Connecticut western news., 1878-01-24
A Ceffln Laden with Bricks.
Nav York World.1

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 A new entrance way into Union Gene tery, Brooklyn, has recently been thought desirable, and accordingly bodies have been removed by the authorities from the lott thls roadway will traverse to new locations A few days before Christmas laborers weI' engaged in the removal of bodies from lo' thirteen. As they were at work on one o' the graves they found the crews to the cof fin lid rusted out. Upon taking up the lie to their great surprise, instead of cominr upon human remains, they found the coftir contained fourteen bricks. The bricks were In the center of the casket. Iuclosed in bar rel hoops, and braced to their place so ss not to shake about by laths extending from the ends and sides. Theie were no bones teeth, hair, relics of clothing or anything to indicate that the coff1n had ever contained {" human body. The coffin had been an inex- pensive one imitation of walnut-and was not inclosed by any outer box. As the fas tenings to the Id had become loosened th' braces had pressed the sidss outward. This discovery of the workmen was reported |" the officers of the cemetery, and 6 careful note was made of the lot, row and grave fOI future inference, Then the cOffio anu bricks were reverently placed in new grave. No. 20, row 9, in lot 10. I
 Mir. Thomas Brown has charge of the New York office of the Union Cemetery. The -interment having been made from New York City, the report of the finding oi the bricks was made to him. MT. Brown was not in his office at l92 Riyington street Thursday, having gone to the country. His assistant said that MT. Brown had been us ing all bis spare tune to unravel the myste' Fy of the tricks in the coffin, but had nol yet completed his investigation. Mir. Brown had taken away the statistics of the grave, 90 that nothing further could be done till his return. However, his assistant wat pretty well convinced that the person sup posed to have been buried in the grayt where the bricks were found was Mrs. echwedler. Upon turning to the books this entry was found, under the date of Au gust B. 1865:
 Wilh. Schwedler, 247 11th st., aged 47.
 Undertaken, Friese
 Lot IS, grave 3s. row l2.
 Friess, the undertaken, died about twt years ago. but his business Is still continued at If Avenue A by successor who had 10 twenty years been Friese's assistant -1l nd entry of Schwedler, under date of Angus 23, 1865, was found, but with no positiv facts that could lead to an identification The articles charged for and the amount opposite them indicated simple funeral
 St the office of the Boerd of Health tn record showed that death certificate on th date before given had been granted in th case of Wilhelmine Schwedler, of PAT Eas Eleventh street, by J. Weiher, attendin ptysician. The cause of death had bee cancer.
 Dr. Joseph Weiner, practicing physi clan, was found at his house on Second av enue, corner of Eighteenth street. He d not recall the case of Wilhelmine Schwed Ter and did not have hIs books back as fa as 1865 near by, where he could reter l. them. There was DO such house to b found in East Eleventh street as No. 247 but that street has been renumbered sine 1864.
 4 few years ago similar case occurre in New York, the interment being made il Union cemetery. The fraud was perp trs ted 10 obtain sn insurance policy, which th supposed dead woman shared with the at tending physician. They were prosecuted found guilty, and sentenced for the offence Mr. Brown thinks when the mystery is un yelled It will be found to have been gam played to dsfraud an insurance company o an estate. Dr. Weiner suggested that tn real corpse might have been stolen.