Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
MILTON BOYS HOLD
SPREE IN CEMETERY
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
With Whisky Bought IN Whining
ton They Had an Unholy
Revel.
BROKE CASKET IN VAULT

stsr Correspondence ~ Every Evsning
Milford. Jan. : Since the frustrated
attempt az DESTROY the office ci the Mil
ford Chronicle. because the newspaper cN-
posed illegal traffic IN lluuor. shipments oi
whisky nv boot and automobile from
Wilmington and its vIcInItv 10 SUSSEX
county have ceased hut Sussex "boozcrs
get bound rrfrcshmcnts thcrcfrom IN a
more expensive manner They now pay
carfar' 90 Wilmington and return and
carry BOTTLES of liquor ON the homeward
trip. Many southbound Delaware raii-
road trains, especially on Saturday and
holiday eve, besides on other occasions,
are crowded with men returning from the
city, most ot whom have suitcases. hand
hags or papcr-wrappcd bundles, IN each
Of which \ quart o( whisky Is secrctcd.
Sussex coun,lans have seen lncbrctv of
numerous types. but none more weird
than dchauch a. Milton last hrstmas
Er Wilmington was shocked three dec
AIDES ago, when two white lncbrlates
stupctCd 4 Negro removed his clothing
ana changed the color 81 hiS body 10y
WhucWashng him. fhat incident al
though revolving, was not 80 helnous n
the rCrcnf happening ~ Milton
Three hoV~ >cinns ot prominent tam
lilies --lad- i' wears old who hif a few
months 49,. dotted knee hrcechcs and don
ued mll-,agth trousers wCr, The actors
~ the ri~pdC that a~founded Milton
fMd rltr<.n~ rhe~, youth. went to WI
nulgt - II fhc morning II December %
and rc'uerd 81 Milton at night. each
ctrr,ng ,nart ~ Whtsk, Whether
tfltv hellrit the hquar themselves or
luduc.d someone ~ nurcun~, II iar them
b uei rfanahs IN thor lluVal AT
Nin, lhrn went Is th, Methodist
n;~eapd umt ter, vh,ra they bid the
l. atlc,
tl, trrmct III ppo ntm,u ~ CHRIST
nla- Nc tud I, gau 3 u.Ghf rtVtlrN ~
tie "rlt 'h d,li In som, hoy>
>mokln. .hr hr~ c.eis tl II lgal the
"lonler wanted thc.r tl-- r.Nnl I'll -
clp>Ion ta Notl dc'r.t, D some be-
F'pHcl- ~uaah, 7,nlfd drN good. ho%c- .
,.Th>fo.,.- to, II, -auc reason h. Youth
It'll ~ .'',r t,urtrri n 10 cemetery
IN. 1lfftG vh,~hl ,vrr graves and
tmunc tomh~ ou.. The, nytIt.timatcd
tActr .pae.'y lsWg thrrc quarts thcN
rank unll tt.t hcrame Jagged cen
fnLcd drinking lutH thcs were ~ousod
Mo>i 81 tn '"Vg' Vs> bcii II = ram
storm and N Midnight when crrvcyards
ar >sld - V-Vtt fto rrNcl"r> were
soaked p~ld. ,ud OUTSIDE While
Santa lal> t..,rcr - Hrl>fmas gifts for
good chlld-cu was descending chm
urvS 81 Milton houses. the dchauched
kids who should have been asleep at
rome were seeking shelter with A
mau-Nleum large vault constructed Of
marble Entrance was effected BY break
ing a lock, and within the vault whisky
drinking was resumed The boys became
hilarious, and their hilarlty continued
until curiosity seized them, when they
broke open one end Of a caskct, containing
the corpse of a sister Of deceased citizen
and bones fell therefrom II the floor of
the nIausoleum. a rlmor that the tomb
desccrators threw bones at each other i
denied. The lads did not see snakes
but they saw ghost" and went home a.
last a. staggering gait would permit
For a week the citizens 81 Milton COR
demned tho occurrence. buf >.ncc tn,
holidays the matter has heen huShed
The own>p--ople have hccn 'old the
affair l. closed incident, having been
settled.
ippleiack and peach brandy. sussex
distilled beverages that once made the
county famous had reputation OF beng
hot stuff, but They were mild N com
person with the fir water nov brought
~ SUSSEX from Wilmington which the
Milton cemetery ~prC, attcsf-