The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1908-01-10

has been shown to avoid trouble. The
reader who wishes to know how false
burials can take place IL referred tc
the sworn evidence OF tho witnesses
before the parliamentary committee.
The looseness Of our present system
was perfectly well known to Mr.. Der
tram Hank when he conceived the
| idea Of providing John Wilson, late OF
Dartmoor, with a gravestone in a Gem.
| etery to be- selected.
| II London cemetery would have
done he knew the man to whom he
could go and get the matter carried
through for ESQ note. But 1t was
necessary that there should be no al
iteration in the tale he had told May
Wilson. She had been assured that
her husband died in provincial town.
Still. he thought the man he knew
"a man who had been through his
hands in his Yard days in connection
with an insurance fraud-might help
him by putting him in the right chan
mel
With Sir Mark Brettingham's bank
ing account behind him he was pre-
pared to spend money, and when you
are prepared to spend money many
things which are apparently difficult
to accomplish become comparatively
easy.
The man listened to Mr. Bertram
Hanks tale Of the widow Of a man
who had died in false name wanting
to put tombstone to him in his real
one.
When Hank had said all that he
thought advisable, he asked his pro-
fessional friend what would be the
course to pursue. The man thought
for moment. and then said. CURLY:
How much is the job worth?"
IA hundred" replied Hank.
Make 1t two and I'll do it myself
provided you leave the cemetery to
me-"
1T must be at least hundred miles
from London"
II can manage that" 50
Very we'll. Then the day you tell
me where can see q tombstone ga.
cred to the memory of John Wilson,
who died-well. I'll send you the exact
date and age when I've made sure of
them" ~
Fifty on account down. Mr.. Hank,
upon the nail, and the balance when
you have seen the grave and the me-
mortal stone. I'm not asking too
much-1 shall have to pay half away
and be at the loss OF the stone"
Mr.. Hank didn't think it advisable to
bargain. He agreed to the terms. All
he wanted to know at present was how
soon his accomplice thought it would
be before the stone was in it's place.
He was told that it might be man.
aged In month, and he went away
satisfied. On going back to his Office
he referred to his notes for the age of
John Wilson, which had been given
him by the late baronet: he put fort
night on to the date of Wilson's escape
from Dartmoor for the date of death,
and the following day he called and
gave the particulars to the man who
had undertaken to supply and fix
modest tribute in monumental mourn
ing to the memory of John Wilson.
Professional curiosity prompted him
to put one little question.
I'm the event of an inquiry being
made'i in connection with the burial of
John Wilson," he said, the cemetery
authorities would be asked for the Ger.
tificate-the police, for instance, might
be anxious to ascertain where the man
died.
The undertaker-one Of the few
black sheep in an honorable calling
smiled and went to his desk.
He thrust his hand in and drew out
handful of burial certificates.
Every one of these ought to be in
the possession of the cemetery authori-
ties" he said, "but you see they are
not. II the police ask for the certif1.
cate, the authorities will fail to find It
The stone will be above a common
grave in which several interments
have taken place. The explanation the
authorities will make to the police will
be that the man was buried under a
false name, and they won't be able to
say which, among the number register.
ed as lying In the common ground"
Ito Be continued.)