READING, Pennsylvania, Oct 2 (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.
[1/4]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.
REUTERS/Kia Johnson Acquire Licensing RightsBut Auman's Funeral Home says it has now identified Stoneman Willie using historical documents and will reveal his name later this week when they lay the body to rest.
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