bplcating attitude, and the house was
. 10 be haunted. All attempts TO see the
hmifed corpse or to learn the truth of
queer story were fruitless, and in a few
IBIS there were not many persons who
It credence. Some time between the
} part of 1863 and the summer of 1884
Fving people noticed that the baby had
Ppeared and the previous appearance of
'Esclans chaise at the door a dozen
during the week led TO the belief that
hant had died and had been embalmed,
{ first one had been. The doctor was a
hge one, and nothing could be CLEANED
him. Just when the boy died is not
IN, but it is supposed that he followed
Ong after the second death, and was
put in casket and laid alongside his
Der and sister.
MOVING THE BODIES.
1868 the story of the mysterious en-
Ping was renewed, and for some un-
lned reason 1t was whispered about the
fPart of Camden that Mr.. Coy was
nOn; that he had a dozen or more
concealed in the house, and that every
prayers were said over the bodies of
ead children. There appeared no just
Patton for these stories, for the father
larely seen on the street, and during his
absence from home the dreary looking
house seemed entirely deserted. The
stories were never opened, and cob
collected over the windows and under
RaVes.
man became such thorough mystery
sl efforts to ferret out his secret were
aoled, and the gossips were obliged to
lnelr startling stories of ghosts and
slhy noises by night. purely from imagi-
En, Mr.. Coy left Camden for a time,
was popularity supposed, took the
Oh ms children along with him but
~ definite was known of his move
nor oi the truth of the rumor, until
v Ax years later, when he moved. 1t
'aell noticed that three oblong boxes
carefully packed in a wagon, and the
drove away with them.
,ulng more was heard of Coy until his
Gtalh was announced, and then the
" twenty years ago was either for
y of deemed too incredible for revival.
hs II,Pig burial at Palmyra, on Tuesday,
,,gI arI I. .lle strange tale in the minds of a
anu. a',u y was shown that the rumor had