MURDEROUS GHOULS.
Hufns Cantrel, a negro, and the leader of a large ne.gro band of grave robbers operating In Indiana, who Is now serving a term of imprisonment in that State, has confessed to having participated in the murder of six persons in order to sell their corpses to medical colleges for dissection. This confession explains the mysteries of many negro murders.
The band rented a house where the victims were lured and slain. Cantrel's band robbed scores of graves for medical colleges, and plied a profitable trade. Cantrel has disclosed the names of his partners in the crimes, and they will be arrested.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 230, 26 September 1903, Page 5 (Supplement)
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