The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-22
PAWTUxET VALLEY.
Removal OF Bodies From a Cemetery
Causes Trouble.
Mr.. Bowman Declares That Carpenter
Was Much Too Hasty In Action.

When IT was decided to put in spur
track at the Warwick mills II became
necessary to purchase additional land and
in order to reach the mills by the short
est way II was necessary to cross the site
OF an old cemetery on the land OF Joseph
A. Carpenter. Mr.. Carpenter applied to
the Town Council at the next meeting
for permission to remove the bodies from
the old burying ground to East Green
wich, stating that he would have the
some discussion and obtaining the ad-
vice OF the town solicitor II was decided
| that the Council had no authority to
authorize Mr.. Carpenter TO remove the
| bodies form private cemetery, but
permission was given him to move the
supervision of the. board OF health. He
| applied 10 DIR. &. Il. Chagnon, acting
health officer, for the required permit,
| which was granted, and the work was
| commenced. Among the bodies in the
cemetery were those OF number OF
relatives Of G. ii. Bowman. OF Black
Rock. Mr.. Bowman heard OF the pro-
| posed removal, and called on MIR. Car
| penter, who had not asked his permis-
| sion for their removal and asked what
| Mr.. Carpenter intended doing with the
bodies. According to Mr.. Bowman's
statement he could get no satisfactory
| answer, but Mr.. Carpenter told him that
| he could remove the bodies himself IL he
desired or they would be re-interred in
| q manner satisfactory to him. AS there
| were other relatives Mr.. Bowman did
| not wish to decide himself on the place
| OF their re-interment, but asked for de-
lay OF few days to allow him TO consult
| their wishes in the matter. This was
| acquiesced 10 and Mr.. Bowman sup
| posed that not hing would be done until
| q new burial place could be decided upon.
| This morning, however, he was around
| with blood In his eye, and told his story
to NEWS reporter, saying that the day
| after he had seen Mr.. Carpenter the
hodies were disinterred and placed In un-
marked pine boxes, after which they
| were taken TO Maple Root, where a trench
4 was dug and the boxes placed in il and
covered up SO that IL wes impossible to
tell one BODY from another. Mr.. Bow
man says that some of the stones in the
| old cemetery were thorwn down and
broken and that the whole business was
done without his permission and in an
| indecent manner. He also claims that
| the cemetery was not the porperty of Mr..
Carpenter, and intends to fight the case
| TO the full extent of the law.
PHENIx.
The committee appointed at the last
sociation to solicit funds for the purpose
of paying the debts of the society, held a
meeting last Monday evening at j. {.
Conley's office. The members of the
committee have been quite successful in
their work and nearly sy00 has been
pledged copditionally The majority OF
those having bills against the association
have cut their claims down 90 per cent,
and several have agreed to release the So
ciety entirely. il is thought that il the
present spirit continues to be manifested
by the residents OF the valley the associa-
tion's Indebtedness can in time be cancel
ed and the fair held this fall.
Miss Julia Freeman of Cottage City,
Mass, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Jere-
miah Sweet.
RIvERPOINT.
The p. ". Wheelmen mat in their
rooms in Fanagan's block lest evening
and decided TO hold club run to Pontiac
Saturday evening and attend the enter
tainment to be given in Lyceum Hall by
the societies of All Saints Church.
Those who took part In the cantata
will hold reception.and supper in the
Congregational Church Friday evening
Mrs. James Ashburton was run into
and knocked down by bicyclist near
Brayton's foundry last evening, but es-
capped serious injury. She was walk ing
along the Sidewalk at the time when
the wheelman came up behind her, and
the first intimation che had OF his pres
ence was when she was struck and
thrown TO the ground by the wheel. The
man was thrown of his acoine but
picked himself up and rode off without
stopping TO see II she had been seriously
injured.
The Columbian Whist Club met with
Mr.. and Mrs. +. W. Greene on woouside
avenue last evening. The lady's prize was
won by Miss Fannie Waterhouse and the
gentleman's by &. ii. Potter, Jr.
HOPE.
Mrs. W. ii. Latham is visiting her par
ents IN Connecticut
The II. b. Society held a very pleasant
meeting in the vestry OF the church last
evening.
Rufus Mitchell, who has been ill, is
convalescent.
James O'Biren of Shady Lea, is the
guest OF friends here.
The new water tank at the depot has
been completed and put into use
Miss Maggie Malloo is visiting relatives
in New Bedford.
PONTIAC.
The Parish Aid Society will meet in the
church parlors tomorrow afternoon.
Captain Charles Hall of New London
was the guest of friends here yesterday.
The annual school meeting was held in