The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-16
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..,r,-,co. September IA
IS Fs s.rory was made in China
15.' a .,g Information was given
70 'oa. Tuner that irightful stencil
'o'9 emitted from a cellar on
S'ln ...st He went and forced his
al' 9uS 'onpd the floor covered with
ar N aH silyrs and bones partially
mai, .l 311t aesh in the last stage OF
7s!sd VIZ Alaian zion Among the decayed
zen punslaas1 we're crawling, while
IL I foo55 exuding from the remains;
r:h A9 7ansT room the coroner found
d an lan Il chinese engaged in boiling
la1mi9geai , % of other bodies, while
ioTn me dl:1 .ess' we're engaged in scraping
o..s ,,,,Ia5 bones and packing them IN
he 2oli fo- shipment to China. 1t is
0o1ss ~, III The cellar contained over
e!tlIn5s .sS bodies, which have been
~ usa ao,atiy from various cemeteries
iszen So 20 ibe State. As an instance
i1 = @1;nese ingenuity, it is stated that
g Cl;.V cSarge Of the operations, fear
!lo;J - ls St,' from boiling pots would
E5 ~ lot as to attract attention out
81 9-.,H~c1~ed two living skunks, that
,.' - y; the latter might overcome
=. \, J ,-rmgr. The coroner conhscated
n n he elects in the cell T..
~ ~, ~ Fp,yCrsco, September l5.-The
>As : This afternoon of the horrible
- Ss.i.,ais practices of Chinese COM
'- a,.5 rr5ey the very nose OF the city
l ..So,ifiss has. created 4 deep and in
s.vritement. The knowledge that
.-i mass Of publication was lying
- in the very heart OF the city,
m al the same time the drainage
'-;' .aTe-s Of the city are
INA --avp 10 be in an unwholesome and
i,6g state. created feeling of fear
g.. iss beal.h Of the city. After all
-t,blysg containing the remains of the
Ind Cinnamon had been removed to
h rorgus. the ctr coroner was inter-
visFsi IL regard to the matter. He
,tfei That when he arrived at the
ssIar IN which the boxes were stored,
and tie purified remains which had
sHq % be boiled we're lying around, he
,st 10 TJEk With hatchet to break open
lie boxes. There were some sixty
0dias in al, eac. of them contained in
ne da case in which were carefully
NleiUp in oiled cloths a number OF
alusl Bones. The smaller bones and
'l-s .ips Of skin were wrapped up in
sr5za parcels and placed within the
if.- one. On the outside
u vas a label in Chinese cha
e,.s, Indicating the name of the
nOn while living. so that the
mains could be claimed by the rela-
e. on their arrival in China. After
wing opened several cases, the cor
to seize the whole lot and
move them to the morgue, and ex-
IS ,es we're called. While the cases were
ing placed in the wagons, some boxes
lied oil tOthe pavement breaking them
ID leaving the bones exposed to view.
be crowd VINO had assembled having
armed the cause of the excitement,
.mped on the bones and in their in
iglatOn trod them under foot. The
Vice officers quickly interposed. and
The 'Oltng continued without further
interruption. The remain, were re-
moved 70 the mOrgue. Most OF the
ooAsS containing remains were, on
examination found to have come
5 5!Vm cites in the interior of the
.e, The remains were shipped
-U4 there 70 San Francisco in common
"a oo1es' Those that come from the
.5; are boiled and prepared before
50 that no odor is psrceptible
y, I. -9N,s Only those removed from the
~. .;g francisco cemeteries have flesh
. '-, "a them when brought to the pre-
'ss cellar. 1t was the intention to
ia,s snapped all these on the steamer
3 q hklng, which sails Saturday
on on' !! Is rumored the Chinese Six
~ w p oa viii bring an action against
~, ~ coroner Tor the removal of the