The Arizona sentinel., 1902-03-05
RATTLE THE BONES," etc.
Bodies in Old Cemetery Boxes are Dumped Into Big Dry Goods Box--Capacity of Box, l5 Cadavers--Mummy Found.

The late Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls,, in the course of eulOgy upon dead friend and former congressman, made use of the following epigrammafic sen- tences.
 "At the grave all men are equal; the rich man is as poor as the poorest and the poor man is as rich as the richest. At the tomb Dives relinquishes his riches, the debtor is requited of his obligations and the laborer rests from unremunerative toil.'
 Could the distinguished Senator have been present and witnessed the un- earthing and removing of the dead from the old Catholic cemetery in Yuma, he would doubtless see the ne- cessity of qualifing one of the phrases in the foregoing quotation, although the others might be left to stand, and, if possible, intensified, for they are startlingly true, and could hardly be more concisely framed.
 The public was notified through the press some time ago of the intended re- moval of bodies from the old burial grounds and it is presumed that most people having friends or relatives bur jed there took care of the remains and gave them respectable interment in the new cemetery. The railroad com pany bought the grounds and employed men to. take up and remove the bOdies,. and there has been considerable de- murring at the inhuman manner em- ployed in the disinterment-but who is to blame? The Sentinel is not answer ing this question. It is said with truth that to give each body separate burial would be eXpensive; and who would foot the cost for the unknown dead?
 In changing the bones, those encased in the unmarked graves are dumped into large dry goods box, which the ''exhumer" said would hold the remains of fifteen or twenty bodies. At the time of interment all the graves were marked in some manner, but time and the elements have erased the names. and in some cases not even a memory remains that the dead ever existed. Their relatives, and friends have gone hence-perhaps are now, like those whom they survived and forgot, resting in unknown earthly sepulchres- per haps dry goods box
 A body was taken up last Wednesday which was perfectly mummifed. The contour and outward appearance of face, body and limbs were wonderfully pre- served and the hair and beard, glossy as in life; the hair on the forearms pre- sented the same appearance of vitality, The hair is dark blonde, the mustache and beard being quite red and the beard at least six inches in length. The body was that of Thomas Smith, who died of consumption in the old convent hospital about six years ago. The means of identification was by his beard and the fact that he had a crip- pied foot. He lived for @ time in a tent near the "Old Quartermaster's and is remembered very well by a num- Der of people who had a casual ac- quaintance with him. The causes Of the mummifcatiOn were probably the almost bloodless condition of the body when buried, the dryness of the atmosphere and the hot sand which en- veloped the coffin, enabling evapora- tion to be quickly taken up, and pre- venting decomposition. No Egyptian mummy was ever better preserved.
 No one here seems to remember how long the old cemetery has been in use, but there is one well-kept grave there which shows that the time is at least over thirty-two years. Upon a little knoll and surrounded by an iron fence is mound, at the head of which is a white marble slab bearing this inscrip- tiOn:
 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
 ROBERT CAVANAGH
 BORN IN
 LONDONDERRY, COUNTY OF DERRY, | IRELAND.
 AGED 34 YEARS.
 Robert Cavanagh will be remem. bered by most of the old timers. He once had saloon at the corner of First and Main streets, and died d wealthy man.
 The bodies have nearly all been re moved, and the old cemetery now pre- sents an uncanny sight with its gaping empty graves, but it is said the railroad company will make it more inviting whereabouts very soon. The ground will be graded down and leveled, anC it is rumored that large hotel will bt built on the site.
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