Nettie Anders Grave
Submitted by Herman R "Buck" Seibert Jr. March 19, 2012
Cincinnati Enquirer, December 6, 1879
GRAVE ROBBERY
The Work of Ghouls in Newport
On the 13th day of December 1875, Miss Nettie Anders, a school teacher in the Public Schools of Newport, was married to a Mr. Henry Harvey, a now well-to-do merchant of Sherman, Texas. At the time she was lying sick abed of consumption from which she died a few days after she was made a wife. Her remains were interred in Morrin's section of Evergreen Cemetery. A few months after the death of her daughter Mrs. Anders purchased a lot in the north-east corner of the cemetery, but the remains of Mrs. Harvey were not removed to it. Her grave was not forgotten, however, for her mother every fall and spring visited it and saw that it was kept in proper order. Last week, at the solicitation of Mrs. Samuel Taylor, another daughter, Mrs. Anders agreed to transfer Mrs. Harvey's body to the family lot and yesterday was fixed on for that purpose.
Early yesterday morning, Mr. Brown, Sexton of the cemetery, made his appearance at the residence of Mrs. Anders and informed her that upon digging open Mrs. Harvey's grave he found that her coffin had been broken open and the remains stolen. The silver plate on the coffin had also been taken and a quantity of jewelry that had been buried with her. It was evident that the body had been taken within a few days after its burial.
The family are grief stricken at the terrible information and have no clew to the foul despoilers of their kinswoman's grave. The affair has caused considerable excitement in Newport.