Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-23
SPECULATION IN GRAVES. Trustees Who Fatten On Resting
 Places For The Dead.

Places For The Dead.
 GREENvILLE, N. J., June 22.-Enormous speculation in graves has been going on here for years. An investigation discloses that many graves in the York Bay cemetery have been destroyed and the bodies buried therein cannot be found. In many instances the records of burial have been lost or destroyed In 1947 speculator bought the present cen- etery site for $5, ,0O0, formed company and issued large amount of scrip. For a num- Der of years boards of trustees were elected in New York. In 1877 an act was passed by the New Jersey legislature making it illegal to elect trustees in any place except Jersey City The new board found that no i'm provements had ever been made and that the lot owners had been defrauded out of many thousands of dollars. barrel of scri p was found and holders of scrip turned up in all parts of the county, refusing all offers to sell their holdings About year ago new company bought part of the old cemetery which contained nearly five hundred graves of relatives of people who had moved away. Under the new management the graves were leveled and the tombstones sold. This ton will bring the matter into the courts. A number of the old trustees died wealthy, the greater part of their money being made, it is said, from speculating in graves.
 BURIED IN AN UNUSED WELL. A Boys Ghastly Discovery At Darien
 Which May Unearth a Shocking
 Tragedy.
 DARIEN, Conn, June 22.-The Cornell place in the western part of the town, owned by wealthy New Yorker, is unoccupied this summer On Saturday boy named Egan peered into an old unused well and saw the soles of pair of boots protruding from the water. He ran home and told his father what he had seen. The gentleman seemed in no hurry to communicate the news to the town officials. On Sunday he came to the village and notified the authorities and when the medical examiner arrived at the well large crowd had gathered. Ropes were pro cured and with difficulty the partially decom posed body of a man was drawn to the sur face. The head was wrapped in piece of old rag carpet and the arms were pinione d to the side of the body by long rope; the legs were also tied together, the rope passing around them four times. The remains are supposed to be those of Thomas Lahey, man formerly employed as a farm hand by discovered the body in the we'll Six weeks ago there was a jolly gathering in Egans house From all accounts the party drank large quantity of hard cider and at last Lahey and another man quarrelled. Egan tried to stop the row and drew 8 re- voIver and threatened to shoot. The weapon was not loaded, but Egan used it in place of a club and made it decidedly lively for the assembled company. It is said that he loudly lamented the fact that his pistol was not loaded and that he threatened to shoot Lahey On the following morning Lahey disappeared and no one seemed to know where he had gone. Egan said that he had gone to New York. The coroner has to-day commenced an investigation. The body lies in one of the parlors of the house and the spacious dooryard is crowded with people who have come from miles around to view the ghastly sight.