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■ra» WUKSB THS BaB!£S PliOX SSlSsi , ''ri*7} ruDY'S ruL.cs aee avixsD. | 1iiii I {I ------- 5 .£fj : y1 J * TLrlr lt;*ni4ri l k N\j IM li»lt; CVliir- 1:th | llt;ry—-»ix DulUit 4^4 lift* Okt* Sit 5 -]vf twi v£ Kat!i llali** luiii’.U-J%r-Lih3nir(Ui!«*i 71* fn*J* r^vrhsy by J?i«j J*umJy, fewpcrof the ■Vois^a*j and Infa^isibxur?'to Ea*.t *V*sb- j^ h *lr^, tto;l the gr-iv** #.J xi? *tor j j*icfi j di-ta dytojj at 3rr tostimtlva tuid Lera*! to nd • thv G*ddw lt;**ii*%vry nr* udabel^gd; that j j the arc alt;i iL*tt to j, » 1 - «■•'*'• ■•* * « -r'-4Ty ... '*• • j a;1 I**!!**, l**i T«e H:au# to iuv^ti^atw tto? *?tSi J AtKtUfcf. Thv 2:uprt?.*£ioa L- £lt;;;;« atr^lvd 5 that illii !*urly Lai *v*‘LJ h-t E:i tL-e uiC j cvttiC*Urryt lu which toe b-rk-i L*r ()tJ i dvod, and, to cr*i?r to itod out sL-; truth «f ; froc r»^j* ! C«lFilit-!SITl^Jau«•Vt*lt;f/cOror-La■*rtowoodIfer+ntibavheto*ra s » **, ndui-ana**TiesandW-Grsirto;| lLis,s HiiliAtji ;*j^rkr drove t« tb | tlcry this zn-jftziug. sia- Al Ssstou Vrotiian? home it to* add | that he was ntray and would cot return ^ j bvmv cn*a novtt- Cpoa quesitoraug; the “ I fejiiiiy the^a facta wiiro I^tm^l: ilhsj Pertly Las »o lot in the Gelt;M—; cejmetery, j but she has U-vn in the habit of buryingP. j her dead la tha Potter a HAiL She Las wS j never paid anytliing for the ground a:i*l I ^ all that the cesseery and the sei-tonrwesved for a burial was fordigging tiie grave-The Potters fi*M is si tested at the south* j ^ we?t comer of the cozaeiery and is over- j ^L grown with thhtlei and vre^is. Th- -^iy ] marks to ideniify the graves do not indude j more than a half dozen tombstones and a j J. dozen sticks that are unnumbered and un- na laWh^L One of the men engaged in the j Tv. cemetery wjis ashtd to point out the spot j i[k^ where lies 31L« Purdy s dea/h After i?5 looking about ho found a place f ~*~^ '. r^~ r-fi r. «• »,.• ** ^ .,1 J I erl IM -■■»* k -Wslt;- —• .•*■*-* _• ** fc VM - ■ lt;r ■---• »•■ «—•»«lt; ^where mounds of earth indicated that ten \ffsavas had been re«.-eutlv dug. These *0 ... e- - ’ no-Hofinstc-tf«\r in one line do=e to one another and nlt;xwere the graves of infants. There was no mark of any kind In that neighborhood* where were also a few other small and sunk:run!:*** graves hid beneath tiic we-Xi Tan djcitA3_i’s Infomuini thought that this ^ *arcroiXhtJ.knthimust be the spot where Mis Purdy3 dead axe buried* and 'vas of the opinio u that it would Le impoasibla to identify any particular grave.“Can't we find the grave of the chnd buried here on June iizhf' was asked.“Tbats a ouzzle, came thtt quick re-sxwnse.From all the information gathered at the cemetery all or of ilifs Purdys dead ■were 2md in the Potter's field, and she never paid a cent except for digging tbs graves.The reporter was referred to Colonel Chamberlin, who. it was said, was president of the board' of trustees of the Ceme- j ™ tery assofhatiom Colonel Chamberlin [ ^ was asked what lie knew of Miss Purdys relations with the Geddes cemetery, endToatrase
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Syracuse Evening Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Fri, Aug 10, 1888
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