TOOK MONEY TO HIS GRAVE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3556, 5 August 1905, Page 3

TOOK MONEY TO HIS GRAVE.

■Mi 17. Reynold*’ Kutetlve* TPvylne *0 ftceovar Sstkb Hondreil DolIwm Iran Corpse.

' With S7OO in an inside pocket the body of David L. Reynolds lies in a grave in Rock Creek cemetery, District of Columbia, while relatives and fklend* consult with lawyers as to the may in which the money may be taken from the custody of the dead and given to the use of the living. The law prohibits the opening of a grave except flor purposes or disinterment until ten years have elapsed from the dote of burial.

Reynolds died last January. He was known to possess the S7OO, but it could Hot be found after his death. It was btWr learned that he carried the bills mentioned in an inside pocket. Reynolds’ relatives are thinking of hiring an armed .man to guard the grave, ns they believe that after the facts become generally known the cemetery will be besieged by ghouls, who will bide their time until a favorable opportunity appears to open the grave and rob the body. I vHtnar’a” Art Criticism. The old negro “mammy” of the RUte-bcllutn type is fast disappearing, and when one docs meet with the genuine article there is generally reason to remember the occasion pleasantly. Recently a gentleman was making some purchases in a small grocery in West Baltimore, when there entered the store one of these characters belonging to days gone by. Hanging conspicuously on the‘wall •of the store was a large lithograph depicting an airily clad youngster in a field of waring grain. The picture immediately caught the eye of the newcomer. “Who’s dat?” she asked the clerk. “Why, that’s George Washington.” raplled the dark, with rv twinkle in his eye. "Huh!” grunted aunty dubiously. "Hit luks mo’ log Mosas in de ambush.”—Baltimore Sun.