The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-15

OOu8H ARArCce
Some startling facts have been made
known since the recent capture OF grave.
robbers In Philadelphia. The following
special from that city, which appeared In
che Herald OF yesterday, will prove OF In
tcrest at this iuncture:
The evident determination OF the a,,-
thoritics 10 "railroad" the Lebanon Gem.
etery grsve-robbers has frightened the
ghouls, and when six true bills were found
against each OF the gang to-day McNamee,
their leader, broke down, and made con-
fession, duplicating some OF the faculty OF
Jefferson College. The confession, which
was made voluntarily to the reporter OF
the local paper who arrested him, Is as fol-
lows:
ASTOUNDING DISCLOSURES.
"Tbe first hauling OF bodies that did
for jefferson College was about three years
ago, when DR.. Behan, who assisted DR..
Forbes, the demonstration OF anatomy,
came TO me and said there was corpse
down ut the county prison that be would
hike ine to bring to the college. He hired
me In the ordinary way, and l did the
work In the daytime. l was sent on a
similar errsnd to the county prison
once or twice more. and then DIR.
Behan told me that there was lady
at a colored battle-ground that he wanted
me to haul to the college. DR.. Eehan in
troduced me to DR.. Lehman. who was also
one OF DR.. Forbes's assistants. but who
now keeps an apothecary store down town.
We went down that night between 8 and
10 O'Clock, and by DR.. LOliman's direction
/ drove the wagon through the gateway
and to the back part OF the graveyard.
Two dead bodies were lying there, and
they were lifted In the wagon by two
colored men. One OF these men was very
dark, and l have since found him to be
Levi Chew, a brother of the superintend-
emit Of the cemetery. The other was big,
tall, yellow man, whose name l do not
know. He has not been arrested. l
believe he Is another brother OF Super
intendent Chew. DR.. Lehman and took
the two bodies to Jefferson College.
4 DOLLAR FOR A CORPSE.
~ was to have been paid 81 for that
nights work, and all they agreed to pay
me ut that time for any more bodies might
have was 81 each. After had gone down
in this way with DR.. Lehman three or four,
or perhaps half dozen times, and had
hauled thirteen bodies, and had not re-
ceived one dollar for the work, went to
DIR. Behan and told him that wanted my
money. He gave me no satisfaction, and
80 went to see DR.. Forbes. He got very
angry and said that he had already paid the
money to DIR. Lehman, and he was not
going to pay 1t twice. Anything that we
may want done down there hereafter said
DR.. Forbes, Il will give to you and you
will be paid for it the next morning. He
then made an agreement with me TO pay
me 81 for each body that I hauled from
Lebanon cemetery.
INFAMOUS CONSPIRACY.
"After had made the arrangement with
DIR. Forbes / went down to the cemetery,
being accompanied by Pillet, the Dutch
man, who was paid % by Jefferson College
for each nights work. The morning fol-
lowing trip to the cemetery would wait
upon DIR. Forbes and he would hand over
to me sc for each body we obtained, but 80
OF this had to pay to Levi Chew, who in
turn had to make payment to his brother
or brothers, as the case might lie. Some
time ago, after I had carried manv corpses
for Jefferson College, went to DR.. Forbes
and complained that 81 a body was very
Door pay for the work, considering that
I had TO 60 SO far down town at
q late hour at night and in all
kinds of weather. After that he
paid ne $S body, SO Of which ! kept for
myself. The only times that the money
was not paid directly to me was when l
was up at Bryn Mawr attending to my
baggage express there, and then 'Yank ,
Mullen drove to the cemetery for me and
received the money for me from DR..
Forbes. We had no regular times for
making trips. Sometimes we would 90
down twice In one week, and then we
might not 20 down for two weeks. Levi
Chew would always let us know when
bodies were ready for use. Sometimes we
would have but two bodies, and then again
we might obtain half Dozen"