Body Stealing.

Manawatu Herald, 20 August 1903, Page 3

Body Stealing.

GRAVES OPENED AND BODIES MISSING. In the Legislative Assembly at Adelaide, Mr Price, Isador of the linear party, moved the adjournment of the House in order to discuss the case of the City Coroner, Dr Ramsay Smith, who was suspended as the result of rumours regarding the alleged mutilation of dead bodies, and also to consider the subsequent action of the Government in acceding to Dr Smith’s request to appoint a Board of Inquiry. .Mr Price said rumours of a most sensational • character were current, and were causing much excitement. These rumours alleged that graves had been opened and bodies found to be missing, while some ware found with the heads off and others, including those of a number of public men, with portions missing or terribly mutiliated. Thirty doctors were said to be implicated. He (Mr Price) ' urged the Government, which so far had refused to disclose anything, to produce the charges made against Dr Smith and his reply. The Premier (Mr Jenkins) promised that the papers should be tabled. AN ABORIGINAL’S REMAINS TAKEN. The grave of Tommy Walker, the aboriginal King, who died two years ago, was re-opened recently, and the coffin was found to contain nothing but rubbish. It is rumoured that the body was sent to a professor of anatomy in Scotland.