Kansas City daily journal., 1896-02-14
INVESTIGATION OF SUTTON.
ruE BOARD or HEALTH TAKES &C.
TfoN ON GRAVE RoBBERY.
All OF tho tnderiaker's Union Cemetery
Buriais to Bc txamined-so some strong
tircumstantiai Evidence Was
Disclosed Yesterday.

tircumstantiai Evidence Was
Disclosed Yesterday
Cnfcers % the law are going 10 search
through $50 uaup,r graves az the Juiou
mctery TO establish the magnitude of the
apparent ttaffc u the bodies OF the human
dead IL was stated by chief Irwin yes
tsrtay that the Eravcs of an the bodies
Jnaertaker sutton had handled would be
opened lg detectives. with the consent Of
the board ot health. The grave whcre the
body of tho late Mark Hart was buried IN
/ Union cemetery was opened yesterday.
. lu TIE body had not been disturbed. More
Etdves VIII be- opened to-day
Julertaktr sutton VIII have a thcrouEh
iuvcstsatlou hy the board of health con-
yernIn- the suspicious that have been
cast upon him regarding the tfani. king IN
human bodies. This was decided az the
boards meeting Yesterday and chief Irwin
ana Health Officer Warirs were appointed
committee 10 make this Investigation
aul report 20 the board. Should this come
mittea hrl that there is sufficient evidence
y The board " public works that h.s con-
truef for hGfyiuE the pluptr dead t" au-
Iu.l.8. The board. ui health took no action
az yesterday meeting except TO appoint
on account Of the absence Of Mayor
Davis from The city. Acting Mayor Ter
b,rs together. An Werc present except
chief ntl. Jnacrtaker sutton was rep-
resented .iy Attorney James a. Heed.
who's. defense ui his client was that there
was % Systematic plot by Mr. sutton
tus mites io ruin him Ie gave out The IN
ference that the very best OF feeling had
Not existed between Mr. sutton and the
other urI.ftukcrs, and that the coroner
himself was not on the very best OF terms
oslt41u to the board iu behalf " hts ciicntt
THAT Mr sutton would 50 w.th the entire
.Hrv ts4.s rf...s IA
bis own expense. dig w All the bodies
Vat D. had buried. l52 IN al and u they
v,r. not found in their resting places he
would have nothing more - say.
what Sutton'- Attorney says.
at is a most extraordinary circum-
stance" said Mr. Reed, that those per
SONS. or the person. who started this in
ye-.ratiau should have picked oHt tue
three graves containing the apparent evil
dcuye OF his guilt Think of it-hnding
the three graves out OF i5l. with only one
mistake. / want to say that the man who
knew exactly which graves TO dix M was
the man who looted the grave. whoever
did the work of putting sand INTO those
eoihus had q motive. and that motive was
10 ruin sutton.
Chi'f Irwin stated that complaints hal
been coming "a his Office for some months
that "a Eroat many EraVts were being
robbed. anl that ~ had detailed betec i've
Andy DHare 90 look into these complaints.
De had som thihE dafuit. 10 work upon and
tho consequence, was the digging up OF
from "a list Of twenty-five bodies. FOR which
Mr. sutton had been given burial permits,
which any record could be found at the
Nftsr "a large amour, Of blekerlng. in
which u- r. - Thrush. secretary OF the
Anatomical Society. stated that for some
time after The appointment, of Mr, sutton
az 10y ggder,ak,r. the COLLEGES had h99
and ih4t sometimes he supposed they. We're
compelled to get 10 "the other way
Mrs. Rcubcn's Experience.
Mrs Hulla Jane Reuba n.who trampel the
streets tor three days taking up q collcc-
tiou % false so with which 20 dgfray the
expense OF burying the body Of James
Robertson. whose cotIm was cNhumoI and
found 90 bo partially allied with sand, yes-
teriay called upon uuiertakrr sutton and
hal uiN him FOR % service that % Is be-
li'Ned b. d.d pot perform. sutton said hr
ho first demanded that SHE sign this state,
mout
"IlearlveI This LAY from J +, sutton &
Co. the sum OF 80 in fun OF all demands or
every Kind either ngalnst J, sutton *
SJ. wanted the money. as the children or
thc dead man needed il. she signed the
II IS MI probable that there will he any
arrest loeau," Of ihr seeming traffic m
thg dg41 unil ,ng I sr3[gr ~, a. e. ,ymLlgEg
ot the guiit ~ thg suspected persons,
Following ihe charges made in both The
~ I'uIartakrr William b. RAYMOND, i3l
Minnesota avenue Kansas city, kls.. the
|ur whore il was established 20 his own
satisfaction, and the satisfaction OF several
ufh.r people. thgt the charges against him
Air. EaS SmouI selected police station 30,
: ae The Wr"'NGs place ana ,ho[HtI Nhlrt
roaiI uGt b. '1hara AMI appointed captain
phillips the captain "a charge Of the pre-
g.urt J= hi- representative.
Wnlim Nolwic's statement.
william Nauwlt, clerk IN his fathers
i4 within three doors uf Sltton'- place, Was
name aa hgF.ng NenAh..l ior me ,,, Salr qt
Wa- present AZ tt- meeting.
IN vas stated that DE- saii D saw Ray
"aaii nat Hx tha date exactly. purchase
"a body ot sutton tar 81 and after rla -
ing the body % an ugusht rec. .iiyer;
mis- NaaWtr avu.rl last uight M the pres
rr.a of Captain Phillips, Mr. Raymond, a
Journal reporter ana several other persons
mon r, fore last night. J denied that he
-ltF ~ sav him give sutton so for boiy,
IIa ...# -ag. however. that one evening last
D#t1b,r about or oolock, kaymona's
wagon drove up % sutluu.s p4ac" ana
The front uom, asked u me sun Was
ready He was t"li that % was and cali
ing n an assistant, they placed the body
uf man BE- said he could not state ~heth-
.r~ IL Wa "e1loT.4 or white, into receiver
and drive AWAY with IL. The man gave
sutton bin. be- thinks, either a s., s. or
so uIl. DE- could rot state which, before
DO parting.
He sa!a there was no truth I'm the state
ueut that the man had offered MIN money
nr.t. thinking him One oi Suttpn's clerks
n often lUafrG ln IN" undertaking rooms
ur Ar. sutton after his store had closed
for the day. lie said ho was not yet q
tr8rS OF age, making the statement only
a r-s moments after hc had assorted that
he h4d worked stradlls for his father for
seventeen years without a day on
Raymond's EmPioyss No identified
Mr. RAYMOND had telephoued for his en-
r.f4Er- 10 h. "a the police station, and they
ser. tIs ~ 10 The number ot four. Nuu~le
scanned an Of them closely, bat could not
r.s1gUiZe any 'f them as the man who had
bought the body from sutton Henry
WsckmilI-r, who has worked for Ray moHd
four ytarz. during Rhirh time he has slept
iu th, store and handled everybody mat
u.4- received there. stated positively that
he know of no b1dy having been secured
III Suttou's place duTns that time. lie quit
Air. Eaymoud's employ sunday morning.
Tine other men were William Mct!alp, a
driver. y no dos not work regularly; Andy
Conner. q packer, ANA ; A. nan Horn,
etrpIogtd III the cloth room
Nowie said that on last Thursday even
luE he was iu the morsue NJ Suttou's place
uith VIII Brown. "a friend. Lawrence
Srhawsrr. an employ. OF Newell the
hsrisr. and Arthur AuIrews, Nouwie's