Pennsylvania mummy 'Stoneman Willie' to receive proper burial after 128 years
Mummified body of "Stoneman Willie" lies at a funeral home in Reading/ READING, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A mummified man known as Stoneman Willie will receive a proper burial after being on display at a funeral home in Reading, Pennsylvania, for 128 years. The unidentified man was an alcoholic who died of kidney failure in a local jail on Nov. 19, 1895. He was accidentally mummified by a mortician experimenting with new embalming techniques, according to Auman's Funeral Home./ Dressed in a suit with a bow tie, the gaunt man is displayed in ...
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