The evening times., 1896-03-04
SECOND BoDT IDENTIFIED
II Is That Of John williams who
Died Recently.
THREE GHOULS RECOGNIZED
Express Company Officials Took a
Look at the Prisoners, and Were
Able tn State Positively That They
Are the Mcu wapted, With the Ex-
ceptioa of Jones'

The identification OF three of the body
snatchers, locked up at the Fourth pre-
ciIict station house, is now complete, and
the prisoners, with the exception OF Syl-
vc.ter Jones, Will be arraigned in the po-
lic2 court tomorrow morning. The police
were unable to connect Sylvester with any
OF the recent midnight jobs, ana he was
consequently released from custody today.
Ernest L. johnson. the Quilted States
Express Company official who received the
boxes with cadayers i'll them several weeks
ago, visited No. 4 station this morning.
in company with Night Superint endent Peck
and fully Identified John Jones, one of the
prisoners, as the man who brought Il number
of boxes Ia the express depot. among them
those containing the bodies winch were
staicn from Parne's Cemetery ON the Ben
ming road.
Jones always represented himself TO The
express officials us William Jackson"
and received the receipts for the ghastly
freight in that name.
Mr.. Johnson OF the express company also
recognized George NARROW, the old colOrcd
man, as the driver of the vehicle. in which
the bodies were conveyed TO he depot. The
son. Jerry NARROW, fourteen years of age,
-is h.id as an accomplice. Tic express Of
ficials also stated that John Jones ard
George NARROW had broue ht many similar
boxes to their office during the past win
u,r. They were all shipped to Hanover, n.
/ H., and Detroit. Mich.
- PRISONERS WERE MUTE.
The prisoners were unconmunicative
today, hut NARROW has admitted that he
fTis ,ometimes hau led trunks TO the express
offices. He denies ever having handled
boxes. however. and added that his prin-
cipaI business was landing ashes. The
wagon. which was captured with the pris-
oncrs yesterday 10y Sergt. Daley and Police
-,nan Muller. does not lear any marks OF
having tcen emp.oyed rs an ash wagon.
II was decided today to charge Jones and
-ilie Marlows with "desecrating graves
under the provisions OF the act of Congress
approved February c6, s95. The penalty
imposed by this law is mot less than two
years nor more than three, at hard labor
in the jail of aid District
As there are no facilities for imposing
labor on convicts al the Jail here, the au-
thorititS will find themselves in a quandary
as to how to carry out the hard labor
clause OF the sentence.
IL addition to trying the ghouls under
the above act they may also be charged
with violating the District health ordinance,
which imposes iine of rot less than $50
nor more than $500 for conveying dead
bodies over the public thorcughfares i'll
the District without having a permit from
the health office.
THE GHoULS' RENDEZVOUS.
1t was learned today that the packing
depot OF the rcsurrectionists is piece
of woods just OFF the Bennings road, and
about a hall-mile from Woodiawn Gene
tery There the ShOuls could work with
out fear of detection in the open air, and
find plenty OF oak leaves with which to
pack their uncanny freight.
This information was conveyed to the
police by Albert Thomas, an old colored
man who lives nearby and had frequently
seen fights moving about in the woods
Upon invetigating on the following morn
ings traces OF the unholy work OF the grave
robbers could be seen on every hand.
Several colored men called at the morgue
today ard Identified the second body Us that
of Jonn " illiams, who was buried in Wood
lawn Cemetery last Sunday by Undertaken
Mckenzie Scott. The dead man had been
working in Philadelphia, where he died, and
was brought here Saturday morning Tor
interment.
It. has been decided TO leave the bodies
of the victims of the ghouls-George Henry
Qualls and John Willians-at the morgue
until the cases against the grace robbers
are disposed OF in Judge Miller's court
tomorrow.