The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-13
ROYAL BONES MISSING.
Hungarians Bitter Over the Robbery
of the TOmbs of Their kings.

Hungarians Bitter Over the Robbery
of the TOmbs of Their Kings.
Vienna Dispatch in the Pail Mall Gazette.
The scandal-loving Hungarians have
sensation now which is just after the
heart of that "paprika" eating nation.
The sacred bones of their ancient kings
have gone astray from the vaults in the
old "Kronungsstadt" of notwithstanding,
and no one seems to know where they are.
This plundering of the royal tombs has
been going on for years without any steps
being taken to prevent It. The vaults
contained, among other, st. Emerich, the
son Of the first Hungarian king, st.
Stephan Q031) Kink Stephan, G03s0 King
Koloman, 1114) Prince Almos father of
King Bella II, 1872 King Bella II. uA)
and Kings Celia III and Ladisiaus; Queen
Marie, the first wife of Robert Carl, Q317D
King Albert, Q439) Johann Zapolya, Q540)
whose body was ruthessly thrown out in
1913 by order of Achmed Pacha, and Ulys-
ses II, OSLO.
The spoliation of the bones has been
such that It is impossible to identify those
that stlll remain in the possession of the
been kept a secret, but the scandal final
" reached such a pitch that it was no
longer possible to deceive the public, who
now learn for the first time that the au-
thorities have been guilty of the most
shameful neglect.
The royal tombs were first disturbed by
the Turks, and in 1859 researches were
made in the bishops garden and the
bones collected and identified. Each skel-
eton was catalogued, and the skulls re-
ceived a label, the whole collection being
placed In stone sarcophagi. Then they
were handed over to the care of tho town
Here began the second chapter in the acts
Of vandalism. The stone sarcophagi were
thrown uncerenoniously on a dustheap
and the bones stored in a loft of the town
hall. There they lay forgotten and neg
lected until 1872 when an attendant an
nomced one day to the police director that
some bones were strewn about the floor
upstairs
"What bones?" asked the director.
II don't know" was the reply. prob
ably they are the bones from the bishops
garden years ago.
Up stairs went the director, and there
sure enough lay the bones, with the labels
still inside the skulls to show THAI they
were the remnants Of the royal race Of
Hungary The next step was TO renter
them In the vault Of st. Stephens church,
then newly built, and to hand them over
10 the care of the cathedral officials.
Twenty-one years passed by, and the
old caretakers had gone to their rest, when
one day the Archaeological, Prof. Torok
accompanied by several officials, descend
ed into the vault for the purpose OF re-
moving the precious remains to Buda-
Pesth in the interests of anthropology. TO
his horror he found that the seals of the
shells had been broken, and the latter
forced opep All the skulls had disap-
peared, and one entire skeleton was also
missing.
Suspicious rests upon the former care
taker who held the keys of the vault He
was known as drunken reprobate, and
most likely forced open the tombs in the
hope Of discovering treasure. His story
at the time that the bones had been remov-
cd by a doctor for medical purposes Is
not believed. The real truth Of the mat
ter will probably never be CLEANED. Il
may be that these valuable skulls were
sold to visitors by some one in charge for