Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1898 — SHELLS AND STONES ADORN IT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHELLS AND STONES ADORN IT

Appearance of the Grave of Major Grady at Bantiajso. Maj. Grady’S body was Incased in a box made from boards from a Spanish blockhouse and was deposited in a grave at Santiago about four feet deep. After the grave was tilled a mound of earth was thrown up over It about one

foot high, sloped on sides aud ends, with round stones sunken In all around the slopes. In the center of the mound was a cross made of shells and surrounded by a circle of small stones. The headstone was of brown tiling, with Inscription' cut In.

GRAVE OF MAJOR GRADY AT SANTIAGO.