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of resurrectionist flourishing in Great Britain earlier in the same 

 century. Physically, he was a big, rawboned muscular man with 

 a protruding lower jaw and he possessed an unconquerable thirst 

 for liquor of any kind. 



One of his methods of transporting a body was to place it, 

 dressed in old clothes, on the seat beside him in his buggy. 

 Throughout the journey to the medical school, the subject was 

 treated as if it were alive and drunk. With people within hearing 

 distance, he would talk to the corpse as follows: ''Sit up! This is 

 the last time I am going to take you home when you get drunk. 

 The idea of a man with a family disgracing himself in this way" 

 (Edwards, '54). 



On one occasion, while on their way to perform some resur- 

 recting. Gunny and his two helpers stopped at a saloon in Garthage 

 for liquor refreshments. It was near midnight and their behavior 

 aroused the suspicions of the patrons sufficiently so that they 

 organized a posse to follow them. They were stalked to a ceme- 

 tery and while in the process of digging for two subjects, shots 

 were fired at them. The only one who stood his ground was Gunny 

 and he refused to elevate his hands when so ordered. One of the 

 members of the posse, with gun aimed at him, pulled the trigger, 

 but it failed to go off. On hearing the click, Gunny decided he 

 had enough and gave up, pleading for his life. This was granted 

 and they headed in the direction of Garthage; on the way, the 

 captive. Gunny, offered to buy the others a drink at a tavern 

 they were passing, which was accepted with alacrity. After they 

 had consumed several. Gunny was released, on the condition that 

 he return straightaway to Gincinnati. The grave robber, however, 

 headed back to the scene of his previous activities, found that his 

 assistants had removed the pair of cadavers and put them in 

 sacks; thus, they were ready for transportation. 



At another time, the same body snatchers were apprehended 

 near Hartley, Ohio, with two subjects in their possession. They 

 were arrested; the specimens were taken to a funeral establish- 

 ment to be identified, if possible. The three culprits were released 

 on bail, the succeeding morning. That afternoon, two men of 

 unassuming appearance, arrived at the undertaker's parlor, and 

 said to an assistant, who was there alone, that they were author- 



