Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1902, Page 15

HOOSIER GHOULS IN COURT Respectable Abettors of the Orime of Grave Robbing About to Be Tried. GREAT LEGAL BATTLE ON THE DOCKET Medical Colleges Put Up Money for Defense and Relatives of the Dead Raise a Fund-Story of The first of the trials of members of the gang indicted for grave-robbing is sched uled to begin In Indlanapolls tomorrow. Dr. Alexander, demonstrator of anatemy in the Central Medical college, will be placed on trial on the charge of secreting human bodies «nd disturbing graves. As| the fate of other indicted members of the gang is linked with that of Dr. Alexander, | the -trial will command widespread public interest, and is likely to be the greatest legal battle ever fought in the oriminal court of Indiana’s capital. Besides Dr. Alexander the list of indicted men include Dr. Frank Wright, secretary of the Eclec- tic Medical college, charged with failure to keep record of bodies used for dissecting interne purposes; Dr. Frank Wilson, an at the Central Medical college, charge with secreting human bodles; Rufus Cant rell and fifteen negroes, ghouls, who are {indicted the by gran THE OMAHA DAI LY BEE: SUNDAY, the other known to be true, and both noti- fications belng made in the same way, and, presumably, by the same person, caused the police to take up the subject, but nothing further developed. Early one morning, several days later, At- torney Croninger called at police headquar- ters and asked to see Detectives Asch and Manning. When alone with the detectives he said that he had a very pecullar case on hand and wanted It investigated. It ap- pered that his client, Gus Habich, a dealer in guns and ammunition, had sold four guns to some negroes, and that Dr. Alexander, demonstrator of anatomy at the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Dr. Frank M. Wright, who held a similar position in the Eclectic Medical college, had become surety for the negroes when they purch, pawned at Mantel's pawnshop, and that pawnbroker refused to give them up. jed the guns; that the guns had peen the Ha- bich had brought suit in replevin, and a constable had the property in his posses- sion. The attorney wanted to know what relations existed between the two demon- | strators of anatomy and the negroes, for what the four guns had been used. Tracing the Ghouls. The detectives called at Mantel's and dis- covered that a negro preacher named Rufus Cantrell had pawned the guns, and when Hablch’'s was visited the dealer told them that Drs. Alexander and Wright had be- come surety for the price of the guns, but d | they had not been pald for, and because of -| this he had taken out a writ of replevin. self-confessed | Cantrell was known to the detectives as a d | minister, but also as a man who was In jury on specific cases of grave robbing, |the habit of imbibing quite freely, and he although accused of hundreds of theft of bodies; John McEndree, Willlam Moffit and Hampton West, white, 8| was found at his home and taken to the t| station house. When asked regarding the simllarly | property that he had pawned, and informed charged; C. M. C. Willls, a colored under- | that he was suspected of having robbed the taker, charged with the failure to bury county charge and the selling of the bod. to a medical college, Harry Harvey, colored, plicity in this offense. sale robbery of graves. A Great Legal Battle. The s dictment Prosecutor will be represented by Counmt John Ruckelshaus and i and his assistant, accused of com-| Fred Speers, owner | of the Mount Jackson cemetery, and other | cemetery sextons and employes, accused of econspiracy with the ghouls in their whole- te, in its prosecution on the in- a grave of Stella Middleton, Cantrell broke y | down and made a complete confession, in ‘which he implicated nine other colored men, Dr. Alexander and Dr. Wright. Both of the physiclane were arrested, and the negroes were found skulking at different places and were soon in confinement. Cantrell sald that Dr. Alexander kept a watch over the death returns at the City Board of Health and notified him. He re- celved $30 for every body, and had made $420 since July, and the other members of the gang had made as much he. He did y | ot know just how many graves had been deputy, Charles Benedict. In addition, W.|robbed, but he sald that he and seven T, Brown, who has been retained by rela- tives who have suffered through the depre- datlons of the ghouls, has been engaged. Willlam T. Loag, a veterinary surgeon, | one of the Indianapoblis residents who is active In seelng that the ghouls will be Long's activity is due to the fact that the body of his brothgr-in-law, ‘Wallace Johnson, was stolen from Ebenezer cemetery July 9 by Rufus Cantrell, on the Johnson's widow at the time of the discovery of the robbery of her Her brother, Long, represented her in the in- wyestigation for the search of Johnson's body and continued unceasingly for four weeks, prosecuted. day of its burial. husband’'s -grave was prostrated. the body, with thre in dry good finally recovering others, early one morning, boxes in the middle of the wholesale dis- trict of Indianapolis. Other relatives who have suffered sim flarly have been equally as energetic In the search for the bodies of dead members of in company With many cltizens from Hamilton and Marion countles, held a mass meeting recently, at which $000 was subscribed to assist the With this sum it is hoped ate will be able to prosecute thelir familie These, prosecution. that the the offenders of the peace of these fam flies. The faculty of the Central Medical mem- ghouls before Superimtendent college, of which Dr. Alexander is ber, has voted $10,000 to ald his defenss With this sum the best legal talent in the their graves. Indiana bar has been retained. How the Crimes Were Discovered. On the night of September 26 someome | ing to the other ghou! drove up to the residence of Wesley Gates, 1n a suburb of Irvington, and called him to ack standing at | the curb informed him that the body of his daughtef Glendore, who was burled a few. days before in the Anderson cemetery, had the door. A voice from been stolen, and he would find it at the Cer tral College of Physiclans and Surgeons. Mr. Gates made an investigation the nexi day, but when he dug down to the pine box | senclosing the coMin and found it intact he caused the grave to be filled up, belleving that he had been deceived, but unable to divine why anyone should play such a cruel Joke upon him. others had been in the business for two years. Tool of the Leaders. The lightest punishment in the ghoul cases Is expected for Rufus Cantrell. This flliterate, corpulent negro, whose low-mind- edness causes him to glory in his achieve- ments as a ghoul and who prides himself on being the leader of a gang of ghouls and the exponent of their methods, is mak- ing it possible for the state to prosecute the persons responsible for the grave rob- beries. By his information and suggestions to Detectives Asch and Manning, who have conducted the investigation from the start, e |all of the indictments now returned, and s|those men expected to be arrested, have been secured. His talks to the detectives, and voluntary trips to the graveyards to - | substantiate his assertions, have brought to light all of the evidence which was sub- mitted to the grand jury. Cantrell's stories and descriptions of some of his grave robbing expeditions are interesting in thelr gruesomeness. To the police and the public at large his tales of the systematic methods are surprising. He has explained some of his code of signs to - | the detectives. He has even given exhibitions with other of Police ‘affe of his manner of taking bodles from Placing one of the smaller ghouls over his back, Cantrell thrust his left arm under the shoulder, and, crouch- ing, skirted about, at the same time sa: “Keep your ey skinned, fellers; keep''em skinned good,” and, rushing forward, deposited the ghoul in an imaginary wago! Cantrell intimated that he and the other negro ghouls were but the tools of a more intelligent person. This person is thought to be Dr. Alexander, who is known to have called \each day at the office of the city t Board of Health and copled all death re- turns. Cantrell, in further admissions, sald that Dr. Alexander keptethem informed of desirable corpses. The ghouls were dele- gated through this information, and, armed with shotguns, they went at night to steal the body designated by the doctor, often- A night or two later a hack stopped in | times with the connivance of the sexton of front of the home of John Middleton, and | the burying grounds. he also was called to the door and notified that the body of his daughter Stella bad Since the ghoulish expose, friends and relatives of persons burled in cemeteries been stolen and was at the Central College | of the county have become apprehensive of Physicians and Surgeons. opened next day and the truth of the stal ment wi led to the finding of the body, and it wi reburied. The mystery in th one of which was supposed fo be false an ‘The grave was verified. A search of the college daily occurrences. two cases, of the security of them. 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A glimpse of the conditions which existed in rural Scotland in the first halt of the nineteenth century is given by a letter written by a person believed to be an off- cer connected with the enforcement of the poor laws of Great Britaln at that time. The letter was found by John Smith of the firm of Robert Smith & Bro. on a re- cent visit to the home of his ancestors in Scotland. It was addressed to his grand- father, who then resided in the parish of Kincardine O'Neil. It was written July 2, 1821, and is as follows: “Dear Sir—I am exceedingly sorry to hear that M. Robertson has been behaving so very {ll—especially in disobedience to her mistress—nay, it seems that she ventures Ive bad answers, etc. I designed to your way In going to or returning from Aberdeen and to have administered a little | wholesome discipline to her, but my time would not permit, but I shall be with you as soon as possible along with a horse lash. However, Mr. Milne of the Poor's hospital says that he will cane her affec- tionately and desires you to send her in to him in a lime cart, and that he will clap here into Bridewell for a month or six weeks, and, further, that if she will not go peaceably that he will send an officer to search for and take her by force. He says that he is warranted to do so, and desires you positively to let him know of the first offense. Now, if you have any bad herding, bad language or bad behavior of any kind you will be to blame yourself. Either let Mr. Milne or me know and she shall soon sufter for her folly. “But, after all, I beg of you out of leni- ency to an orphan, you will be so good as to warn her of her great danger. You can tell her, what is true, that her head will be shaven, possibly put to the neck in cold water till nearly drowned, and for meat— she will get but little of that. Thus she will have it in her power to save herself. But after warning her, she must do well or suffer punishment. Nay, if you allow her to go on thus you will be guilty yourselt of a heinous sin. Adleu, dear sir, I remaln, your obdt, serv't, ALEX BIRNIE." Traditions of the house of Smith do not relate the subsequent fate of the young shepherdess who was to undergo such af- filetion, but it is sald that the bad-language mentioned consisted of pert answers and nothing vile. PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS. “Mamma,” said littlc Ethel one Sunday morning, “if I lose my certificate of bapq tism will I have to be born all over again®"’ Teacher—Years ago the kingdom of Spain ran clear around the world. Tommy—Who chased it? * Kind Lady—How did you come to fall? Willle—Me an’ him wuz playin’ ter see who could lean out de winder der furdest, an’ he won. “What was the greatest act of Jefferson's lite?" asked the teacher of the junlor class in history. And the tow-headed youth who had been to the theater promptl¥ replled: “The last act in ‘Rip Van Winkle." " Uncle John (a physiclan)—Willle, would- n't you like to study medicine and become a doctor some day? Willle—No, indeed. Uncle John—Why not? ‘Willle—Because I can't even muster up courage to kill a fly. “Johnny,” sald his mother, severely, ‘some one has taken a big plece of ginger cake out of the pantry.” Johnny blushed gulltily. “0 Johnny!" she exclaimed. think it was in you." “It ain't, all,” replied Johnny, “part of it's in Elsle.” “I didn't * POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY i = THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPAN 98 EX.CQ.KN. 37 PAID e ] TELE GRAMLJO e conditions printed on the back of (1s Mask. hose xow! Chicago, Nov 20 Berg Swanson Tv, r " Correct Dress for Men and Boys. CONTINUED SPECIAL SALE OF THE Omaha. Closed out enlire stock of .fall sullfngs and overcoats frem the'Stéin-Blach Co at Stein=Bloch Stock Of Suits and Overcoats. bargain prices. 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During this creeenn e ceee $15 ON MONDAY WE WILL PLACE ON SALE 1,800 PAIRS OF MEN'S ODD TROUSERS—These goods are extra fine quality, ready-tailored trousers. known brands and are without doubt the bzst value ever offered at....ocooeuvniianns MAIL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE CAREFUL ATTENTION The Paragon and Sternberg Bros. well- 2.50 and $5 Pair New York every Sunday. His experiences are not unlike those of other religious workers and the answers to some of his | queries are amusing. In fact, one answer ‘was embarrassing rather than amusing. He desired to encourage the members of his class to commit to memory certain | Bible verses. Sometimes the teacher would | quote a portion of the sentence, halt, and almost involuntarily the student would complete it. “The earth is the Lord's?" suggested the teacher. The boy could not continue. “And the fullness there—" Mr. Rockefeller. “Belongs to the Standard Ofl company,” added the pupil. encouraged Millions Spent for Theaters, It 1s estimated that $20,000,000 was spent last season for theatrical entertainment | in this country alone, and while it is pos- elble to arrive at the above estimate it is rot possible to form any idea of the| amount spent annually by those in search of_health. To recover your health you must first see that the stomach is put in | good condition. Then Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is needed. It cures nausea, head- ache, indigestion, dyspepsia and malarla. Try it and eee. RELIGIOU In Great Britain there are now nearly 10,000 Christian Endeavor socleties. The American Missionary assoclation re- John D. Rockefeller, jr., 1s well known, 1s an ardent Sunday school worker and su- perintends a gathering of youngsters in Dainty Christmas Gifts | At this season of the year the making of Christmas presents takes up much of every woman’s time and thoughts. To the per- plexed individual, here is a suggestion. Nothing is less expensive than paper, and out of it may be fashioned many dainty gifts. Lampshades are always acceptable and sre easily made, in spite of the ap- parent difficulty. Dalnty paper flowers for use on handkerchief cases, glove boxes, candy boxes and the like help to make in- expensive presents very charming. The ease with which they may be made is as astonishing as the perfection to which they may be brought after a little practice. The making of paper flowers has become not only an art, but a means of earning a livelihood as well. From crude imitations resembling nothing in particular the flowers have come to be reproductions so exact that at the distance of a foot or two they cannot be distinguished from the real blos- som. As soon as this perfection was reached decorators saw their possibllities. In elabo- rate decoration part of the work must often be done the day before the event that calls for the display, and for these oc- casions the really artistic paper flower is in demand. Handsome chrysantbemums, for instance, for 30 cents aplece, and at this price there is money in the making of them. But they must be exact coples of the natural flower. In this, as in other things, only the best succeed, and let it be understood that the wbatural flower should be before the learner, and that for help she should turn to it on every oc- casion. Every concelvable color is represented in flower papers, but the beginner needs tew. A quire of white paper, one quire ch of three shades of yellow, one quire each of rose pink and coral pink, one of olive green, & pound of stem wire and a gross of rose leaves will be a sufficient outt. It lampshades are to be madé, a dark red gives & fine effect when placed over a light. Aside from the paper one needs a couple of spools of coarse linen thread, a pot of white paste, a little cot- ton batting, & dull knife and a small cushion nearly flled with bran. This last is to curl chrysanthemums oa. xorlod at its last annual meeting that in fty years illiteracy in the south has been reduced 50 Der cent. Father Boulllion, a Canadian priest, is sald tlan commercial travelers for mutual im- Later on a few rose centers, some calyxes and culots for the carnations, and rubber tubing for covering rose stems may be in- dulged in. One can even find thorns ready to glue along the stems. Pond llies have special stamens and pistils, and popples have a natural seed cup and made pistils. One thing may be mentioned as being & great addition to any scheme of decora- tion, and that is to purchase a good sized bunch of maldenhair fern and dip it into a kettle of hot water where an ounce of beeswax has been melted, lifting it out slowly. This coats it and preserves it in- definitely. A spray of this with any kind of flower adds greatly to its delicate beauty. Without dlagrams it is not easy to teach any one how to make all flowers of tissus paper, but there are three so easy to do that simple directions can be given, and the beginner succeeds with these she will be able to branch out with others. Lamp shades and candle shades are far easier to make than one can imagine until the work is tried. It loocks so complicated that women are afrald to venture. To make a chrysanthemum take one sheet of paper and fold it o that it will form six inch squares. Cut these into circles, dozen folds at & time. Then cut the petal down to within one inch from the center and point them as they are in nature. It re- quires twelve of these folds for a medium- sized flower, and oighteen for a large one. Take three of the clipped circles and place them together on the cushion and with an instrument like the pofuted handle of a toothbrush begin at the tip of the petals and bear down hard on the instru- ment, drawing it toward you to the center. The petals will curl up and be beautifully veired. Do this until all are curled. Take & wire ten inches long and wind one end around a bunch of yellow cotton so that it i very solid. On this depends the eolidity of the finished flower. Then pull the curled circles apart, taking care not to uncurl them, and punch a hole in the middle of each. Paste the cotton all over and string one circle, holding the flower in the left hand upside down and work'~g the curved petals up against the cottc _After this Do more paste Is needed L the *taken once and will rovement and for helping others, now has 3500 members. The society was organized July 1, 1599, with three members, Christian_ Sclentists from every part of the country are sending contributions in liberal sums toward the $2000,000 bulldin to be put up in Boston for the so-called mother church. Some small gifts are also coming from abroad. The clergy of Connecticut have presented Bishop Brewster with a beautiful pastoral cross and chain as a tribute of thelr affec- tion_and esteem. The center of the cross is ornamented With & beautltully cut ame- thyst. President Ellot of Harvard in his address Boston Methodist ministers’ meet- d the belief that there is “too much Intellectual and emotional work by the minister or preacher and Sunday school teachor, calling for too little personal exer- tion by'the congregation and pupll An Interesting experiment was made re- cently in an English town when nine churches and parishes co-operated in one church army mission for the whole town. The largest hall in the town, which holds 2,000, was packed nearly every evening. normous open air meeting were also held every night. In many of the 465 gymnasiums of the Young Men's Christian assoclation the gym- nasium director conducts a bible class be- fore the class begins its work. Bible classes are held on the United States battleships, in_army camps, In the forts, in Alaska, among miners and working boys. These classes are also held at noon in over eighty clties and rallroad centers. “The Gideons,” an organization of Chris- to have drawn the plans for a cathedral in New York, to be the largest in the world, a scheme so capacious as to suggest that the plous father did not grasp it in all its bearlngs. It took a thousand years or so to bulld one of the great minsters; Cologre took even longer, and was begun before Charlemagne, and only finished the other day. To exceed these constructions, as well as Rome's crowning ornament, “The Dome, the vast and wondrous dome, to which Di- ana's marvel was a cell,” ‘might take a much longer time than the imaginative Father Boulllion has figured on. Artificial Flowers Made of Paper. calyx is put on. String all the others, working each gently with the hand until the petals all curl inward. When they are all on, cut a round plece of olive green paper and notch the edge paste the inside and push that up against the flower, Bend the wire and hang the flower upside down In & safe place to dry. Cut several long strips of the green paper for winding the stems. Cut four leaves for ! each chrysanthemum, except where the flower s to decorate & lampshade, when no leaves are required. Cut wires six inches long, paste them and lay them along the | middle of the leaves, pressing them down | with the fingers. These can be cut after the real leaf. All follage is better when cut according to mature. A pattern can be erve always. This also is true of the pet. When the leaves are dry take the long strips, dab a bit of paste on the end, fasten that to the calyx and begin to wind it round and round downward until the wire is cov- ered. This requires a little practice, but can be done, All stems of all flowers are wound the same way, and all leaves ex- cept carnations must have the wire for mid- rib, A bud can be made to go with each flower by squeezing up & few petals and finishing them with calyx and stem. When the leaves are dry wind them to the main stem. Carnations are made by cutting scalloped circles, notching the edges and cutting out ovals near the middle. Twist a little cot- ton with a wire, string the circles and squeeze them, add the green calyx and wind two long narrow leaves of crepe paper in with the main stem. Roses are made by ‘taking three strips of paper and winding them around a center made of wired cotton. Tie with linen thread as you wind. When the strips, each three inches wide, are all on, slash the top, trim the corners round and curl the petals thus formed with a knife. 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