Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-12-14
TOPEKA EXCITED.
rhs Discovery Of Grave Robberies Creates
Tarmuis at tho kansaA Capitai-Medleai
Collero rhfeateNed.

| The Discovery Of Grave Robbcries Creates 4
| Turmuls at tho kansaA Capital Medical
College Threatened.
TorEkA, Kan, Dec. l2.-Not before
since 1888, when an infuriated mob
took Murderer Oliphert from the
county jail and hanged him to telc-
graph polo on the principal street OF
the city, has Topeka been SO aroused
rs II Is now over the discovery that her
cemetery has been robbed to supply
iissecting material for the Kansas
Medical college. II looked for time
last night rs II there might DO blood
shed over II. The police learned In the
afternoon that there was movement
ON foot to sack the college. Yesterday
evening the faculty called upon the
police for protection, and the sheriff
called upon Gov. Morrill, for militia.
In response to the request, several
companies were ordered under arms,
but the mob failed to put in an appear
ance, and the orders for troops were
countermanded. The prospect Is now
that the law will be allowed to ferret
out and punish the graveyard desecra'
Tors.
The excitement started on Monday,
when J. O. Van Fleet, respected citi'
zen, discovered that the body OF his
wife had been removed from its grave,
and later located II, by the aid Of Q
search warrant, at the Tcpelta Med
ical college The excitement engcn.
dercd by this discovery had in no way
abatcd when A. N. Dake, n prominent
citizen OF North Topeka, made the
startling discovery that the grave OF
his wife had been desecrated and
further investigation located this body
also ut the Kansas Medical college.
All yesterday the grave robbing was
the topic Of conversation on the street.
At every corner knots Of men could be
seen and heard discussing in angry
tones tho events of the day. Threats
Of rnObbing the college and hanging
the grave robbers could be heard on
every side. All eight Of the A. o. U.
W. lodges In the city were called to
meet at night, ostensibly to ferret out
the guilty parties, and they offered
5000 reward for the detection OF the
criminals. The husbands OF both tho
women were workmcn, The faculty
Of the college held n meeting. pre-.
sided over by cx-Chief Justice Horton,
who Is chairman OF the board OF direct
ors, at which resolutions were passed
declaring that NIL connected with the
college were innocent; that tho bodies
had come to the college without their
knowledge or consent, and that they
would lend every power to apprehend
the grave robbers.
Hardly had the ink on these rcsolu'
tions dried when the word flew ovet
the city that a third body found In
the dissecting room had been identi
fed rs that OF Mrs. p. II. Lillis. wife
OF foreman in the Santa Fe shops al
Argentine. She had been buried in
the Catholic cemetery short time
ago. Though her body was found in
n badly mutilated condition, It was
fully identified by her son. BY this
time the town was at fever heat.
Violence to the medical college was
threatened and the sheriff called for
troops, but matters finally quieted
down.
The intensity Of the feeling may be
realized when it Is stated that 1900
citizens attended the A. o. q. W. in
dignation meeting, many Of them the
best citizens of the town.