New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-01

nous Irish patriot and martyr lies in the family
vault in ST. Peters Cemetery in Dublin, so DR..
Emmett concludes, though be did not actually
find the spot.
E,Iumet's last resting place has long been
mystery. Three spots have divided the faith
OF his foIIowers-St. Peters Cemetery. st. Me
hans. also in Dublin. and Glassnevin Cemetery.
about seven miles out of the city. In the last
two are stone slabs each procIaimins that the
body of the hero lies beneath. St Peters has
been razed. and the entire plot covered with
cement in accordance with regulation forbid
ding further burials within the city limits. A
study Of documentary evidence Convinced DR..
Emmett that one of these three places contained
the long sought grave.
History states that on the day Of execution
Emmet's body was placed in the receiving vault
1T II. Peters. Beyond that there is no evidence.
but the tradition is that it was secretly removed
by night and buried elsewhere. Certain it is
that the authorities were exceedingly careful
that Emmet's friends should not know where he
was laid.
DIT. Em.net's first work was TO un=arth tas re-
,eiyiug vault at 81 Peter. This De ala after
working for four months -- overcoming strong
opposition on the part OF friends o- those buried
in the cemetery. In the val.-, besides several
bodies buried at ccmpar-t.v-y re ea- dates,
was a skull wrapped in Grape. The iuvestlsl-
tor at once concluded that this was the head OF
his ancestor. 1t is known that the elder Petr.e
had been commissioned. after the execution, 70
make a cast of Emmet's head. and the doctor
thought The head might have been taken away
for that purpose and brought back to the re-
ceiving vault after the burial Of the body. The
condition of the sutures Of this skull. however.
quickly proved that it had belonged To- q man ot
advanced age. whereas Emmett was only twenty
five at the time of his execution.
Then he began the search for the family
vault. An old church record quoted By Dr.
Richard Madden placed this tomb on thl risAt
of the entrance to the cemetery, near the south
wall An excavation of nifty feet about this
location failed to reveal it. and St Peters "-s
abandoned for the time being
St. Miehans brought like results. Under the
slab SO long considered by many as the anthem
tic headstone Of Emmett the bones Of q young
girl found. and deeper down those Of 4
man who had been fully seventy-nve years Old
at the time of his death.
Glassnevin. the remaining location, is an old
Irish burying ground in historic village At
this place Addison and Swift lived and here
DR.. Madden says it IS reported that Emmers
body was taken by night and buried under one
of the paths at the point where a headstoue
now marks the traditional grave. Here. how
ever. he found absolutely nothing.
Returning again TO ST Peters. he discovered.
on examining the records more fully. that there
was once an entrance. now closed up. on White
F'riars-st. at the back Of the cemetery. II be
came evident to Or. Emmett that this the
entrance referred to by Madden and he found
on looking the ground over that the directions.
at the light Of the entrance near the south
WALL fitted a probable spot. considering this
entrance as the one. But the doctor felt that
he could spare no more money time in the
! search, and returned to America. In ending
/ his account he said. L believe this work Will
be taken up again soon, either by the govern
ment syndicate. and that the true grave Of
Emmett will be found where 1 have indicated.
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