The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-08-21

Capitol was taken up, re-boxed, sealed,
| and forwarded by express to the Chi
| cago consignees.
| At Mansfield, matters were cOmplicat-
| ed. The messenger, with the sexton and
grave-digger, visited the place of inter-
ment and after removing the earth which
had filled the grave, found it empty. The
box and contents had already been stol-
en- and removed. The fact was reported
to the chief of police, who at once started
an investigation. He visited all the ply
sicians and surgeons iii the city, suspect
| ing that some one had robbed the grave
in the interest of science, but to no pur-
pose. They all stated that the mutilated
| skeleton was worthless for scientific pur-
poses.
| Had this half-skeleton risen from it's
pauper burial, and gone floating round
| the world in quest of the other half?
and who, in all Mansfield, had any inter-
est in that box of bones dug up from
John Sherman's well. except John Sher-
man, himself? Such were the questions
now being asked by the Mansfield people;
they remembered John Sherman's flight
and the day of-the inquest, and his sub
| sequent Indifference to an event which
| shook the town like an earthquake. Many
were the suspicious whispered with
bated breath by the good people of Mans
field who had been taught to look upon
Senator Sherman as the personification
| of all that was great and good in the
Buckeye state,-"Honest John Sher-
| man."
The messenger at once returned to Chi
cago, whittier the Washington half-skel-
| eton had preceded him, and made report
of his Mansfield experience 1t was re-
| r6p0 hnf nj IN NO oho;,
of evidence gathering around John Sher-
man, that he was the prime mover in the
death of human being, and that Alexis
Nevada was the murdered person. But
now that the Mansfield grave had been
robbed, how was it possible to follow out
identification? The wiley Ohioan had
| out-witted them, and all their labor had
come to naught. But one Bender out
of ten are ever caught,-Holmes and
Haywards escape for years, and vast
number of their kith and kin are never
exposed in their villanies. And now it
seemed that John Sherman-if really the
bones in possession were those of the
missing Mr.. Nevada,-the greatest vii
lain since the food. was likely to escape
toO,-for 1t was morally certain that if
that man had been murdered, his blood
was on the hands Of the Ohio senator
1t was therefore with many misgivings
as to the outcome that time and place
was agreed upon to open the box contain
ing the Washington find.
At an early period in the investigation,
the detectives had taken into their con-
fidence little known gentleman of Chi
cago, Prof w. H. Harvey. AS a young
lad he had known Mr. Nevada, who had
been a warm friend of his fathers and
between whom extensive business rela-
lions existed for several years in Western
mining. Prof. Harvey had kept himself
well posted as to the history of these pro-
ceedings, and as will be seen in the sequel
was an efficient aid in bringing out facts
of the most conclusive and convincing
character
At the appointed time, the detective
force and such others as so willed, met
to inspect the half-skeleton. Prof Har-
vey was to preside and direct the order
Of business. He had caused an eminent
dentist and surgeon of Chicago to attend.
also several other gentlemen of note in
the city, and few visiting strangers.
| The proceeding was extra judicial but
| conducted with the fOrmality of a judicial
| inquiry.
Before a nail of the box was drawn.
Prof. Harvey arose to statement He
| said that while the detectives had been
pursuing their Investigations, he had not
| been idle; that he had taken, and had
now in his possession:
LIST. An ex parte affidavit of Denver
tailor, who had, for many, years, made
up the wearing apparel of Alexis Nevada,
and prior to 1873;
End. A like affidavit from his dentist,
at Kansas City;
Sd. A like affidavit from Washing
ton dentist, who, prior to 1873, had per-
formed like services, and
4th. A certified copy of the record of
the proceedings had before the Mansfield
Coroner, over the half-skeleton taken
from the Sherman well at that city, now
missing
Prof. Harvey went on to say that these
affidavits had all been taken on the same
day, and at widely divergent points, SO
that collision was impossible With other
facts and circumstances about which
there was no question, if the teeth were
found in the half-skull supposed to be in
the Washington box, remained intact
being the left side, then he should claim
that the identification was complete, even
without the other half which had clearly
been stolen at Mansfield.
/ The cool and assured manner of Prof,
Harvey, and his evident honesty of pur-
pose, deeply impressed all present
There was one exception. A represent
alive of den of thieves, burglars, robbers
and murderers, with headquarters in Wall
street, New York City, sat near to Prof
Harvey, with defiant sneers peeping out
from every feature Of diabolical and viii
famous face. In looking at him, an in
voluntary recurrence was had to the event
named in the Book of Job when the Sons
Of God presented themselves before the
Most High, "and Satan came also among
them" He appeared as one who had
been "going to and fro in the earth, and
from awlking up and down on it,''-and
in company with John Sherman's French
five-franc piece, which put our dollar coin
age on the same basis as the French coin
age, 1874 grams" and which Honest John
Sherman told the United States Senate
and the people he represented, would
give us dollar that was to float around
the world" His name was Horr,-Ros-
well G. Horr. Horr, it appears, has never
been able to find more than one-half OF
that wonderful dollar No wo1der the
poor wretch looked tattered and torn from
his fruitless search. The fact soon devel-
oped that he was bosom companion OF
Honest John,-that Honest John had been
invited to be present at the coming in
| VeStlgatlOn,-that he never even sent his
regrets" but had sent Horn who got a
belly full of regrets before leaving Chi
cago for his Wall street den.
Prof Harvey now drew from his pocket
four formidable packages and Offering
the Denver affidavit to Mr. Horr, asked
him to break the seal. Horn declined to
take it. Prof. Harvey returned the in
suit with a smile, broke the seal. and