Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-08-19 | Page 2 | Law Drags Coffin out of Its Grave

LA LAW W DRAGS COFFIN OUT OF ITS GRAVE GRAVEt t Constable blo Stops tho the Funeral and the Body Bod p X Is Removed to a n Shed PHILADELPHIA Aug 10 The The J J- J nerol of or a n Darby negro was interfered with by the tho hand of oC the law as the cof cot coffin nfl fin was being lowered into the grave at Mount Kedron cemetery in Colllns- Colllns dale Constable John V. W. Pierce app app appeared ap ap- ap- ap p ared upOn the scene ene at nt the las moment moment mo mo- ment merit and Issued an art Injunction a against the burial After considerable argument anu- anu ment the tho bod body was removed remo to a nearby near- near b by shed The trouble grew STew out of the fact tact that tho the cemetery had been abandoned and ami the local authorities of have ordered that no burials be made there Those in charge of or the body said ahl that they had permission to bury their dead there as ns th they had a charter for lor tho the cemetery Constable Pierce however refused to allow the burial to co go on