An unidentified man who was accidentally mummified in 1895 and then kept on display in a Pennsylvania funeral home for 128 years will finally be buried. His true name will also be revealed.
A Pennsylvanian man who was inadvertently mummified in the late 19th century will be buried later this week — and his true identity finally will be released.
The body of"Stoneman Willie," a jailed thief who died in a Pennsylvania prison in 1895 and was accidentally mummified by undertakers, will be laid to rest on Oct. 7 — some 128 years after his death.Several leads on his true identity did not pan out in the months after his death. "We don't refer to him as a mummy. We refer to him as our friend Willie," said Kyle Blankenbiller, funeral director at Auman's Funeral Home, according to Reuters.
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