Actually they were taken to a lab at Purdue University to make sure all
the parts were present and, yes, to run some tests. But they were not
reinterred 2 or 3 years down the road; they were reinterred in a very
touching ceremony which I attended not long after they were examined.
They were examined to make sure nothing was missing because of the
length of time they had been in the ground and because the coffins
disintegrated when they were removed from the ground.
If you can prove that the gravestones were thrown over into the
riverbank, then I encourage to you to do so. So far, there has been no
evidence presented that proves this. I have examined the area and even
though limestone does disintegrate with time, there would still be
evidence of the gravestones being there. I have visited many old, and
not so old, private cemetaries where old gravestones were propped up
beside the fence line and trees, to make room for mowing. The cemetary
in Camden IN is a prime example of this; it is disgraceful how these
people who were expecting to be remembered all their lives by these
stones now lie in an unmarked grave due to convenience.
Please respond in a positive and polite way when you write back to this
note; no one likes to be attacked in a forum such as this and that is
just the way I perceived your letter.