Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
DEAD BODIES IN A BUGGY.
Resurrectionists Surprised by a Police
man Last Night.

THEY RUN OFF, LEAVING THEIR CHASTITY PLUM
DER, THE DEAD BODIES OF TWO woMEN-THE
OWNER OF THE ABANDONED BUGGY MAY BE ABLE
TO THROW SOME LIGHT on THE TRANSACTION.
The prisoners In the District Jail last night
heard, or might have heard, the wheels of a
vehicle rafting over the gravel road near that
prison. The vehicle was q buggy. There was
a guard in advance Of it and one in the rear
The driver was rather good-looking man
with whiskers. There was something in the
buggy besides the driver, but whatever it was
it was concealed from the gaze of the curious
by covering. The buggy and its guards
came over the hills from the direction of the
poor house. 1t was then after 8 o'clock, and
the driver and guards hardly expected to meet
anybody on the lonesome commons such a
they kept sharp lookout.
THE SURPRISE.
The buggy had not gone far over the hill be-
fore it was heard by Policeman Clinton, who
was aware that cadavers were often removed
from that desolate place known as potters' field
and suspected that the vehicle contained a dead
body. The officer quietly stepped TO the side
of the road where he could not easily be seen
to await the approach Of the buggy. The Off
Ger saw the two guards in the positions men-
toned above and the driver, looking, he said
like physician and became satisfied that they
were lawbreakers. When the buggy reached a
position directly opposite the otfcer he made
a rush for the vehicle. The driver used his
whip and the animal started to gallop Off. The
officer grabbed for and caught hold of one of
the reins. The animal became frightened and
nearly upset the buggy. While the officer was
struggling with the horse the driver Jumped
from the hnQgy and 4Scanpd In the m Min
the two guards had run off. When the officer
examined the buggy he discovered
THE DEAD BODIES OF TWO WOMEN,
one white and the other colored. The bodies
were in a kneeling position, and the driver
must have satin the buggy with leg on either
side of the corpses to keep them from tumbling
out The officer drove the buggy to the morgue
and there placed the remains upon cooling
boards. The colored body is supposed to be
that of Mary f. Hawkins, who was buried in
potter's field yesterday. The remains of the
white woman had not been identified this
morning. She had a very pleasant face and
was evidently a refined woman at some time.
The buggy looks like it may be the property
of a physician. The horse is about seven years
old. 1t is a bay, with white spots on its body.
This is the third time within year that grave
robbers have made their escape from within a
few feet of the police.
The horse and buggy and the spoke used in
opening the grave had not been called for this
afternoon.
The horse was seen this morning by q
colored man who claimed that he knew the
owner Of it. He said that it belonged to an
East Washington physician.
There were no marks on the bodies to show
that hooks had been used in raising them from
their graves and for that reason the officers
thought that the bodies we're obtained in pot
ter's field They will be reinforced there.