Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-01-13

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DISSERTATION OF A CEMETERY AT VII
LIAMsPoRr. The worst act OF vandalism
ever committe in this place and by compar
ison with which the deeds of the once famous
"Hoolev & Obey" gang appear insignificant
was ptrpctmted last night sometime after
midnight, when fi"nls in human form enter
ed Rtyeryicw Cemetery, on the hin at the
Potomac River, and with ruthless hands
dcsccrated the beautiful city Of the dead
by over,uning and dem Fishing from ninety
to u hundred of the finest marble monuments
and headstoncs on the graves.
The runous worl; was discovered early
this morning by William y ave, who had
gone TO the cemetery to bury the ampu,att d
foot OF Luther Hull and the greatest excite
mcnt was aroused. Hundreds of citizens
visited the cemetery and viewed the devas-
tatiou with mingled feeling and sorrow and
deep indignation Tae cemetery presented
u scene of destruction from one end to the
other. Beautiful and stately Shafts were
thrown down and broken into pieces or
otherwise damaged by berg overturned and
headstones lay III confusion on the ground
in Iiihed condition. The most cOnspicu.
Gus monument in the cemetery is the one
erected to the memory of Gen OHIO Holland
Williams, Revolutionary hero and founder
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vandals and damaged, but not oveItlrown,
on account OF lis size.
Among The monuments that were thrown
over and ruined were those of Judge john
Buchanan an wife, Mrs. J ,mes Flndlay and
several others in the Ftndlay lot, Casper
Shund and wife, Onc.of the wife Of Philip
Castle, OF Leurcl, Md; Lieut.. w. ii Irwin,
DR., Samuel W,isel, Samuel CuIbcrtson, wife
and daughter; Mrs Annie Breckenridge, DR..
John l.. Stctfy, Isaac T. Beard, George
f lsmlnger 2nd many others.
The iron tablet erected Ivy the Ladies'
Memorial Association, under whose man
agrment the cemetery has been made n
beau ltul spot, aud an ornamental cross, also
erected by the association to The memory Of
the unknown dead, we're found among the
ruins. 1t appears that the vandals made
some discrimination in committing the deed
by selrctlnt the most conspicuous and finest
monuments in the cemetery first and later
turned their attention to the smaller stones
OF The great number of monuments that
adorned the cemetery only three or four are
left stand nc, including those Cf Gen. DthO
llpl and Williams, one in the Fndlay lot,
f G. W. Stake and Wife and Sanuc ;
Cunningham These are all OF pundcroHs
SIZE and weight, and Cou' d not be MIRO WI
over. 1t is varioUsly estimated that the
damage amounts to from $4,000 to 5000
1t is supposed that "A crowbar was used 10y
the vandals in their destructive work, BY
inserting the bar under the base of the mon.
ument it could be easily overthrow In
falling many Of the monuments struck
against olhc: stones, and in this way many
were broken
Amid the excitement fellow ing tic diScov-
cry of the deed the local officers searched
for clews, and their labor was rewarded by
the discovery of a newspaper containing al
addlcss, and fresh buggy tracks that led
from FcrmOnt street 10 the cemetery gate
Measurements were also taken Of the foot
prints in the cemetery, which NAV tie of
value in bunting down the guilty parties
states Attorney Wagman, accompanied by
Sheriff Seibcrt, came out from ilagelstown
and personally conducted chose lnvcsli4a
ton Of the scene in the cemetery and exam
med a nur:hcr Of persons IN order 10 obtain
some information to assist in forming cws
to work on
The Indignation felt by the citizens over
the outrage found vent in q public meeting
he'd this afternoon. Mavor Thompson and
the town board took immediate action in
the matter by Offering n reward Of $500 for
the arrest OF the gully parties Williams
port letter OF Jan. H. to The Anerican