Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-29

heard crowd OF men, probably dozen or
fifteen, running through tho yards In
that vicinity about 2 o'clock, ana about
O'clock DIR. Beaudry's bell was rung again.
lie started for the door and about that
time several stones were hurled through
the front windows OF tho house. He
looked out and saw three men running
away. The stones were found to be
pieces Of the grave stones and they were
brought to the station. i
Awaiting m Owner.
A lapel which belongs to blue serge
macintosh was found In front OF the house
and the police would like to hnd the
owner. Every stone that was pulled
down towards an avenue struck on tho
stone curbing around the lot and was
smashed, therefore many are ruined. The
damage will amount to hundreds OF dol
lars.
Hundreds visited the cemetery yester.
day and gazed on the work Of tho rcne'
gades. The penalty for desecrating .
graveyard 10 ten months In jail or nne
OF 900. At the corner Of Main street and
Lonsdale avenue an express wagon wss run
out OF blacksmith shop on to the street
railway track, and the oar which left
Providence at 2:05 O'Clock Ia cnarge MO.
torman Charles Buxton ran into the
vehicle, smashing 1t and nearly throwing
the car off the track. At other points
along the road carpenters "horses" were
placed on the tracks and every available
object was placed where car would strike
It and possibly be wrecked.
Swan Point Not Visited.
There were rumors afioat last night to
the effect that Swan Point cemetery had
been visited by vandals Saturday night
and that many grave stones had been torn
down. Upon inquiry ut the cemetery last
ling such was ifound not to be the
case The keeper, who lives In the lodge
at the gate, told the reporter that no acts
of vandalism were discovered yesterday.
| Sometimes stones whose bases are inse.
cure are taken down by the proprietors
during the winter and erected again in the
summer. There are several such stones
lying fat on the ground at Swan Point.
The keeper thought that possibly this fact
might have given rise to the rumor.
An Awful Scene.
On Central avenue the destruction pre-
sents the most striking appearance, ss
here the stones were tipped down the
bank, with the heads toward the street.
| The stone bearing the name Nancy God
frey, who died In 1912, was broken at the
socket. The headstone Of Edwin K. God
frey and Lucy Godfrey, his wife, were
pitched down the bank. These two head
stones have long been an object OF Curl
osity, on account Of the poetic insorip.
tions on them, indicating the difference
in religious belief of the husband and the
wife. On the wife's stone are the lines:
| To God my soul ] trust.
| While my body returns to dust,
| In Heaven to remain at rest
| Among the just and biest.
On the husbands headstone are the fei-
lowing lines:
The debt OF nature IL is paid,
| In the grave my body's laid,
| Here IL remains at rest
| lived and died naturalist.
Not the Work Of Spite.
II the vandalism was confined to q
single lot or to one or two lots 1t might
| be considered that it was done out of per-
sonal spite. But these vandals paid no
attention to age, sex or locality. There
was no system in their work, unless 1t
were the system Of doing as much mischief
rs possible In q given time. The head
stone of the aged was no more sacred than
that of the infant; the stone W hich had
been standing since 1877 was thrown down
by the side of one which had not been
exposed to the elements more than one
winter; the handsome stone resting on
a marble pedestal and granite base, and
the one on a simple foundation were alike
pulled over, and with as little care In the
one case as the other, and as little feGr OF
breaking.
Detailed Description
On Locust avenue the headstone Of
James w. Mirmard rests against the wire
fence which surrounds the lot, having
been pulled from It's position with the
base still clinging to 1t. In the Carpenter
lot two headstones are fiat on the ground,
one with the base stone attached and the
other torn away from the base. In the
lot whore are buried Lydia Durham and
Margaret e. Jenks, hve headstoues lie
fat, one OF them having been pulled from
the base. The heavy stone which marked
the last resting place Of Lyman B. Potter
was lifted bodily from the base to which
1t was pinned, and It had been necessary
to raise It three or four inches to clear the
pins.
On Avenue ID two headstoncs in the
Buoklin lot were pulled from the base
stones. The headstones at the graves Of
James s. Hanna and wife were thrown
down, and are quite badly Clipped at the
corners. The footston es In the yard Of
superintendent Smyth were thrown over.
the headstone OF Jennie 4. Bracket was
pulled down and broken In three pieces.
The heavy stone at tho grave Of Ephrsim