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Correct Account of THE RIOTS Conerning Stealing Dead Bodies, in different parts of Grlasgow On Saturday and Sunday, the 1st and 2d March, 1823; with an aceount of the Dead Bodies, and the Heads Limbs & pieces of Human Bodies Found. Early on Friday night. the neighbonrhood of the College Church-yard, was alarmed by noises proceeding from the church, yard, when the watchman on that station sprung his rattle, and having procured assistance, they entered the graye-yard, where they found three doctors and a boy, whom they escorted to the Police Office, In the middle of the above night, the watchman at Lady-well street remarked two well dressed persons hastening toward the High Church-yard An interyal of some minutes elapsed, when he perceived the same persons return, followed by some others bearing something tied up in a large bundle.? An alarm was instantly given, when the watchmen assembled, and having se- cured the man who was bearing the bundle, and a young. man who appeared of the same party, they then proceeded to examine the bundle; which was found to be the body of a man deceased, who had lived in the Havannah, and who was lately interred in the aforesa id church yard. The fellow that carried the corpse made such oppositions to his being taken, by striking. kicking, and biting the watchmen, that they thought proper to bind him and the corpse together, on a hurley, when they were removed to the Of- fice. It was with great difficulty the police could prevent the crowd that. assembled from taking vengeance on-him. The son of the man disinterred, appeared at the Office some time afterwards, to claim his father's body, Drawing conclusions from those and other events, it was that a great concourse of people assembled opposite a lecture room in Duke street, on Saturday morning, at half past nine o' clock, when they proceeded to break open the door, when a most appalling scene presented itself....On the floor, stood a large tub, in which was found a number of heads, arms and legs. On the table lay the whole body of a woman with long hair. The body of a man lay aside it. with the head cut off, and the entrrils out, and otherwise dissected. At the end of the room was a complete skeleton. Other rhangled bodies were found, and limbs and mutilated fragments of bodies were strewed about the room. The mobs were so exasperated that, siezing the bodies and every thing found in the room; they tossed them into the streets. They were proceeding to demolish the premises until the arrival of Baillie Snell, with the Police, and a detachment of soldiers, when a proper guard was stationed to prevent farther violence, Yesterday forennon; a crowd assembled an Portlaad street, at another lecture room, when they had proceeded to break the other door, and were proceeding to the room, when they were alarmed by the arrival of the Police. Some bones were found on the premises, arid were tossed about by the crowd. Guards are placed to prevent mischief while a legal investigation is going on, to satisfy the public mind. Mayne & Co.
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1823 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.73(046)
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