Show A wae WIFE TUB THE PETRIFIED BODY of A YOUNG WOMAN A late dispatch from indianapolis say S a 11 that several months ago thedis the discovery was made that there was what appeared appealed to be the petrified remains of a aruns oung WO woman man ia the vault belonga ag to charles B kredlo elo in greenlawn Green lawn cemetery the features of the woman were remarkably preserved thousands of people went to see the curf waty oi ity and mr kregel krepela lo 10 found it feces karyto gayy to remove the remains remain sto to private in his bis under undertaking establish merit antt qt the inscription on T the collin coflin pave gave the womans comans name as mary D 1 gilliss Mil liss after some investigation IZ i was ascertained that she died in this city in 1857 later the young wife ot of L 0 millis a p printer ri tue the two had come here from the east at the request of the husband the remains were placed in charge of charles williams an undertaker with instructions to kepp keep them iu the vault in Green greenlawn lawn cemetery until he should direct ot berwise he immediately left the city arid and front that day until yesterday nothing was wa heard from him yest wi iday day morning mayor denny rec civell the following letter explains its elf BALTIMORE md mayor city of indianapolis I 1 liae lave just been informed verbally that the body of my iny wife who died about ika haafeen found while removing the del deall biow aiom one of your cemeteries iu in a petrified state aud is in ia the possession of one of your un nn der takers rs I 1 address you on to jo obtain particular and on OH receipt of your reply will let you know what dl disposition position to make of it I 1 will either have her brought here or buried ju in indianapolis on n no account will I 1 allow it to be disposed of for public exhibition her name was mary 1 fiffis respectfully LAERTES 0 mayor denny compared the letter with the records of undertaker gel who succeeded mr air williams in business busi and after satisfy satisfying inz himself that the body is ia the one referred to in that letter wrote mr gilliss to that effect undertaker kregelo still has that thai body in a private room in his of alc tlc alce and will not allow it to be removed until positive proof of the re is furnished there have been several atter attempts apts made to purchase the body for public exhibition and mayor denny thinks thero there is a possibility that the letter may be an introduction trod tro action to a scheme of that sort |