Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-03-03


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'The fact OF 10 IS. -l coroner
of 20 Diego. a- BE was psg--- "a lta
tsrnal visit To our local morgue the
other day, the cold fact Of it is that
y0u coOnors up Ia this section don't
Dmally understand your business, and
how 10 make !, boom for all there is in
IT. a. it were
"What do you meanE' asked our
newly elected official.
"Why, you don't seem to savoy how
20 get all there is coming TO you out Of
n cadaver, somehow; don't handle EN-
scientifically, SO TO speak. Now, we
do that sort of thing better down our
way"
do, chr
"Yes. For instance, there was a
Chinaman killed by smoking opium a
lew months ago down there. OF course
few around and had a jury sworn in
before you could wink-they come to
sometimes, you know-and what with
rsummoning witnesses, testimony, etc,
before night l had a bill against the
county for SOC. So"
'More-than the Chinaman was
worth, l should say" said the metro
Politan official.
But wait. l dug up the remains
from the county burying ground the
same night, rushed EN- round to the
Laboratory and had EN- embalmed all
ready for eInergen les. Well, about
three days after that they had a ghost
dance and free fgl t out at the Digger
Indian encampme4t, and 50 l had the
Celestials pigtail ut short, few feath-
uers twisted in and hid him in the
bushes out that vay. Then | had him
Hound and rep rted, and as the Jury
couldn't agree Is to the particular tribe
the Indian b, 'onced TO. | impaneled
smother one doubles the fees, don't
You see-and gave the papers a rous-
Ing good itCn. Its a great snap 10
stand in with the reporters. by the
way"
How much did that maker
We'll, | was about $40 ahead on
the speculation then, so / waited until
a hot Of emigrants passed up country,
md the next day one of 'em was found
dropped dead on the road Of heart dis
sase-catch on, don't youl Same old
rorpse with a big felt hat and rawhide
bOot-pockets full of macaroni. /
think tapped the taxpayers for about
E175 more that time. Well, / sorter let
up for a week after that, and her had
The remains doubled up in a packing
box and found among the unclaimed
freight down at the railroad station.
The papers wrote it up as a rmysteri
ous murder case and we had a ten
days examination. Lemme see;
think it was SAG so the whole thing
PANIED out before we were through
Chat time. How does that strike your
why, | never heard Of
why, that's nothing. my dear sir;
nothing. / haven't got half through
with that Chinaman yet. When | left
home | had just got him nicely wedged
m among the branches Of a tree in the
woods just out of town, dressed in a
1uit of complete black. with an old
telescope in his coat tail pocket and a
pair of big green goggles on his nose,
for all the world like one Of those OBJ
servatory cranks. G-apple with the
idea, don't your
Cant say do"
why, that's the aeronau dodge,
don't you sect Unknown scientific
party fallen out Of a balloon. Ny own
design entirely. Splendid, isn't itl The
remains are a little worn by this tiuSe.
know, but what are you going to do
IN such an Internally healthy climate
as San Diegol / expect 20 send the old
lady and the girls C Europe on that
Gadaver yet, if l have to wire it to-
gether to do it. No, my dear sir, your
metropolitan coroners mean well,
know, but what you need is a little
o enterprise, ingenuity and-and
ginger"
-Fm afraid we do"
Exactly. But / must hurry up to
aBash street and get front seats for this
nsW farce comedy that opens tonight.
Great place to study up on anatomy, l
hsar," and giving a late s~tockbroker
Who had just been brought in a punch
srtwo with his cane the doctor drifted
Francisco Examiner.