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"This town is tremendously excited
over a grave robbery which has just come to light. On September 2, 1884,
Mrs. Albert W., 75 years old, who had been an invalid for years, died, and
three days later her remains were interred in the town cemetery, about
one-fourth of a mile from the village.
Her husband immediately went to
Lowell, where he spent the winter, returning to Ashland about three weeks
ago. One of the first places he visited was his wife's grave. He was greatly
surprised to find that the surface of the grave was entirely that [empty].
When he next visited the grave, he
found, to his horror, that it was lower than the surrounding ground. Pushing
down a stick, he could find no casket. Today the grave was opened, and the
body, coffin and box containing the coffin were missing. In the bottom of
the grave was found a lot of brush, supposed to be put in to prevent the
discover of the vandalism. It is thought the body must have been stolen the
night of the internment."
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