The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-15
A%FUNERALGONE TO WASTE
IT WAS ORDERED By JOHN II. CoE
FOR HIS MOTHER,

Incidentally He HAD n Transaction in Checks
with Undertaken Vnnderwerken or will
linmabnrE-Arter tho Funeral Was Ready,
II Was Found That Mrs. Coo was Not Dead.
Yates Vanderwerken. n Williamsburg under
takcr, left his shop at 4l9 Bedford avenue yes
terday afternoon and started out to find a corpse
that would fit in n handsome casKot which he
had made to order on Monday. The casket was
ordered on Saturday night by John II. Coe. son
of the late Senator Coe, for his mother, who. he
said, died on Saturday at Bclmar. ~. J.
Mother died suddenly" said the young man,
and wo want to give her a Grst.class funeral.
or course you know my folks are wealthy, and
you also know they will not spare expense IN o
matter of this kind. In the first place | want
her buried in a nice black cloth covered caskct
with silver handles. OR if an oak casket looks
richer we would prefer that"
where Is her body p asked the undertaken.
AT Belmar," said Mr.. Coe.
do you want me to send for it tonightf
NO" said Mr.. Coe. tomorrow will do. Tho
local undertaken in Belmar has embalmcd her.
and will ship the body to you Monday morning.
Poor mother! She was n good mother"
d you still live on Rodney street, near Bed
ford avenue r. asked the undertaken.
"Oh, no" said Mr.. Coe. I'VE left that house
several years ago. Mother owned half of the
property in the town Of Belinar, so she went to
live there. Al Daggctt, the Brooklyn politician,
hired the house after we got out. ! then went
to live ut 434 Kent avenue. That is our winter
home. Poor mother; she was a good MOTHER
when would you like tho funeral-what
day = asked the undertaken.
TUESDAY" said Mr.. Coo, well bury her in
Cypress Hills Cemetery, and l want you to open
a grave there. I'll leave that to your own
selection. l would like the side OF a green hill
poor mother: she was a good mother"
II know she was, remarked the undertaken;
but here is the caskeI catalogue. Just select
one from among those designed with the silver
bar handles think they are rich, but they may
Not at all. said Mr.. Coe: nothing is too
good for mother. Here is a pretty one on this
page; what is the price of that
undertaken; that one viii cost $3.50, trimmed"
Including a nice silver plate r.
Yes" said the undertaken, including the
plate" NV
! suppose you want n deposit. I'll pay YOU one
third down on the funeral. Suppose / give you
a cneck for $500. l need $50 to pay the Belmar
undertaken for his work, so you I Ike the check
for 5000 and give ME $50 change. That will be
paying you $3.50 on account OF the funeral
Poor mother; she was a good mother
1t was getting late. and Mr.. Coe said he had
to hurry back to Belmar to complete the funeral
arrangements Then he produced a check fol
5000. 1t was drawn on the manufacturers
National Bank, and signed j.. H.. Evans
check. and gave young MIR. Coe two 500 checks
in return, with the understanding That the S5C
was 10 be used for squaring funeral accounts IN
Belmar. Mr.. Coe went away. saying he would
ship his mothers remains to Brooklyn on Sun
day or Monday.
On Sunday Undertaken vanderwerken. &C.
cording to instructions, went to the office OF the
New York and Brooklyn Casket Company and
ordered the casket. 1t was sent to his shop or
Monday. bearing a neat silver plate on which
was inscribed the following: