Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-09
CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL.
Gesecrating Graves by the Whole.
sale.
AN ORGANIZED BAND OF eHoUls.
Eleven Graves Found Ri1ed of Their Con.
tents in One Isolated Country
Church Yard.
THE NAMES OF THE MISSING ONES.

TrFFIN, o., October S.-[Exclusive. J.
The Courier will publish the following spe-
cisl from Jamestown tomorrow morning:
JAMESTOWN, o., July s.-Graye robberies
through this section of the State have been
OF unusual frequency and boldness for sew
eral years past The facilities for reaching
Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit
and Ann Arbor, and the sparseness Of the
population atfording peculiar opportunities
for carrying on the nefarious business,
Wood, Hancock and portions of Lucas
and Seneca counties have been the chosen
field of operations 1t is estimated that
fully 100 graves have been opened in Wood
county alone in the past FIVE years. Sew
ersl times efforts to catch the ghouls were
made but proved unsuccessful except in one
case in Delaware county where at least one
man was sent up for three years with TIE
additional punishment Of $1,000 fine.
Rifisd Graves.
About six weeks ago tremendous excite
ment was created by the discovery of four
our FIVE riAed graves at Baylor. An or
ganized efo,t to stop the desecration
was then determined upon. A detective
was employed who is still at work, but
so far without result. The excitement had
abated to considerable extent when last
Friday the grave of Miss Dyer at Fostoria,
Governor Fosters home, was discovered to
have been robbed. This determined the
people and a vigorous search will be prose-
cuted. At this place two suspicious per-
sons prowled about the town several
days last week. The night before
the discovery of the robbery of Miss
Dyer's grave they disappeared. When the
news OF that outrage reached the town
rumor obtained that these men were grave
robbers. AS two bodies had recently been
buried in the grave yard here which is half
a mile from the nearest house, it was re-
solved to examine the graves. Both were
found empty. In one not thing remained
but
A Handkerchief,
in the other were the clothes
OF the deceased The bodies taken
were those of Henry Sayder and Maria
J, cobs, both middle aged people, To sat
is.y curiosity and to remove doubts more
than twenty graves Of persons
buried within two years were opened and
eleven were found empty. The names OF
the missing are Vim. Elsonby, James Miller,
Mary Brown, Mrs. Alice Morgan, William
Lewis, Peter Lewis, Grace Simons, Louis
King, (infant) Henry Seney, Alva Rice and
Mrs. Belle Porter. When the graves were
rifed no one can tell, and there is nothing
like clew. The village is but
tew miles drive from three
railroads and the isolated situation
of the graveyard made it favorite resort
for the ghouls. The discovery of the out
rage has produced profound sensation, and
the families of those interested are pros
trated, and one death is likely to follow
Every graveyard in this neighborhood will
be searched. At Birdsville five miles east,
and at South Baltimore violated graves were
found. The persons who robbed the graves
would soon find tree if caught. and the
dissecting room receiving the bodies would
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