Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-27
FOR BODY STEALING.
Principal in the Grave Robbing.
Case Tells Grewsome Tale
In Court.
The Keokuk Medical Schools Offer
and How the Corpse Was
Secured.
Prisoners Story Surprise to Off.
cials- Verdict in the Mayhem
Case

Davenport Iowa, April 27.-Charles
loonahoo the young. medical student
from Hillsdale, who is charged with be-
ing an accessory to the stealing of Mrs
Casper Maurer's body from the Rapids
ely ceinetary-. was given a preliminary
hearing before Justice w. f. Schroeder.
sef Rock Island The best witness FOR
the state Was a surprise, it being no
other than a. ID. Farber, the supposed
principal in the crime. Farber was
convened from the county Jail to Jus
tice schroeder's Office in the city ambu-
lance, being carried up the stairway
on q stretcller. Farber, after he was
sworn, was advised by the states at
torneN as Well as counsel for the de-
Tense. that he need not testify unless
he desired 70 do sd but Farber seemed
% experience no station in telling
about the crime, and apparently en-
JoXed the Recital of the gruesome de-
tails. Farber said that Mrs Maurers
body was stolen from the grave in con-
sequence of an arrangement which he
and Charles Donahor made With Prof
zimmerman, demonstrators of anatomy
al keokuk college, to get a subject, for
Which they We're TO get from $40 to $50
according to the freshness of the
body. They came TO Rock Island
countygon January 49, and went To the
poor farm. They sought TO persuade
Stewart Swans to give them the bodies
OF any paupers who might die, and if
any had died recently to allow them 10
take the bodies. AT that time there
had beer no death for three months.
nut several of the paupers We're SO sick
T tfat they We're expected to die. Mr.
Swank told the young students that 4
nae been told by DIR. Myers of Coal
valley, that he was authorized to let
the bodies go to the dissecting table,
but before he had some better authors
" NJ would not permit any corpse to-
be removed and taken to a college.
Farber and Dopahoo remained at the
farm for two days and then came 10
Rock Isisnd. Donaloo not wishing to
so 10 MS home in the upper end of the
county. returned 10 Keokuk. and Far
her went to his home at IIillsdale. See
ing in the papers shat Mrs Maurer had.
recently died, he determined TO secure.
her corpse. Armed with a letter from
- . latter
William, he secured from him horse
and buggy, and accompanied by Jas
person. he drove To Rapids City On the
evanins Of Jan. 49, They arrived at the
cemetery about p. M. dug up the
body. denuded it. put i in the buggy
and drove 10 Joslin. arriving there at 3
a. m. They nailed up the corpse in a
box and shipped 1T to Hamilton. ILL.,. 10
John Dunn & Co, Il fictitious consignee
Ito whom all subjects for the Keokuk
doctor factory are shipped He tele-
Sraphed ahead that the corpse had
been shipped, and started for Keokuk
on the next train, arriving there on
sunday morning, Jan. u. He Went te
Hamilton with the janitor of the col-
.sge. Charles Donahoo. and another
student named Tonlpkins. and took
charge of the corpse across the river to
the college. Two days later he was no.
titled by Donahoo that the police We're
after him. and he skipped Farber also
testified that While in Illinois he re-
seeiNed s. ina money order from Dona-
hoo. but on cross-eXanlination admitted
that this was his; own money. The de-
fellse did rot offer any testimony and
Justice Schroeder held Donahoo to the
grand jury under $1,000 bonds, which
We're furnished by his friends.