The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-15
COMPETITIVE UNDERTAKING
NOT EVEN a SUMMONS COULD GET BAR
BIERR AWAY FROM wHEJAN

He was Bound 60 bury that italian Spite
of All the italian Usdertskers In Crea-
tiou, and he Did II Pretty Nearly en- Ti.o.
Luigi Barbiere, an Italian hod carrier, was
buried from % Mulberry street yesterday after
noon by Undertaken Whelan. after a contest
thar has lasted since Tuesday and stirred up
the whole Sixth ward. Mr.. Whelan found the
body already in q comm. but It was a comm be-
longing to the italian undertaken FussarL So
he transferred 1t to q coffin OF his own,a and left
Undertaken Fussari with q grievance on hand
and a rarity. too, namely q secondhand coffin.
Tho funeral was In every other way quiet
enough, though the crowd that packed Null
berry street was unusually numerous. and Mr..
Whelsn had taken the precaution to have the
policeman on post on hand in case any one
should attempt to dispute his right to the
corpse. Several members Of the bricklayers'
society, to which the deceased man had be-
longed, were pail bearers. Another member
Of the society. carried q pillow and a cross Of
flowers, cheaply made UP and sparse Of BIOS
the then" means Of the mournsrs here than a sioS
design would be at 2 pol!coman's funeral.
the Sons Of United Italy. who stood in ihnd..
died ranks across the sidewalk, so jostled by
s sPevs sfG ssnd t aash 70 tet thei Go Ssts fiG IN sSiats raise as tho g
: black Derby hat. with an, oiicloth band upon
the hearse on the coffin, showing that the dead
man had sp Se ssr 4 iitt %sm Tas,T,y 81 u the t fErasdi; IN, The he
camo out ahead Of the rest and started
toward a c o.HI up the :, . street as the
became lost, in the crowd, but finally drilled
back to the door IN time to get into one Of the
Hs5siasss w whsn le Il d aps s,ai up. Fses bad Of ss .ss
s sp} they waited i9r I'M; ,ssppaIsntly, Sslns IN:
o S'sfs a Unae SR ass#sfss sSIen % sas esile an n. at his is
buried most Of the Italians who have died in
sS. : e T iSsa S 81 this y FG IS; and S,bI has ss a9ss I IS
sTs aacR Re Y sas man sad IN ana this s'S ssss' fIsd s]s Of tas
widow. and consisted Of putting the body in an
ice box, putting up the customary black hang
ings 10 the room. and lacking a Grape bow on
- S is attsrxaId, he SAYS, undertaken Eussari
away f from Whel an snd sffc re TO 70 t sGs , ehsrse
On the hears.. and shsres, av saaH dollars L less sG than
the other 4 n,, nqndertake T., M. Mhelaa says that
his INSECT icebeo an into eN tSe 1 yar d,s snd n pat ahe So ahFe ON
Ice in a Fussari box. Wheian had in the mean
time got 2 burial permit from the Board Of
for the permit. Hothen learned what had been
done at the house, and thereupon made up his
mind that money was no object. and he would
bury that italian no matter whether he ever
got q cent for it or not. he asked Mrs. Barbiere
i she wanted to change undsrtakers She re.
speak definitely, Mr.. Whelan held on to the
due time put it into a coffin. or Friday, even
tiers for help. to get the body out OF. Fussari's
coffin. but Inspector Williams said that the
police could do nothing in the matter.
Yesterday Fussari and a lawyer applied to
Justice Smith at the Tombs for a luminous
against W!helan. 80 that he could be made to
give Up the permit A summons was issued.
tice said that a new permit had better be pro-
cured. The Board Of Health decided that they
GOV not issue a duplicate permit, and this
was nearly time for the funeral and too late to
do anything more he made his appearance. and
the was concluded. Fussari says
that Whelan went recently to q house in Gin;
got the job by Undertaking. Whelan denies
that the cases are parallel He says that that
case WAS brought to him at his shop. and that
he took 1t on the stipulation that tho other un-
dertaker should be settled with in full for what
he had done. and that Fussari got SIT.