The sun., 1890-09-29
THE BODY WAS NOT Stolen.
A Crowd Witnesses the Opening of Tramp
KlnE Bonner's Grave.

| SNaaE O"huet'A SrhNe.
MOUNT HOLLY. n. j.. Sept 2s.-The body OF
John Bonner. the murdered TRAMP King Of
| pur,ngt,n ,ourtv rosts .o,o IL ,,o ,,, -, a,
tho pro,bnrbod -, ,sa T IruI,l - l@ p.no ooA IN
the Philadelphia turnpike The Mount Holly
| fnlks vino thongb, flint n waa stoior hv ehonls
wroE AGO sStnr,Isy nlehs are % satisfied ed t that #
tery on sunday with her two daughters @ and Wi saw
that the grave was not "mounded" in the
artistic style in which GravediEger Robert
| Colamo, usuoIir dooo h,o ,,or, "a r. AZ
| oolenlan usually does MS WORK ana VINO uis.
covered wagon tracks and turnpike mud
stains on the grass by the cemetery gate, and
work of ehouls. is satisfied that she was wrong.
ood ,hn hoot rr,n,s ~ tha horso ,hat haa
,eu ,e. .hu nooi piin'a VI 'ne no'se .nat hau
PHILADELPHIA horse by menns OF tho cork
marks and toe marks that Mount holly horses
don't make. and who thought that was evi-
sh@t sn0Ils no sSa SarSh the
ica students, is also satisfied.
The grave was opened to-day and everybody
VINO thought thut the oody mad boon stolen
was invited to look ana see with his own eyes
tGat .e ne was wrong , Ten no o'clock was the time
feieou iot 'Ion'ne tuo Hra.e' anu az .ns'
hour hity men, among them some OF the lead
nt U.t,ne.9 y, W.. 'u%n e'.Uu anunu s
sa sakor burtiss pot' wneFo t'e oouy is buried
seeretary @ % John T6rockmorton H Of u the board o
Directorys Of the cemetery, who was around
early, brought lonE-handed spade with him.
break open tho coffin. and John Severn, the
sexton and Rrnvedigger carried an auaer and
short sp1do. Josiah TomlinSon and his
the crowd which, when they got there.
directors, who have alleged ever since Mrs.
Tomlinson made her disco ertes, that the ro.
ee%etery. @ Gns GGS GrH1edrEer % John seVarp ] got got
nd ers and WAS % SS f the
$40 that the body was ali right They directed
their offers toward Mr.. Tomlinson. VINO, In the
paid IN no attention 10 them. When Severn
.heppSdd on h the grave and drove his spade into
Come, now, anybody want to bet2 I've got
He thrust his hand in his pocket as he spoke
wanted to bet. From the time the first shovel
end with pis ioHEF sp1ds ara ID. tho II srayedirEer
grave as it could; and watched. There were
grave, and they crowded up SO close that their
no Re hoe % "R SeS @
Secretary Throskmorton resigned his spede 70
a 6eHne MT alter Yen dmtef dmG r. aaH Ine
iorteH minutes .qnser., Then the EFayediFeeSs
sound sccrstary ThrSckmortop turned Glee-
tuily toward Mr; lomIin q son, son ana his ne son,
week 5oa Seo% 6esr that" he said l told you SO a
elder TomlInson answered.
then the anger was handed o down and the grave
SSfef e. ho.s p m the ea 69x and looked In
Inc CfOWu puSD0I up again, ana again the
Sud Gss e maSS Ct the S sSs
tween the tae two holes; Wien this 9f was done done
men immediasely identified the shIrt that was
~; Are You ali .satisaed9 asked Secretary
Throck norton Come here, Mr. Tomllnson,,"'
3e Ne gaaSd Want to be ,ar you 10 see for yourself
linson; .,o.,.. ,.,.s
tary, half Hngrily., -,
MI TomIn;9nn Min .n drew near slowly, n..u-
som" sRid 4 the Secretary; pushing everybody
pecKK Mr. Iqmins2n looked down.
S6 S9dy th1gs 5S s,s he sad damordd ~,
Mr.: Tomlinson thought moment and then
Yes"
is there anybody else here who wants to
shouted the Secretary,
Several women who had come late looked In.
Mfs. Iomlnson was not among them. The
open grave and partly exposed body remained
filled In. probably never again to be disturbed
handsome moundfne GDT on Il. Sun I reporter
walked home with Mr.. Tomlnson and his son.
h, NTw, roIS Just see & What trouble man can Sause
think Robert Coleman would have known how
he left those graves, and he had no business to
Il
Whole thing was Coleman's fault. -A'
YouDp Mr. TomliuchD wasn't catieAad