| Show I 4 Salt Lake houses graves legends mysteries j Stacie Peart Arts Editor The Salt Lake City cemetery contains graves dating back to beginning of the city's birth Early settlers and the recently deceased reside in the hills of the avenues creating stories and adding mystery to folklore aficionados By far the two most talked about graves are that of Jacob Moritz and Lilly E. E Gray Jacob Moritz known to as Emo has a grave nestled in the Jewish part of the cemetery His oddly shaped crypt with an iron door has terrified teenage trespassers for generations Emos Emo's legend is that if ifa a person walks backward three times around the crypt chanting Emo they can look in the small window- window 5 t I Photo by Adam Heath Pictured Emos Emo's grave type opening to see his 1 1 Im r f rV rA his grave in the past Thrill seekers most likely chanted and circled the grave then peered into the crypt with witha a flashlight or candle to see their own distorted reflection shining back at them from Moritz's urn um Believing this to be the face of a ghost instead of their own image the rumors and legends have continued in various forms While many visitors find Emos Emo's grave highly entertaining and spooky others seek out the mysterious Lilly E. E Gray Its It's unknown whether or I Inot not Gray was marked bye by i ithe the beast and her headstone seems to raise more mor more questions than researcher research researcher have answers On sever several l lI that research the tha I paranormal Grays Gray's death deaU is listed as natural causes' causes or not at all But other than an ordinary obituary an anno and and no real leads researchers haven't found any solid soli answers on why her grav gravel grave states Victim of the Beast Grays Gray's grave is located located at about 1150 East and r North inside the cemetery g Lost y 1 ace 1 Unfortunately for Moritz the real Emo vandalism has required his ashes to tobe tobe be moved elsewhere The mini mausoleum that once held the ashes of the local x politician and brewery owner now only contains pieces of his broken urn um Speculation suggest that before the vandalism Moritz's urn was shiny This small detail would explain Emos Emo's face being Photo by Adam Heath seen by those who visited gravestone states eerie epitaph |
