St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-16
publicans will hereafter be the first to
wish that it may pass out of memory.
MIXED THE COFFINs.

Distressing Blunder Made on a
f Railway Train
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ehret, who were
at the Clifton hotel yesterday afternoon,
came to St. Paul ON a strange errand.
They are residents of Rhinelander,
Wis. They received word from Pueblo,
Col, that their son Frank Ehret, man
|, Pueblo, Col, had been Instantly killed
by a kick from wild colt, and were
. asked to forward instructions as to the
/ disposition of the remains. Mr.. Ehret
+ was Frustrated with grief, but wired
!. back at once to embaIm the body and
ship it to Rhinelander. An answering
dispatch was received from c. FL. Chat
field. one of the proprietors of
title ranch, stating that the instrac-
stipns had been received and
wbuld be carried out. Later another
message from the same source an
,nouneed that the body had been dis
patched from Pueblo by express. The
!, latter dispatch is now nearly two weeks
OLD, and up to few days ago abso-
lutely no tidings had been received of
the body, After three days had elapsed,
which was deemed ample for the ar
rival of the body at Rhinelander, Mr..
Ehret became alarmed and wired Pueblo
ply came promptly. saying that the re-
mains had been forwarded as already
stated. The officials of the express
company were at a loss to account for
the state OF affairs, and totally unable
to locate the coffin. The Denver & Rio
Grande and Missouri Pacific railways
were called upon, but it was demon
strated beyond doubt that the body had
been safely carried over that system.
Things were in a distressing condition
generally when, on Friday morning
last, Mr.. Ehret received a letter dated
Owego. n. Y, which threw great deal
of light on the subject. Here is the
letter:
owEGo. N. Y, Jan. s.-Mr. F. Ehret,
Rhinelander. Wis: Dear Sir-I should have
wired you instead of writing, except that no
harm can now result from the lapse Of few
days more or less. On Dec. 90 my Oldest son,
VISTA Col. wired to have the remains en-
balmed and shipped here. Imagine my sur
prise when on JAN two Baskets arrived
bearing the name of "Ehreit'' one of them
containing the remains of my SON. The
other Judging from packet of letters found
in the coffin, written by a Rhinelander young
lady to the deceased, contains the body
of your son Frank Ehret. How the terrible
mistake occurred l cannot imagine, except
that there is great similarity in the names.
and that both the bodies were shipped on the
same day from points on the same division
of the Denver & Rio Grande. The body of
your son has been well preserved, and 1
await your instructions. will see that the
lad is properly buried here. or will forward
the casket to Rhinelauder, as you wish.
Yours CHARLES G.. EHREIT.
Mr.. Ehret wired at once to forward
the body to ST.. Paul, and the casket ar
rived yesterday morning. Mrs. Ehret.
who accompanied her husband, was in
such Frustrated condition as to be I'M
able to travel until last evening, when
the sorrowing couple left for home with
their dead. Frank Ehret, the dead man,
was but twenty-eight years old. He
was we'll known in Rhinelander,a and en-
gagged to an estimable young lady of
that place.