The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-11
a Daring Reporters Midnight Visit
To the Grave of Private
Henry.
The Search for Evidences of It's Desora.
ton Made by the CHASTITY Light
of Pickering Matches.
A.TeaIiul Woman in Back Who Pleads
For Haste in the Work Of
Resurrection.

NEW YORK, September l0.--Around
dull kerosene lamp in saloon near the
entrance TO Cypress Hill Cemetery, there
was gathered, soon after dark last night,
company Of the men who make their
living In various ways In the graveyard.
They were engaged in whispered con-
versation and an air OF mystery was
brown around the burden OF their talk.
A reporter, who had entered the bar.
room In search Of information, noticed
the group and asked the man behind the
bar il the mysterious knot were connected
with the cemetery,
They're all cemetary hands," said the
dispenser of beer, III q whisper, "and
they're talking about the attempt thai
was made to-day to carry off the body oil
Private Charles Henry, the member OF
the Greedy party who was shot while
stealing provisions"
The reporter asked one OF their mum
Der, whose appearance betokened tho
most intelligence, for Information as t.
the attempted removal of ienry's body,
"If you're not afraid OF graveyard af
ter dark, and don't mind climbing over
few fences, I'll take you to the poor Eel
lows grave and show you that 1t has
been disturbed.
The implied challenge was accepted,
and after overcoming some difficulties, q
lonely corner Of the United States plot IL
the cemetery was reached. As no Ian
tern had been provided and the trees OBJ,
I ha of
cult to distinguish the grave, but, by tn,
light OF a number OF matches the fact
was made plain that the earth had been
removed from the top OF the coffin OF the
dead Arctic explorer The chance com.
panion was not able definitely to state
whether the body had been stolen OF
whether the attempt to take it from tn
cemetery had been frustrated
81 WAS called away by one of the
bosses" he said, "when the Uuited States
officers and those who began to dig out
the grave got into the trouble. There
We're six men in the party that attempted
TO steal the body, aud they were accom-
panied by slight woman, dressed in
black, with long Grape veil that com
pletely covered her face. Poor thing,
felt sorry for her. When the men began
throwing out the earth she walked up
aud down
BESIDE TIE GRAVE
wriuging her hands and putting her hand
kerchief up to her yelled face. "Make
haste, make haste" she cried several
times. "They'll be here before you are
done. I'll add $50 to the amount II you
get away quickly!n and other exclama-
tions Of that sort the poor lady used.
Before the box had been reached, five
men, who | understood to be United
States officers, appeared, and then there
was a muss, bat before it was over was
called away"
"Were the men who were digging out
the grave armed with permit from the
Coroner"
"No; believe that the woman who
was affected and so anxious to get the
corpse, was relative OF poor Henry,
and that she had hired the men to get the
body, so that the horrible story about
his having been eaten might be proved
or disproved."
Mr.. Runcie, the President Of the ceme-
terry, had retired, but your correspondent
was permitted to see him.
&c don't know whether or not Henry's
body has been stoleD," said the gentle
man. "See me at half past twelve and
Pll let you know. Henry is buried
in ground in the cemetery that be-
longs to the United States, but every
thing in connection with these grounds
has 10 be done according to our rules.
Ii gang tried to snatch the body, Of
COursa the IInita6 Statas outhoritias
would interfere. We have had no end Of
trouble about Henry, but If his body has
been stolen, am not aware OF it,"