A BODY SNA CHING ADVENTURE.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4412, 23 February 1883, Page 4

A BODY SNA CHING ADVENTURE.

" You can bet tiaat grave robbing ia new, even among students in this 3 city," laid, a jyoung; physician yesterday 'i 'm conirersation, with a Press reporter. * *'* I gradnatedin this city, you know, and if you'd like to hear it, I can tell you of a yery amusingjadventure of a couple of tny fellow students. Of; course I cannot mention any names! but I can assure you that the story is strictly true. A body .:snas&hing: expedition =m- those days was regarded as a big' *bl6w out,' but only the bolder and more reckless spirits took part in it. One night two of my chtims t itart«d : off fora f? -stiff" 1 (as [theyused to \6i\\ iCWp«e,in .the dissecting, room) and c-tttlefcte'd an* out of town cemetery as the Kjggiene of their operations. r-^was eleven' *^clock when they secured the body, and" as qqld^ind cheerless arnight as/you ever uayi" 5 i They wrapped the corpse up in an overcoat, and, to avert-suspicion, propped him up on the seat of their open wagon, if •fie"-wefe^one' of f her company. Then they drove into 'town. -As I said, it was a-stingingly cold night, and, as they reached a tavern, they re-aolrpd-'to"enter it'to" warm up, both outwardly and inwardly. They left the . wagon standing on the road, with the propped up body in the centre of the seat. - t" >r '*''"'' " An inkling of> their, errand had been obtained by others,'and when they pulled ap at the tavern several of. the students were afc hand, but did not show themselves. : The . grave robbers warmed themaelves. and - returned to their wagon. Bat in the meantime the other students had removed the corpse from the wagon and substituted jn its stead one of their own number. This the robbers had no •uspicion o/k and taking their seat, one on each side of, the corpse, they drove-off. In<£he jolting of the wagon it happened that'the hand_of one of the students, pame in*nif6fitacY 'that""of' the supposed corpse. 'By Jove, Smitn, it's warm!' he exclaimed*. ' Nonsense,' said Smith, and " then he touched m hat should have been a cold clammy, hand., 'My. God!' he exclaimed^', so it is {" •, .'Yes,' ejaculated the corpse, 'if you'd been in h——l as long ' as.j have you?d be warm too !' - "The affrighted students stood not upon the order of their going, but went at once." —Philadelphia Press.