The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
He said he had been officially notified to

He said he had been officially notified to
make snch an1fnvesEigalion.
TEMPEST IN A TEA P or" :.
with the exception Of hat corner
said Inspector Allen. pointing over TO the
southeast corner of the new Catholic
cemetery after ne had Concluded his
investigation there this afternoon. "sii
this matter appears to be but a tempest
In a tea pot"
Lea by Superintendent John H. Con-
Tor, the Inspector. accompanied by a
trio of reporters, first shown the interior
of the stable In which nearly thirty bodies
were encased for burial had been stored.
The twenty-four hour notice was not
served by Superintendent Conner until
Yesterday. Since then some twelve or
fifteen of the bodies stored in the stables
had been removed and buried in the
'single grave section" OF the new north
addition. One Of the boxes bore the date
OF March IA.
"That is the oldest one In here now"
replied the ScperiD tendent, IN answer to
the Inspectors question.
The top of one Of the boxes was stained
with a dark fluid that had oozed from u
child's coffin that had rested there.
Over in the new north addition in close
proximity TO the vault there were great
holes in which a dozen or more men were
| working planting %coffins. One hole was
made for the reception of four caskets.
The contents of some were the remains
OF the dead whose relatives had respond
ed TO the twenty-four hour notice.
LAWS BROKEN.
Some thirty Il encased bodies were
still left III the vault. though the grave
| diggers were removing some of the
caskets at the time OF the Inspectors
visit. Relatives of the remains of these
had also responded to the notice thai the
new single grave section was ready. Some
of the caskets were handsomely covered
in purple aud black. One was awaiting
| the completion of an iron vault. A dead
leg amputated from some unrortunata
was wrapped in a box covered with paper
on one OF the casSets.
The inspector was sure that the author
tiles have rendered themselves liable
through the construction OF the vaul,
which, while its floor is only a foot or SO
lower than the surface in front, appears TO
be the partially cut in the side OF u hill. It's
top, however. is not as high as the Rround
In the rear. A yentilating shaft pro-
trudes from the top. Some OF the bodies
had been In the vault for months.
In both the stable and the vault cop
ious sprinklings of chloride lime Were
found.
Inspector Allen also uisited the Jer-
sey City Cemetery vault this morning.
The vault is built In the side OF the hill.
Over one hundred and nifty bodies are
stored therein. some of which have been
there for thirteen years. The law, how
ever. is complied with.
HASTE AND CARELEsSNESS.
Superintendent Connor said during
Mr.. Allen's investigation of the Catholic
Cemetery.
"It is often the case that mourners
who come to bury the dead, catch a
glimpse of a fresh grave only partially
covered adJacant to that Of their W
dsad. Sometimes whenw we are
rushed with funerals we
are obliged to leave them
in that condition for a few hours until
We get lime to cover them. This prob
ably gives rise to some of the rumors con-
corning bodies only being buried a few
inches below the surface"