The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-13

Raow . Y~unx Mas Hsecunne C~uvanssA shna
Ne Wss Nst Built Tn study Haeaicine.
Prom the ChtcagO Times.
sDtd you cver rob n grave 80 asked .
gentleman recently Of n TiSwes reporscr.
''Well. II you have mot you have missed au
experience that you would never forget,
try hard ms you might. IL IN not . bust-
meas hat ! would care tn engage i'm per
m~Anently, you may rest assured.
sSome years ago l was q sort of general
utility boy for the medical hrn Of Rollins
q Carr, two physicians practicing In Ne
braska. up north Of Omaha and near the
Missouri river. Dr. Rollins was from Ten
ncssee and his associate was formerly a
resislent Of Kentucky. Both of them
seemed anxious tn the reputa-
ton Of his native state for the amount OF
Intoxicating liquor consumed ny Its citi-
zens.
s.Thc senior mclnhcr Of the firm was
married and living out i'm the country
about ten miles from the town of Bloonh-
Vile. DIR. Carr lived with him. About
Rivcrsiie cemetery. wherc the firm of
Rollins Il Carr buried any mistakes they
might make. This cemetery was bcauti-
fully situated ON a blutf overlooking the
Missouri river. hence its name Of River
"It was In the fall and the doctors were
kent busy with cases of p~neumonia when
an old gentlemen OF the name of Ramsey
took sick. Both of the physicians attended
" ".m GUY DR. s.f Roiiins insisted that Mr.. Ram
sey's liver was diseased, while DIR. Carr
was positive that the trouble was with the
,%ass' Mr. AZ Ra@ no pSs lied led and ~as 81 buried in
the River.ide cemetery. .
doctors were returning from bloomfield
and passed the former home OF Mr.; Ram:
sey. Il was about IL O'Clock at night and
.si say. Carr said his companion, we
disagreed about the case of old mai Ram
Yes returned Carr. YOU would have
certain that il was his lungs:
that I wns right
"sI am positive that I was right, but
'"s'y i -" shers is one good way to decide
it, answered Rollins: suRRestiveiy, and
with peculiar emphasis.
two worthy disciples of Esculapiis decid-
ed to hold q postmortem ON the late Aar.
Ramsey 70 Letter. ~ Sr WrH Gtmiahs he re,
marked here that both of them had about
as much bensine on board them ms they
II was waiting up for the return of the
doctors that night, as l had an idea that
they would he too drunk tn attend to their
team, and besides one of them would
have to 20 to see 9 patient living ON the
prairie n dozen miles west. i was deep in
the sound OF ~carriagc-wheels announced
the arrival OF my employers.
81 went out and took tire team TO the
harm while the doctors went into the
house. When I went i'm they were eating
supper that had been left OH the table Tor
81 told them that one of them had beer
sent for tn go To see n man out on the
prairie as soon as possible..
"'rhere,' said Rollins, that spoiis our
mo, IL don't; you 20 to see the sict
man and I viii! attend TO the other matter.
NO. Il will take Bob alonR.' I was the
person refcrred to as bob.
.:Hs w :. s' n with with s ssS: Carr.
sWher do you want me to co.,
asked, my boyish curiosity being fully
"sNever mind. l will tell You soor
enough Carr.
s.Rollins was soon ON N horss
and started ON his long and lonesome
trip. Dr. Carr helped me hitch up to thu
buggy, and told me 20 get i'm with MIN
and We started do towards r,,, ~; IN &C. Ss'n " sn5.vcr.
said he. You will never he a physicia,
sill you rob a grave or two. and , VA
going 70 get the body of old man Ramsey
Guess he will be s,rprissd A. reee,vin'
~visito S;. a" It'll ,hi ,;t time re: 81 ia nis m;s shop Sxs / Ina.
too much pride to back out, especially a
the doctor seemed tn think u was SONS
bor's house, and Carr went in and stole
1--WE soon reached the cemetery an
weEt hNSSu ~
sand. Soon the spade struck ~ coil
with a hollow sound. We burst the lid q
the coffin and dragged out the unresistin
Ramsey. II did not take long to MI a
the grave again and smooth o.
the mound. We took the corpse i'm IN
buggy with us and started for home. ID
Carr keeping up a continual fire OF w
that kept me from thinking of the hideo,i
work we had been engaged in and SD l Ill
not get very nervous.
Just as We reached home the sleet
rain gave place to snow. THAT is lucky
said the doctor, 'as our tracks will be co,
cred up and no one will suspect that oil
man Ramsey is i'm our cellar instead {
i'm his grave"
1.-THE corpse. as suggested, was put !
the cellar where IL staid for two weeF
while the doctors dissected il. DIR. Ro
Inns told his wife that there were 'booRcr
i'm the cellar and she wisely kept AVA
from 10.
ssWhen we were done with the spade v
threw il into the Missouri river and / sl
pose the rust has eaten IL up before thi
IN neighbo has often been heard
wonder What became of that spade, III
the true solution never entered his hea'
"When the two surgeons were dc!
carving the lamented Mr.. Ramsey Il
skeleton was buried in the garden and
they were too lazy to dig q deep hole
has always been a wonder to me that
has never been dug up.
1.-THE experience of that night convinc'
me that I was never intended for q ply