The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-06-19
DIsINTERRING THE DEAD.

BRoOKHAvEN, June 13.-J. Is. Nalty,
one of the leading grocery moi chants of
this place; S. L. Magee, VIM. Collins and
two negroes named Warren Carter and
Alex Winston were arrested here to-day
and required to give Il NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
bond each for their appearance before
Justice McMillan's court next Tuesday to
answer the charge of feloniOnsly disinter-
ing the body of Chas. Gotten, which was
buried in the Catholic cemetery last Sat
urday. GOTTEN was Hungarian Jew,
but his wife was a devout Catholic, and,
at her request, he was buried i'll the
Catholic cemetery. This was agreed 80
by the priest and the trustees of the Gem
etery, and a lot designated by the trns-
tees where the remains might be inferred.
The funeral was taken in hand by the
local lodge of the Knights of Honor, of
which deceased WAS Il respected member,
and the remains buried at the place dcs-
ignated according 10 the ceremonies OF
that order on last Saturday morning
Some hours after the funeral, Nalty set
up the claim that the body had been bur
red on lot belonging to him and which
had been Only set apart as his Own family
burying ground, and demanded OF the Ia
ther-in-law of GOTTEN. who Is ais"
member of the Catholic congregation, iiS
immediate removal to another place.
This was refused on sanitary grounds,
and further, because the trustees declared
Nalty had no inst claim on The lot III
question. The matter tested until Sat
nrday night, when NAlty, acting as he
claims, ON legal advice. cmp'"y"d the
white man Collins aud three negroes and
went to the graveyard had tie remains
disinterred and placed in another part of
the cemetery, aggravating the II, nsc, II
is charged, lay failing to have the diSn-
tered body properly rchuried.
Mrs. GOTTEN, the young widow of tue
deceased swore ont the affidavits on
which the arrests were made, but il Is
understood she is backed by the trustees
of the cemetery and nearly the entire
Catholic congregation, as well as the
Knights of Honor. The ease promises to
be very interesting one. There is
much suppressed Indignation over the
matter. The wanton or malicious remov'
al OF II dead body is made by the laws of
this State felony punishable Ivy I'M
plisonment in the pcnitentiary.-1imes-
Democrat Special.
Ont of consideration for Mrs. G oitcim,
who did not then know that her husbands
body had been removed. and because of
the private interests and religious feel
ings involved on each side; the LEADER
did not make any reference to the above
subject in its last issue, but the action in
the courts has made it public matter
and we now feel at liberty to treat it as
such.
The preliminary trial did not come up
Tuesday rs expected, but at the request of
Judge Cassidy, who has been employed
to prosecute, was continued until 10
o'clock tomorrow, and the result will be
watched with great interest. 1t is also
stated that the proceedings will be mol
pressed as to all except Mr.. Nalty. Mr.
Nalty claims to have a good defense for
his action, while the prosecution hold
just as stoutly that he has not. How
ever this may be, there. is no question but
that it looks bad for him on the surface,
and taking that surface view of it, he
has been guilty, in the eyes of the COM
munity of shocking improperly, be
the law of the case what it may.