Pennsylvania mummy 'Stoneman Willie' to receive proper burial after 128 years

In 1895, a Pennsylvania mortician accidentally mummified an unidentified alcoholic from the local jail. More than a century later, Reading, PA's 'friend Willie' is finally being laid to rest.

The body of "Stoneman Willie", a jailed thief that died in a Pennsylvania prison in 1895 and was accidentally mummified by undertakers, lies on display at the local funeral home that has been his resting place for 128 years in Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2023

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ByREUTERS

OCTOBER 3, 2023 00:30

Pennsylvania mummy 'Stoneman Willie' to receive proper burial after 128 years

In 1895, a Pennsylvania mortician accidentally mummified an unidentified alcoholic from the local jail. More than a century later, Reading, PA's 'friend Willie' is finally being laid to rest.

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Pennsylvania mummy 'Stoneman Willie' to receive proper burial after 128 years

In 1895, a Pennsylvania mortician accidentally mummified an unidentified alcoholic from the local jail. More than a century later, Reading, PA's 'friend Willie' is finally being laid to rest.

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