La Junta tribune., 1915-04-17
srIrYs AND srRfs.
1hoashts Prodsced by the R-cest
Tsriey Case II Denver.


acquainted with the internes at
the hospital and when the en-
balmer's examination Was COM
ing up, We went there to get a
body under the pretepse that 1t
Was to be used for dissecting
purposes. Orahood went to the
hospital with me and we got
the body OF woman.
FINALLY our chance came.
Just about this time Florence
OIney. woman embalmer en-
ployed by me. was ready TO take
an examination as an embaImer.
Our firm had been doing some OF
the county work up TO ten
months before.
When got to the dental
college the woman's body that
we had taken there originally
was In the bottom of the vat,
NO they gave Us heavy man In
exchange This was fortu-
nate coincidence. Turiey Is
suited for our purpose. News
Item Denver Times.
Reflect upon these words my fell
low citizens, you who have stood rev.
erently By while the last resting
place was being made ready for those
who were dear 10 you and were so
anxious that not one untoward incl
dent might occur TO violate the sane
tity and convention of the solemn
parting Read these lines again
clipped from the hurried story In
your daily paper In order that they
might sink deep into your con-
sciousness-you who have intimate
friends or beloved relations perhaps
forced from your side by the exigen-
cics OF life or By waywardness. II you
will. to seek their fortune. change or
health In parts OF the country far re-
moved from those who have special
interest in their welfare.
II after a long silence you had al
most satisfied yourself that death
had overtaken them you may have
comforted your mind and consoled
yourself with the thought that a
common inheritance of mankind
would prompt a decent and respect
able .nterment at the hands OF their
Hallna k.s
posal Is not always made Is the
burden OF the message borne In upon
~ from Denver. a fruitful source OF
unsayory news items. The awful
gruesomcness OF this whole bold
confession cuts keener than the raw
March wind which brings the mes
sage down from the northwest !,
tells not tn. ordinary tale of the
average American without funds
when alive but this brazen affair en-.
braces his precarious condition even
after he has paid the debt OF nature
These ghouls stand unabashed and
unashamed In the presence of the
common foe Of mankind and dare "a
traffic In the mortal remains of the
poor from our county hospitals. II
can scarcely be called a traffic. The
deadened public conseienc. and Grim
tnai car.l.ssness evident in thi,
whole scandslous narrative imply al
scquiescing on the part Of the peo
pie which IL astogding. No one RISE
"a say them nay.
Some public servant had caiie,
God To witness tina, he would faith
fully care for these dead homeless
ones. he vas paid a salary for doinl
10 and sufficient money Was set apar
by the citizens for the purpose.
Let u. return to ,hi. man and wo
man floating abou, In a va, a, IN
Dental coll.se. They we're accou,
toned 10 YAH upright once and loo
~ the stars-even as you and !. tn
same no, blood coursed through ihei
veins rebeiiious. too. perhaps q
tines They were not human II
were not so. Their breasts heave
and surscd with the same naturs
desires. temptations. passions an
ambitions. They had their failure
Esd their sriumphs. They love
sad were loved. A thousand mile
away. perhaps. an aged father who's
bod IL white with the SHOWS Of u
Water Of life. sits In his vine ella
Deeeh daiiy peesias through n
shaAews ~ the passsnsess % The
allsht from the train ~ eveninl
"nothes." he says. II guess Masy
~ eomiss.". Ne siaks . little iov
- lsto be chair. he pipe dsops upo
~ floor. bic haads fall limp aad q
oeAss days vigil 10 over.
Ne vili walt shese h vsin. Il
1asy b aes coaias.
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