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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
February
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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ITovreH is in a state of intense exeitement over a revealed cas oï bodysn al ebt Dg, tliat bas recently occurred witliin short distanee of this TÜlttgu. The victim is tho wife of Morris Gates, who dieft on the öth inst., and ttsb interrcd in what is known as the Green buryisg gronnd, located in the township of Marión, nine miles from this place, on the Gth ; and a few days later her body was fnund awaiting t!e dissecting knifo at Arm Arbor. This slartling revelatiön was brotight to light ftc m the fnot that a party f yonng people attending singing sohooly held in the oM school honse near bya the evenine of the 9th. were retnrning from escortinga youngliidy houie, wbenthey pHsscd tho ceraeiery at about tbehour of' 1 1 o'clock, and one of the yonng ladiet of the party noticed a rebicle and two horsea attached to it, sd a single buggy, standing at the barying grond fence. In passing the burying ground the lirst time, whioh they had tt do, those vebicle8 vero noticed, and it i supposed that the robbers were lyint ín wait for the dismissal of the aingnig school. These convoyances did not attract the attention oí any other of tho party, and even this young lad-y did not seein to tnke mnch notice that thero was anj'thing strango in the matter, and did not inforra any one of whft she had soen nntil the next morning, when she toid her fatbpr, wbo, thinking tho appearance of vehiclcs at a ceraetery at that hour of the night a enrious occurrence, bngan au investigation, which resultod in revcaling the horrible faot thtit the c;ravo had been robbed of its fload. Mr. Gates becorniiiK assured tht the body of his wifo had been stolen, which fnot, howHver, did not come positivoly to his knowledge nntil last Stnrday. On Sunday morning be doparted for Ann Arbor, and with some nsaistance found her body lying in the dtead house with two others, in a mide condition and emtialmed, but as yet rnitouobed by the diasecting knife. The body was wrapped in cloths and encoffinef, and bronght back to this place, and h been placed where it eau be elosely watched. These are the facts in the case, as nearly as can bo elicited froni' those intorested in the affair. Dr. C. G. Cruickshank of this villnps was arrested yestorday, charged with the crime, and gave bail in the tmm of #600 for his appearanoe before the Justïce Bush for examination on the 24th.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Argus