Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-07
SHROUDS FOUND IN COLLEGE
offered as Testimony in indianapolis Grave
RSbbing Cases.
GHoUL MAKES CONFESSION ON STAND
Tells Of Graves that He Robbed and
of the Price Received from
One of the Accused
Doctors.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 6.-There was a
promise that there would be no lack of SEN
sation during the testimony at today's trial
OF DR.. j. c. Alexander OF the grave robbing
cases.
! A parcel in the possession OF detectives
was introduced as evidence The parcel
contained two shrouds found by the detect
ives in the basement of the Central college
during one OF the visits made to the place
with search warrants.
One OF the shrouds was identified by a
woman who did the needlework as one made
for Mrs. Catherine Doehring, whose body
was stolen from the German Catholic Gem
etery.
Samuel Martin, who was prominently
identified with Cantrell in the grave-rob-
bling business, was the first witness today
He first met DR.. Alexander at the latter's
office last June, he said He said the doc
tor told him he wanted seventeen to twenty
subjects for dissection and would pay $50
each.
Doctor watches Death Returns,
Martin said that at this meeting Dr.
Alexander told Rufus Cantrell that he would
watch tho death returns at the Board Of
Health and would notify Cantrell. The first
trip, he said, was in July. when with Can
trell and the others he went to the Ander-
son cemetery and secured the body of
Glendore Gates and handed it over to the
Central college. The next day, Dr. Alex
ander paid him $40.
The next trip was to the Ebenezer grave
yard, when the body of Wallace johnson
was secured Dr. Alexander said the sub
jeot was not good one, because It was
mangled by the cars, and Martin received
but S.. From the same graveyard he as
sisted in getting the body Of johanna
Stiltz, for which DR.. Alexander paid him
50. In addition to those bodies Martin said
he got a body at the insane hospital grave
yard which DR.. Alexander said was q good
subject.
The witness assisted in raising the body
of Rose Neidlinger at the cemetery near
I Traders Point. early in August. The next
day he saw DR.. Alexander injecting fluid
into the body. For this body DR.. Alexander
paid him $40.
Men Fell Away.
Walter Daniels. with yellow skin and
restless black eyes, followed Martin. He
first met Dr. Alexander in company with
Cantrell in July. He was introduced to
DR.. Alexander by Cantrell as Walter Dan
iels from Chicago, as a man who would
stick.
Daniels said:
Cantrell told him / worked for Thornton
]. Barnes, demonstrator of anatomy at the
Northwestern college in Chicago. DR.. Al
eXander said he was glad that someone
would stick for the boys had fallen down.
Cantrell said bodies were not worth much
in Chicago and DR.. Alexander said they
were worth but a dollar in New York. He
said he had nothing on hand then, but he
would watch the returns and let us know
when we would be needed.
The following Saturday night we went to
DIR. Aiexander's office and he told us there
was good colored subject in the Anderson
get 1t. 1 asked him what my share would
be and he said So. So we went out and got
the body OF Estella Middleton. Alexander
said that 1t was a good subject and paid
me the So .,..~
Liveryman Case testified that DR.. Alex
ander had paid him $40 for rigs used by
Cantrell. Charles Mediras, pawnbroker,
said DR.. Alexander had twice taken Can
trells clothes out of pawn and had paid
him $40.
william Jones said he was taken to DR..
Alexander's office by Cantrell, where he
made arrangements to Join the ghouls as
driver. Jones said he took no part in the
robbing, merely watched the team on the
different expeditions. On one Of the trips
to Anderson he said DR., Alexander drove
UP in his buggy and talked with Cantrel.
DR.. Alexander spoke to all the men. The
witness said he had been paid money twice
by DR.. Alexander and once the doctor sent
him money by Cantrell.