the platforms were too large and heavy to transport by wagon , so as the misting rain gave birth to premature twilight , morgan 's men carried them down the long lane to old hill cemetery road , and then another half mile to the main gates , where the men rested for a moment before the final push to their ultimate destination : the birthplace of this bizarre affair , where its midwife , the old grave-robber , had met his untimely end , dying waist-deep in the very grave he had invaded .