The Washington times., 1905-07-03

PITTSBURG. July 3.-ConGned in a
padded cell in the Allegheny county Jail,
totally bereft of reason and constantly
fearing attacks from ghosts. which he
inag.ne are everywhere about him, is
Christian F. Bauen. Superintendent OF
Detectives Thomas A. MeQuaided de-
elares Bauen is the most remarkable
prisoner that ever came to his notice in
his years OF experience in the detective
business.
Less than week ago Bauen commit
/ ted a crime, mich, for genuine nerve,
stands unparalleled, and of which there
is no similar case on record, according
to Superintendent McQuaide When the
enormity of his offense dawned upon
him his collapse was so compete that
within q few hours he was a raving
maniac, and will probably continue 50
the remainder OF his life.
Robbed Priests Graves.
Bauen is the man who. alone. on las,
Monday visited the cemetery in the rear
of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
| on N.annery Hi, Allegheny, descended
[, into o Mt where were buried the re-
mains OF nine priests who had during
| their Byes served the church. the last
one OF whom was buried twenty-five
years ago, knocked the collins apart
| scattering the bones all over the floor
and took the silver plates and handles
| from the collins, which he afterward
| rlelted into pigs. and sold for $50
| The desecration of the vault was dis
covered on Monday evening, soon after
| the crime had been committed. The
vault had formerly been a chapel of the
| church. The hoor had been taken out
and the dead priests were laid away in
| what had been tht. cellar OF the build
ing.
| No one ever entered the place. Or
/ Monday evening when the sexton of ths
cemetery noticed the door of the little
building open. he was dumfounded
! Fearing to enter alone, he called tC
several persons to accompany him.
Bones Ruthlessly Mixed Up.
The sight that met the gaze of the
little party of investigators in the In
iterior Of the vault was one which made
/ their blood run cold. Scattered around
the floor of the tomb We're the bones o
the dead priests. all OF them SO mixed
together that there could never be hop'
of properly separating them again fol
means of Identification.
Standing against the wall was an irof
lar, and the broken cofins told that
had been the weapon used to demolfsl
the caskets- The marks of the ba
could be seen on the woodwork, wher'
the perpetrator of the deed had price
off the silver handles and name plates
The skull of one of the priests, wht
had been g bishop of the diocese ant
was easily recognized by the luxurian
growth of red whiskers which still clun:
TO It, had been separated from. the re
4 mainder of the skeleton, and had beei
kicked into corner, so that 1t woult
not be IN the way
i Footprints On Floor.
Il BY the dim light which came through
i the gratings of the little window at tn
i top of the tomb the vandaI had commit
ted the outrage. The only clue that b.
. left behind MIN were the footprints o.
the dusty floor
On Tuesday morning, Detective Gee
Rice arrested young man on Wate
street, who gave his name as Fran
, Hauck, as a suspicious person. He wa
: frequensing pawnshops. and Whe
: searched at central station a numbe
, | OF pawn tickets were found in his pos
session. When the articles We're redeem
e,i, 1t was discovered that one OF theI
was a pig Of metal, weighing fiftee
pounds. which was almost solid Silvei
He had received so for it,
e Weakened in Sweat Box.
: On Wednesday Hauck was taken bs
3 fore Superintendent McQuaide. After