The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-19
JURY CALLED.
Judge Hazen Calls the Grand
Jury Today.
It Will Meet on Tuesday, JAM
uary Il,
TO WEIGH EVIDENCE
Concerning the Recent Grave
RObberies in This County.
Arrest of NJ. E. Lowe, F. H.
Martin and Others.

Marcus E. Lowe, ex-city scavenger, is
now lodged in the county Jail charged
with robbing the graves of Mrs. I. o.
Van Fleet and Mrs. A. n. Dake, in
Rochester cemetery, and DR.. F. H.
Martin and L. c. Duncan, two third year
students of the Medical college, S. 4.
johnson, the janitor, and DR.. J. E. Min.
ney are under arrest charged with
knowingly receiving these stolen bodies.
The warrants for the arrest of these
persons were issued late yesterday after
noon and ss announced in the STATE
JOURNALS extra edition, ex-Scavenger
Lowe and doctor Martin were placed
under arrest about o'clock.
The complaints for the arrest of Lowe
and the other persons implicated were
drawn by County Attorney Stafford and
the warrants were issued by Judge Hazen
at his office.
Lowe was found on the street within
ten minutes after the warrant was issued,
and was locked up in the county jail
when he failed to give bond. His bond
was placed at $500.
DR.. Martin succeeded in giving bond
when he was arrested, his wife, Mrs.
Kate II. Martin, signing his bond for
$500
DR.. J. E. Minney furnished bond in
the same amount, which was signed by
Mr.. 2. |. BOnebrake.
Duncan and johnson, the janitor Of
the college, were not arrested last night.
This morning Duncan walked into the
sheriff's office and said he saw in the
STATE JOURNALS extra edition last night
that he was wanted by the sheriff and be
came to give himself up. de explained
that he did not give himself up last
night because he wanted an opportunity
to look for bondsman. DR.. A. Dawson
signed his bond.
Sheriff Burdge went to Silver Lake at
noon to arrest johnson on the new war
raot.
The arrests made Iastnight were on the
single charge of robbing Mrs. Van Elects
grave and receiving her body. Today,
however. additional warrants we're served
on all the persons connected with the
affair charging them with the
same offence in relation to Mrs. Dake's
body, and County Attorney Stafford ex-
poets to have them all put under an ad-
ditional bond for the body of Mrs. Lillis
which was taken from the Catholic Gem
etery.
These will place each person under at
least $1,000 bond.
The petitions asking Judge Hazen to
call special session of the grand jury
for the investigation of the grave rob-
berry cases were presented ito him today.
There were four petitions flied contain
ing about 200 names.
Judge Hazen Immediately issued a
call for the convening of a grand jury of
fifteen persons for Tuesday, January IA,
the day after the opening of the January
term of the district court
F. II. Martin, one Of the persons ar
came to the STATE JOURNAL Office today
and made the statement that he did not
believe Lowe was the man who robbed
! the graves. He said:
st does not look like his work. OF
course l don't know anything about this,
and have not even seen the graves, but
this doesn't look like his work. He is
too slick a man. He knows his business
too we'll for that"
enger or grave robber?" asked the re-
porter who talked with him.
81 did not say what 1 meant l don't
know anything about this, but l will bet
you Lowe is not the man. 1t is the work
of greenies all the way through, or that
is the way it looks to me-"
Marlin feels very much aggrieved that
he should be implicated in the affair.
The officers who are working on the
grave robbery cases refuse to tell who
gave them the information which led to
the arrests they have made because they
are afraid the Medical college faculty
and students who are banded together
would find some way TO stop the leak
| if they knew where it is.
The members of the A. o. Z. W. COM
mittee have aided very materially in
getting to the bottom of this affair, and
member of that committee said today
that while Lowe is the man who robbed
the graves he did not do it alone, and that
| he had three assistants
1t is expected that the three assistants
will be arrested either today or tomor-
row.
We Should Pronounce 1t Dang erous.
Toledo Blade: 1t is correct nowadays
to pronounce any of the Affections that
end in tits" such as appendicitis,
with the accent on the penultimate syI-
liable, and as if the tits" were spelled
"eyetis." Eminent surgeons also say
"intesteynaI' for intestinal" and An
| olicize as much as possible every tech