The evening world., 1890-04-17
LAST edition
SPIRITED away THE CORPSE.
Coroner Levy OutVltted by The COllecs
tor and the Danish Consul.
The Cnsk and the Murdered Dane
Carried to Jersey and shipped.

Coroner Ferdinand Levy has been over-
reached by the combined forces Of tie COL
lcctor OF the Port and the Danish Consulate
officials.
His declaration hat lie would surely gain
possession Of the corpse OF the murdered
Dane found in a sack In the Appraisers
stores and hold an autopsy thereupon proves
10 have been somewhat too bold.
At 3 o'clock this morning. while the zoo
hands employed at the Appraisers stores
were responding to their names preparatory
to beginning the days work. q big dray
drew mp to the Washington street wareroom
and the driver began to arrange for receive
ing q load.
In a fow minutes Supt. Heilfertz and
Foreman GeoRhegan came out, followed
by q laborer pushing q truck upon which
p%rovisel tomb Of. Myers, the murdered
soapnlnker, whom his employer, Phiiipsen.
slew in Denmark. two months. ago. and
whose remains packed in the oask were sent
The truck was pushed up to the drag, and
while hall n hundred employees gathered
drag.
A,clerk armed with the necessary papers
gatheie d up the reina and started tho big
clvdesdale into q smart trot. while Father
the centre of the wagon to prevent II being
joitcd off into the street.
cora from the CORNERS office, who, ID was
tlonght. would object to. the body being
given to the Danish Consul. to whom Il was
ordered delivered by the Secretary OF State.
II il to be sent back p Copenhagen and used
AZ evidence against Philipsen.
No officers prt in, an appearance, how
sigh of relief M the dray moved awny.
That takes IL ont OF our hands, said he.
aud saves trouble"
The dray driven by tho clerk and followed
by a reporter who led the way around into
West street at a rapid rate for q dray. and
~ ten minutes had threaded its way
tophor street dock OF tho Hoboken Ferry.
The clerk then turned the team over TO
the truckman and, the latter drove u on to
reached the draw with the reporter guarding
the barrel this time drove 10 the dock OF The
Thinevalla line; and the barrel was turned
tative Of the Danish Consulate was waiting
In readiness TO receive IN. !
Coroner Levy did not know Of the body
being spirited away until so informed by -
EyENINd WORLD reporter.
He had lust exclaimed to the reportsr. e
a, sort OF morning. greeting: 'Oh, I'll ges
So they have spirited The barrel away
fr1s%h the the story t%r""eF" @ ssPiiaI ! %ulsyi .s sP sS.s f i !
l. one Of the S'ranse't proceedings l ever
II th'nk / have something to say about
tins matter yet. The sanitary ordinances
Of the Board of Health make IL an indictabls
Offense to TRANSPORT q dead body through
the streets of New York without q permit.
aud this, it seems, is what the Danish Com
sui Inns done.
HE will certainly find ont that he cannot
tritle with, the laws of this county in that
way. | shall investigate this proceeding at
once, and shall very probably summon the
representative Of the Danish lovernment
before me to explain his conduct
- He in liable to be indicted for q misde-
meanor. and IL seems to me q very clear
Coroner Levy says he has lots Of prece-
lentE back of him. where the courts ave
that he rhall make an investigation
so wanton q violation Of his rights
md prerogatives as have been committed In
he present case.