The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-25
CLARY BOYS BODY FOUND
DUMPED IN A COFFEE BOX ON $.
MERIDIAN-STREET WALK.
Merchant PatroIman Breen DiscOv-
cred 1.-THE Remains Had Been
in Picking Vat.

The body Of little Jasper Clary, son of
Merchant Policeman Grafton A. Clary,
which was stolen from the grave in Clary
Cemetery, six miles south of the city, on
Jan 49, has been returned TO the parents.
The manner in which the remains We're re-
covered is as mysterious the theft
Young Clary died on Jan. IA at his father 5
home, 1851 Olive street. after suffering sew
eral weeks from appendicitis. During his
illness two operations were performed on
him, and he died under the last one. He
was fifteen years of age. Jan. l6 the burial
took place in the family cemetery south of
the city, and three days later the grave
was robbed. During the same week the
body of Mrs. Margaret Drennen was taken
from the grave in Round Hill Cemetery,
which is in the neighborhood of the Clary
burying ground. Mrs. Drennen's body was
afterward recovered from the Central Col
lege Of Physicians and Surgeons.
The Clary family made every effort to
recover the body Of their boy, and the med
ical colleges of the city were carefully
searched. TIE family had begun to believe
the body would never be reclaimed. Last
night as Merchant Policeman Breen was
on the way to his district south Of the
Union Station his attention was attracted
by box on the sidewalk near the corner
of Meridian and Maryland streets. The
Merchant policeman stopped and looked at
the box He thought he could detect a Pc
culiar odor, and something seemed to tell
him there was mystery about the box.
With the assistance of the men from the
No. Is fire engine house the box re-
moved to the house and opened. 1t con-
tanned q body, which was shortly afterward
recognized by Mr.. Clary as that of his son.
The box was a small-sized coffee box. The
body was nude and wrapped in excelsior,
which filled the box. Stats had been nailed
across the top.
Merchant Policeman Breen found the box
on the north sidewalk of Maryland street
a few steps west of Meridian. The discov-
cry was made about o'clock. How the
body came to be packed in the box and left
in that locality those who found it can
only conjecture. The district in which the
box was found is that patrolled by the
father of the boy. 1t is the opinion of some
that the body was placed there so that it
would be found by the father by those who
had hand i'm taking it from the grave. 1t
is the theory that there was fear of ex-
posture on the part of the grave robbers.
who felt it would be unsafe to keep the
body longer. Jasper Clary, ST., says he met
man few days ago whom he suspected
of knowing something of the whereabouts
of the body of his nephew. He said to the
man that the guilty persons were known,
and the family did not expect to stop until
some one was sent to the penitentiary.
|. The body of young Clary shows evidences
of having been in the picking vat. There
is q cut in the left side OF the throat that
was probably made by the hook with which
the body was dragged from the coffin.
Jasper Clary says he feared the body would
be disturbed at the time of burial. A few
days after the body was stolen the father
of the boy paid sum of money to a man
who thought he could get the body. Within
d week the man returned the money, stat
ing that he had been unsuccessful.