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Show TflYSTmiOUSiSKULL IS PLAYTHING OF URCHINS Grucsonc Find in Commercial Street Alley MayUn-, MayUn-, . cover a Lore-Hidden Crime. A gruesome alg-ht was that presented to pedestrians and shop-keepers on East Second South street late yesterday afternoon. . - Two little street arabs, one Icolored, walked slowly along- carrying aj human skull on a broken iron hoop. I ' Each end of the hoop waa grasped by a boy, and as they walked down the street the skuU dangled between them, now and then striking the pavement, and the ghastly semblance of a human, countenance seemed to turn Its gase now upon one person and then upon another. an-other. After they had played with the hideous hid-eous toy for an hour or more, it was suggested to them that their plaything might be exchanged for money, and straightway a bargain was struck whereby Dr. Glesy came into possession of a, very fine anatomical specimen and the boys received a big. round dollar. The white boy said It was a negro's skull and the colored boy said It yas that of a white man. A hole in the head gave strong evl-I evl-I dence of foul play. The discovery of the skull was made in Salt Lake alley, which is a passageway passage-way running north from Second South street between Main and State streets. The skull was uncovered by some workmen who had been ploughing up the alley, and appeared to have been buried for many years. |