From the January 9, 1884 New York Times:

“Chicago–The recent developments in the medical colleges in relation to grave robberies in the vicinity of Chicago have excited general attention which was not lessened to-day by the discovery of a new case which in one way is a strange commentary on the brutality of some of the students. The detectives to-day recovered from the Homeopathic Medical College the stolen corpse of Mrs. G.M. McConaughy, the young wife of a Nebraska attorney. She was the daughter of J.B. Craft, a merchant of Rochelle, and until her marriage a year ago, was the acknowledged belle of that town. She was 22 years old then, of very attractive personal appearance, and highly accomplished. She was a schoolmate of Newton J. Shinkle, one of the students now under arrest, and it is said he was at one time in love with her. Now he is in a cell charged with robbing the grave of his former sweetheart. A few weeks ago Mr. McConaughy and his wife left their home in Nebraska to visit the old folks in Rochelle. While there the young wife became a mother, but her life went out with the old year, and New Year’s Day she was buried in the cemetery in Rochelle.

The husband made daily visits to the grave, and on Monday discovered some evidences that it had been disturbed. Investigation showed that the coffin was there, but it was empty. It was learned that young Waterman, one of the students under arrest, visited Rochelle New Year’s morning, and returned that night with a Saratoga trunk. Shinkle came to Chicago the day following. The trunk was traced to the Homeopathic College, and the body was found in a perfect state of preservation and was promptly given up by the Faculty. The body was purchased for $35, Jan. 2. The remains were shipped back to Rochelle and buried. Shinkle rode to Chicago in the same car with the husband of the woman whose grave he had robbed.”