The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-06
TO HURRY THE BURIAL
Why a Funeral Proceeded
on a Bogus Death
Certificate.
MR.. BOYLAN'S EXPLANATION
He Couldn't Wait for DR.. Loch-
ner's Certificate, SO He Made
One for the Occasion.

AS reported in THE JERSEY CrTY News
of yesterday, Counsellor Winfield of the
County Board of Health gave the Board
at Wednesdays meeting the result of his
investigation of a case where two doctors
certificates had been given of the death
of one Frank Rowell. One had been is
sued by DR.. John Lochner and the other
bore the signature of DR.. j. J. Finnerty.
Notwithstanding the Counsel's expla-
nation that Undertaken Michael Boylan's
assist In order to facilitate matters in se-
curing burial permit, had hurriedly
drawn up bogus certificate, intending
as soon as possible to procure and use the
regular one, which been left at the house
OF Dr. Lochner for the doctors signature,
Counsel was instructed to bring the mat
ter before the Grand Jury / called upon
Undertaken B0yIan last night and asked
MIN what he thought of the Boards ac-
ton. He said:-
Il presume the members of the County
Health Board think they must OCCASION
ally find something to do to attract i'm
mediate public attention. If they would
bestow little more attention upon the
sunken lots and other pest holes of Jer-
sey City instead of meddling with q
private affair which their own counsel
sufflclently explained to them as being of
no special public Importance, their SER
vices would be better appreciated. The
facts are simply these
"A boy by the name of Frank Rowell,
of No. 304 Third street, died natural
death along about the middle of July.
The order for an afternoon burial over in
the Calvary Cemetery, Long Island,
reached my Office at half-past eight
O'Clock in the morning. There was
nothing wrong in the case. DR..
Lochner had attended the boy
ND fbn h
left at his house for his signature. He
was not at home. A burial permit can
not be obtained from the Calvary Gene
terry Company unless the death certificate
is presented before ten o'clock in the
| morning of the day on which the burial is
| to take place. 1t was a case of almost eX-
treme emergency. While the proper GER
| tificate was lying at DIR. Lochner's house
my assistant hurriedly despatched a boy
to the Calvary Cemetery office
in. New York to procure a bur
ial permit on the strength of
certificate (not drawn up in the usual
form) containing the name of j. j. Fin
| nerty as the PHYSICIANS signature, which
was placed there in this office. As stated
in The NEWS, there is no J. J. Finnerty,
but j. H. Finnerty practising in the
neighborhood. So far as the burial per-
nit from the Board of Health is con-
cerned it was intended to present only the
certificate which had been left at DIR.
| Lochner's Unfortunately, the boy who
was sent over to New York with the Fin
| nerty certificate, supposing he had the
| properone. .stoppedat the Office Of the Board
| of Health and presented it. The proper
certificate was subsequently filed. Hence
the trouble. 1t was merely matter OF
emergency where quick decision had TO
be made TO save poor family much need
less expense, and why such a case should
be referred to the Grand jury after the
investigation by the Boards counsellor
cannot understand