The Enterprising Sexton.
A curious story is told o> a come- I tory at Landshut in Bavaria, whero I it n said the keep, rs havo gr > "■■■ n| ; r'c'i h.-yotid tho dr anis i-f all other a^s nil-; hy opening the graves af ni -lit and des 'oilin*_; 'h'* coffins. A iig '1 investigation was male aud the o-i-i-s of ihe koepeis on being searched werefou-.d to containa large numborofva'uable articles. Theofli-
cial exhumation ofthe bodies of all the wea'thy people wiio bad been buried in tlie cemetery within the last two years has shown that the allegations wero gruesornenly true, and that the tombs have been systematically opened and clothes, hair, jewellery, oraments, and coffins, when these i.itter were valuable, abstracted, The Bavarian police should come down heavily on the gang.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 30 October 1890, Page 2
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132The Enterprising Sexton. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 30 October 1890, Page 2
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