Thursday Jan 30 1879 The remains of a well known citizen found in a dissecting room,Other partly dissected bodies found. On Thursday the quiet city of Evansville was startled by the report that the body of Francis M Murphy who died on last Saturday the 14th and was buried on Sunday had been taken from the grave and was in the dissecting room of the Evansville Medical College.The manner in which the discovery was made is told by Evansville Journal. Mrs Murphy who was preparing and packing up her household goods to remove from the corner of 6th and Vine St to 218 Goodsell St was handed a letter by her carrier,Being busily engaged she did not open it but put it in her pocket where it remained an hour or two. When the envolope was opened this is what met her eye. Evansville Dec 19 1878 Mrs Murphy the doctors are cutting up your husbands body corner of 5th and Vine,If you go immeadiately you can save him Signed J S. She found a police officer Hitch they entered the building The janitor or a student conducted them to a room where the bodies lay,One was that of a woman who had been fearfully emaciated the other a negro. They stopped at another room down the hall there lying on a dissecting table with the skull sawed off the brain removed the body of Francis Marion Murphy. Marriage License issued last week to the following persons James A Holder to Martha Hudson James Moses to Dovey Hall Died at Lynnville Jan 28th of winter fever James Crisp in his 38th year ,Mr Crisp was a man highly respected in the community in which he lived. His remains were taken to his old home in Vanderburgh county for interment. - ------------------------------- Tamara's Genealogy http://www.angelfire.com/in/tamaraspage/index.html Tamara's Page for Ind & Ky Grave Inscriptions 20 Pages of Cemeteries Many Surnames http://www.angelfire.com/in/tamaraspage/page8.html Warrick Co Ind Mystery Photo's http://www.angelfire.com/in/tamaraspage/page29.html