Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
RETURNED TO TOMB.
Body of Mrs. Casper Maurer Laid
at Rest in Rapids City
Cemetery.
GRAVEFRoM WHICH TWAS STOLEN


Her Hair Had Been Partially Cropped
Evidence of Application of Preserving
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Delivery OF Re
mains-The Escape of Farber From Keo-
kuk.
The body of Mrs. Casper Maurer was
today returned to the same grave in
the Rapids City cemetery. from which
it was stolen during last Friday, it
having arrived last evening from
Keokuk in charge of Sheriff L. F.
Cralle. The HAIR of the head had
been partially cropped and it is
said the hip joints were broken.
evidently for the purpose of crowding
the body into the box in which it is
supposed it was shipped from Hills
dale, while the flesh has a ruddy ap-
pearance as though having been sub
jected to a chemical process for pres
ervation.
In whose interest the ghoul-
ish deed was perpetrated is not def
nitely known. although Sheriff Cralle
has his suspicious. He did not re-
ceive much encouragement from the
Keokuk police authorities on arriving
in that city and making his missio
known, but when he gave them to
understand he would not leave until
he secured the remains of Mrs. Maur-
er, and brought about conference of
the states attorney and a number of
prominent physicians. he was told to
return to his hotel and the body would
be delivered to him the following
morning. This promise was fulfilled.
In walking out OF the hotel Yesterday
morning the sheriff was addressed by
stranger AID informed the re-
mains were at Hawley & Ackleys
undertaking rooms. And so they
were. Where they came from or who
sent them there ne was unable to as
certain. The Keokuk papers have
been silent as to the grave proceed
ings.
No Trace of Farber
As to A. ID. Farber, the student at
the College of Physicians and Surg
cons, whose arrest the sheriff
expected to accomplish at Keokuk,
he has thus far been successful in
Guiding the officers of the law, but
efforts to apprehend him will not
cease now by any means, for. if nee
essary, it is understood, the county
will he asked by the family and
friends of the deceased woman to
offer a reward for his capture.
The Keokuk police inform Sheriff
CralIe they acted Immediately upon
the receipt of his telegram to arrest
Farber. They say an officer went to
his lodgings and was met by Farber's
roommate, II Young MIR. Donahoo. a
son of Clint Donahoo, of Hillsdale.
Young Donahoo said Farber was not
in and he did not know where he was.
The officer waited outside the house.
DonahoO, probably suspicioning what
was up, came out of the house in a
few moments and walked hurriedly
down to the business portion of the
town, the officer following closely upon
his heels.
Donahoo found Farber on the
street. They were talking eXcitedly.
the officer said, and as he moved
closer to them Donahoo turned
around, saw him, and said, addressing
Farber, Here he comes. duck"
Farber darted through an alley, proved
he was better sprinter than his pur-
suer, and was soon out of his sight.
The officer states he fired two shots
at Farber, commanding him to halt,
but 20 no avail.
Farber is known to the Keokuk po-
lice as ..Battle-Ax." Donahoo was
asked as to his whereabouts, but dis
claimed any knowledge thereof, on
which subject Farber's various
friends among the 800 students of
the college also confessed ignorance.
Anxious About the Box.
Farber, so the sheriff learns now,
was at the Burlington depot at Hills
dale at 6:45 last Saturday morning
when the mysterious box was shipped.
He impressed upon the agent the ne
cessity of getting it away on that par
ticular train. The agent inquired as
to the contents, and Farber made
heartless reply. Farber departed
for Keokuk on a freight train Satur-
day afternoon. In the meantime he
visited in the village stores, and in
one of them boosted he had made So
easily. "At poker?" some one asked.
Farber answered negatively and looked
wise.
Sheriff. Cralle is deserving of credit
for the persistent manner in which he
has personally conducted the case, and
is working diligently to bring to justice
the guilty parties. in which task all
will hope be will be successful.
Bargain seekers should not fail to