Omaha daily bee., 1884-04-14
~ASIONISHED
A Burlington Negroes Search I'm a
Dissccting Room.
Iiladelphia Times.

Philadelphia Times.
Elijah Wilson, a brawny negro six feet
high and a resident of the horror stricken
own of Burlington, N. j., shuffled up
the two flights of stairs leading to the
dissecting room of the Jefferson Medi-
cal college on Saturday, and, bursting
into the retreat of the cadaver-carving
medical students, startled them with q
cry of terror.
my God!" he gasped, rolling his eyes
in an agony of fear and clinging help
lessly to the knob of the half closed door
-"My God! is dis d place wha' dey cuts
up d. cullud chillen den steals from d.
poo. all black folks?"
The half dozen students in the room
looked at each other in CONSERVATION.
Ills he a lunatic?" some one asked.
In a moment the stranger had recov-
cred sufficiently to speak intelligibly.
''Dis is a dissectin' room, amt itf' he
inquired, still glancing n%ervously at the
silent array of subjects that graced the
double line of tables. can yo' fellows
am d. medical s~tuJents?' he demanded,
striding across the floor to where the
group of youthful demonstrators stood,
amused and puzzled, brandishing Their
scalpels over a quartered cadaver.
"What does my friend want to knowf
mildly and ~insinuatingly ventured al
embryo doctor, picking up the crown
of a skull and twirling it between his lin
gers.
A COMMITTEE OF ONE.
The negro leaned against the table, ant
=. I...A.R1,, I,,,nh;nn thn tr1nk nf &
subject, drew back with renewed terror
Presently he explained, speaking nervous
ly but volubly:
''I'm 'pointed u committee, i am, t.
sec what dis var abductin' business
means"
Then, seeing the amusement on the
faces of his hearers, he exclaimed more
vehemently:
s'I'm from Burlington, i am, an I'm
gwine to see if d. faculty of d colleges
can't put a stop to d stujents comm
down our way arter d. thillen. Pm
gwine to look roun' dis place." he ad'
ded, ian if dah's anything 'spicious, by
golly, dere'll be truble somewha'."
The uncoyering of the body of a col
ored man made the belligerent visitor
shiver.
"Wha-wha-whar yo' git thatl' h,
gasped.
A kindly student volunteered the infor
nation that the deceased colored mar
had bequeathed his body to the college
because of his desire to promote scientific
research.
"Yo' amt got no chillen down hyarl'
he asked suspiciously.
Assured to the contrary the visitor grew
calmer and explained that the excitemen
in Burlington over the attempted abduc
ton of Lewis Still and the Ross boys b.
a gang of supposed medical students OF
college agents had become 80 serious that
at the suggestion OF several leading col
ored citizens, he had come to Philadelphia
and by going through the dissecting
rooms and waiting upon tho faculties 0
the several colleges aud medical schools
he hoped to make some arrangement b,
which the body snatchers could be pre-
vented from visiting the town. He wa
assured by the students that any attemp
to see the professors or other leadin
medical lights on Saturday would b
futile, and the colored visitor finally dc
parted, with the intention, he said, G
returning home until to-day, when h
would begin his round of investigation i
earnest. His departure was the sigma
Tor a o of laughter.
DIssRCTINo-RooM LEGENDS.
"There's no doubt that the colore