In the winter of 1862, robber Moroni Clawson tried to escape capture and ended up shot dead by a Salt Lake police officer. When Clawson’s grave was moved to a different plot, folks discovered his corpse was naked. Jean Baptiste, one of the first gravediggers of the Salt Lake City Cemetery, had stolen, cleaned and sold, or worn, the clothes of at least 300 cadavers—men, women and children alike. The locals convicted him and reportedly gave him a head tattoo that read, “Branded for Rob
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