The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-13
STUDENTS STORY
A Confession Said to Have Been
Made,
Making DR.. Minney Responsible
For the Grave RObberies.
THIS MAY NOT BE TRUE
As the Story is So Far Unsup-
ported.
Arrests of the Faculty to Be
Made.
WARRANTS SWORN OUT
DR.. Minney Makes an Emphat-
zeal Denial.
The Man With the Cut on His
Hand
Said to Be Scott Carr Previously
Accused.

County Attorney Stafford says this
afternoon that he has sufficient informa-
tion against the authorities of the Kan
sas Medical college to warrant the ar
rest of several persons connected with
that institution.
He is now preparing the papers and
will arrest the dean of the faculty, Dr.
John E. Minney, aud DR.. Clarence Nc
Cintock. professor of anatomy, also City
Physician Mitchell:
1t is said one of the students at the Kan
sas Medical college has made a complete
confession, telling just how the bodies for
the dissecting room were furnished and
who sis responsible for the outrages
which have come to light this week.
Which one of the sixty students of the
college made The confession the lawyers
refuse to tell
The student who confessed said that
g short time ago there was 'strike" in
the dissecting room because there was
shortage of dissecting material, and
some of the students threatened to leave
the institution
They said they were promised subjects
fer dissection when they entered the col
lege and they had. not been furnished al
though they had paid their tuition which
entitled them to all the material for dis
section necessary
DR.. J. Z. Ainuey, dean of the college,
was called On TO settle this difficulty and
he then pledged the students that he
would see thdt they had all the bodies
necessary in the future and would be
responsible to the students for the bodies
being procured
This story by the student may be false
and not entitled to credence. The court
must determine this matter.
Captain Waters said this afternoon:
"ln addition to prosecuting the guilty
persons in a criminal proceeding we will
tomorrow morning file civil damage
suits in the district court against each
aud every member of the faculty and
each and every student.
I'VE will sue not only for the actual
damage caused in dollars and cents for
a second funeral expense, but for puni-
tive damages of $500, for the outrageous
ness and bruialness of the affair.
Each member of the faculty and each
student will be sued for that amount"
Dr. r 5. Magee, one of the members
OF the Medical college faculty and Dr.
Minney's partner, said to a STATE JoUR-
NAL reporter this afternoons: The state
ment of Father Hayden that all the dis
Eectiag material necessary can be Sc
cured from St. Joseph and Kan
sas City is mistake. The
facts are that Kansas City
has for long time been
furnished with bodies from Topeka. II
has been a regular business here and last
year there was professional grave rob
Der engaged in the business here He
was the right man in the right place for
he never left any tracks behind him
he told me about his being chased once
IN Iowa and how he escaped when his
two companions were caught"
How are the bodies shipped from here
70 Kansas City" asked the re porter
sometimes as freight and sometimes
as dead bodies from one undertaken to
another Itwould surprise some people if
they knew the true extent of this business
Some of the people who are doing the
most loud talking on the street are the
very fellows who have been anxious to
get into the business"
"Who is it that is engaged in this
business here now?"
THAT l don't know. but l know it has
been carried on for years prior to this,
and last winter, when they
had a grave robbing scare at Kansas
City they were almost forced
TO close the medical colleges. because
they could not get dissecting material
aud know that for the most part last
year they used dogs and cats in the Kan
odS lily SCHOOLS.
81 know bodies have been shipped
from Topeka to Kansas City, because l
have seen letters written TO the college
about dissectlng material"
The A. o. Z w. lodges are assisting in
the ferreting out aud prosecution of the
grave robbers AS fast as the several
lodges in the city hold regular meetings
they are voting to share the expense
OF the prosecution by a per cap
ita tax. A general meeting of
all the lodges of that order in the CITY
has been called for tonight and will be
held behind closed doors at the hall,
corner of Sixth and Quincy streets.
AT this meeting a committee on prose
cution will be appointed which will havo
charge of the further prosecution as far
ss the lodges are concerned.
In addition to prosecuting the grave
robbers the A. o. q. W. members pro.
pose to have revenge on every person
who has been connected with the Medi-
cal college.
A petition is being circulated this aft
0rnoon addressed to the county commits.
sioners asking them to remove County
Physician G. s. McClintock, whs is the