The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-14
Corpses Tied I'm Sacks Located in
the Vicinity of the Central
Medical College.
THEORY OF THE DETECTIVES
ALL FOUR BODIES IDENTIFIED BY
THE RELATIVES.
Grand Jury Begins It's Investigation
and Is Instructed by Judge Al
ford-The Developments.

on his way to work, yesterday morning
about 6 o'clock. partially cleared up the
mystery Of the bodies recently spirited
away from the medical colleges. He
found two bodies tied in sacks in
dry goods box at the side of Hibben, Holl-
veg & Co.'S store. corner Meridian and
Georgia streets. The same young man in
walking farther south noticed two more
bodies at the rear door of the Central Med
ical College. Suspecting that the sacks
contained human bodies he Immediately
notified the police department. Operator
Zaiser at once sent Bicycle Policemen Dun
can and Losh to look after the bodies.
Losh rode to the corner of Meridian and
Georgia streets, where he found the two
bodies. Duncan rode to the rear Of the
medical college and located two more. The
four bodies were sent to the city morgue,
where they were positively identified as
those for whom relatives have been making
an unceasing search in the past two weeks.
The bodies are those of Miss Glendore
Gates, daughter of Wesley Gates, of Irving
ton, Mrs. Johanna Stilz, Mrs. Katherine
Doehring and Wallace Johnson. How the
bodies came to be in the dry goods box is
not known, but 1t is said by members Of
the detective department that the filing of
suits against the medical colleges caused
uneasiness among members of the various
faculties.
RELATIVES NOTIFIED.
When the bodies were brought to the
morgue the relatives were sent for. Mr..
Gates had no difficulty in identifying his
daughter. The two grandsons of Mrs. Jo-
hanna stilz quickly identified their grand
hrAt Har- ~ Low <1f
Wallace johnson, could not properly identi-
fly the body and Rufus Cantren was
brought over from the Jail. Cantrell turned
the head over and displayed the crushed
skull. This did not fully satisfy Long The
bandages around one leg that was crushed
by a train were undone and the splintered
leg was exposed. There seemed to be no
doubt then in the mind of Mr.. Long but
that the body was that of his brother-in-
law. The body of Mrs. Doehring lay at the
morgue until late yesterday afternoon, as
the relatives live several miles from the
| city and could not easily come into town.
1t is the opinion of several doctors who ex-
amined the bodies yesterday that they have
not been in the regular picking solution for
some time.
| After the bodies were fully identified
the thoughts of the crowd in the morgue
turned to the ghouls who stole the bodies
| Detective Asch said that one reason the
| bodies were returned was because he had
| said to q number of doctors not connected
! with any of the colleges that If the bodies
were returned there might be a possibility
| of the prosecution being dropped. 1t was
| for this reason, he thinks. that the bodies
| were returned. 1t is not known from what
college the bodies came. Some doctors
| are OF opinion that the bodies were no
| folr raltar IF ad
| ical College. 1t is thought that the bodie:
were brought to the rear door of the
| college to throw suspicion on ii.
Wesley Gates, in identifying the body o.
| his daughter, looked for several gold teetl
that she had when buried. These wer,
gone. as were several finger rings that wer
also buried with her. A nurse who treated
Miss Gates during her illness was called
and she assisted materially in the identi
hcation.
Mrs Wallace Johnson, widow of the ma,
suit Saturday against the Central Medica
College for $4,000 damages. 1t was SAT-
late Saturday night that the widow woul.
stop prosecution If the body was returned
Wesley Gates and the relatives of Mrs
Doehring and Mrs Siltz had also consulte,
attorneys with view of bringing sui
had evidence based on assertions made b.
Rufus Cantrell that the bodies sought wer
taken to the Central Medical College.
rs now thought that the college authorize
had heard that the relatives would dro
the prosecution If the bodies were returned
w. T. Long and Charles Johnson. OF Chi
cago, a brother of Wallace johnson, de
clared that they would not drop the prose
cution of those connected with the college
Neither Mr.. Gates not the Stiz boys woul
say yesterday what action they would pun
sue since the bodies they have been seek
ing have been returned. 1t was said yes
terday that the four bodies recovered wi
be buried at once.
A RUMOR DENIED.
1t was rumored yesterday that durin
the present week no further investigation
of the grave robbing cases would be made
1t was also said that this had been decide
on at the instance of certain doctors con
nected with the medical colleges of thi
city, who asked that further investigated
be discontinued. Superintendent Taffe an
Captain Gerber said yesterday that If De
tectives Asch and Manning would not de
vote all their time to further investigation
as they have done in the past two weeks
IL would be because more police and de
tectives would be needed to watch tn
Large crowds that are expected TO atten
the fall festival. Captain Gerber saiC
however, that after this week Detective
Asch and Manning will be assigned TO tn
duty of looking after the alleged whit
ghouls who are said to have been Robin
. graves in this locality.
The activity of the detectives in lookin
, after the men who have been carrying o
, the wholesale robbing of graves has RI
suited in the arrest of the following: d
Joseph c. Alexander. demonstrators at tn
) Central Medical College. charged with dis
; turbing graves, aiding in concealment
bodies and failure TO keep record of bodit
; used in dissecting purposes; DR.. j. c. Wi
; son. inferno at the Central College, charge
with aiding in the concealment of bodie:
George Haymaker. janitor at the Centrs
College, charged with aiding in the cor
cealment of bodies; Rufus Cantrell, co
ored: Walter Daniels. colored: Sol Grad,
colored: Samuel Martin. colored; CARTEL
Buckner, colored; Isaam Donnell, coloreC
Burford Jackson, colored. all charged wit
disturbing graves; William II. Spear, Sc,
, ton at Mount Jackson graveyard disturb
ing graves; Cornelius Jones. grave diggs
at Mount Jackson, disturbing graves; AdaI
! Ault. Waterman at Mount Jackson. di
, turbing graves; G. NJ. c. Willis. undertake
obtaining money under false pretense.
James Harvey, embalmer for Willis loitel
2 ing and States witness. DR.. Wright Sc,
rotary and treasurer OF the Eclectic MeC
ical College. failure 10 keep record OF bo6i,
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