Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-24
rvns WHICH szoU1D BE SUPPRESSED.

EVILS WHICH SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED.
 Crave robhing, has heeome so com
 mon la this country, that school t"
 ..blur the art is among the probabil
 mes af the near future, if 1t has uo
 .f-ssiy been secretly organized. It ma,
 b. only a custom of the living to lool
 gfer the remains of the dead and hal
 r.usa grounds where they are buried
 T. may be a matter of no consequence
 ,-5etler the remains of loved ones find
 s resting place in the silent grave, or are
 ,r- to p.eces in tue dissecting rooms oi
 -,aIicai colleges. There are those ThC
 7a not eare for the remains of their
 friends. nor what becomes of tieir own
 e.75es after they are dead. But larg,
 r-ion Of the human tlmily have a
 certain respect for the remains Of the 5-.1. and for generation after gener.
 s.,ag. the graves of the grandfather and .--,st grandfather are looked after and
 Fsrt as green as though they had been iaii away but few months, instead of a half century or longer. It Is a custom
 ~b.eh has prevailed from time immem-
 1s-,.L From the earliest periods ir
 history. we are tod of the sacred respect the people had for sucl
 --uuls. and tue care that was takeI
 m tse 5.rial of the dead. Such a thin
 .- ds-ecrating the graves of the hon r-zi dead Is Of comparatively modem a-irfu. TLe remains of The friendles-
 rs1- have long been used in the interesj or anatomy, but it Is only of recent date mat rh1uls began to take up the re- nsiu, 1f recently buried bodies without authority. which Is not only contrary tC lar. Hus. in the minds of most people, the worst character Of thievery. If pro- f-.,ar-. doctors and medical students, who are mainly instrumental in build
 ur ur. encouraging and supporting a5a7r-5uatehiuE. and who felgn t0 fIak SD h.hly of the bTsiness, would, s. ,a-ir death, show to the world that trg believe the doctrine they have r-.scl-d through life, by wiling the.r own bodies to medical alleges for dis sseaaE purposes, they would go far to- ra-i suppr-ssing a growing evIl, which i- looked upon by very many people as a brs--.-,s. sacri.egi0us business. But when the professor or doctor comes to l.a. he I5ryets that he owes anything to ,l- prole=s5on of his life, and instead af requesting tha' ms body be laid upon tla d-ss-ctiug table, he wants 1t put iato tir-t-class casket, and buried witL a.s fathers in "tLe cave Of Macpelah,' 5-s1u- other approved burying place.
 Weare pleased 10 know that body .la,c-iu- k punished ID some locaiities, sai We would gladly see the punish
 uent made more severe. Mrs. Harmon, s5ar syrscuse, N. Y, fearing the rob U.-y of her husbands grave, made .5rss- marks m the earth cover ng, which a- Inspected daily for 8 week, when she saw tine covering had been d-.1- -d. Beluc rich. with plenty of u.au-. -h. insisted. contrary to the u.sag .Ae family, that an examIn- lrou h, made. The body had disap- @uei D tectives within two days i5lll ls lu a nude condition ID d pack mE trunk at the medical college ID Sg-acl-e. 4 man by the name of Taou1-ou was arrested. Emil Heuckel 6 -tadaat If the college of the class Of 'S1 aui au intimate friend of Thomp- ,oa'-, left tue city, locating with his b-.ls-.a prscticing physician at Au- burn. sg Chicago, where they started a drug business. Heuckel was recently brought on as the cAief witness, who svore to all the circumstances, fixing the guilt on Thompson, although the implements used were secreted by Hruckel in his own house.
 The iury found Thompson guilty Of tGe eame. bat it Is plain the student who e-e1sed was equally guilty, yet he goes Huuuui-hed. The punishment for grave robbery sh1uli be heavy fine, au! term of years in States pr'son. No man has a right to place a valuation upon the remein- of the dead Of others. The law should afford the fullest pro- t-ciioa to the sacred precincts of our ba-yIug grounds. which can be done m 8. o--er way than by the enactment of @ law severely puuishiuR the ghouls.