'Stoneman Willie' was nickname bestowed long ago on an alleged thief who died in 1895 in jail and was taken to a funeral home when no one claimed the body, before being accidentally mummified by under
"Stoneman Willie" was nickname bestowed long ago on an alleged thief who died in 1895 in jail and was taken to a funeral home when no one claimed the body, before being accidentally mummified by undertakers.Body of 'Stoneman Willie' lies on display at the local funeral home that has been his resting place for 128 years in Reading. / Photo: AFP
"Stoneman Willie" was the nickname bestowed long ago on an alleged thief who died in 1895 in jail and was taken to the Theo C. Auman Funeral Home when no one claimed the body, before being accidentally mummified by undertakers. "We're 99 percent certain we know who he is," Blankenbiller said during funeral preparations, which even included Willie's remains joining a recent parade commemorating Reading's 275th anniversary.The corpse has eerily laid in an open casket for almost his entire stay at the funeral home.
According to Willie's cellmate, the man arrested for pickpocketing adopted the fictitious name James Penn because he did not want to shame his wealthy Irish father.With embalming still an emerging science, Blankenbiller said, Auman experimented with a new formula.
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