The evening world., 1904-05-20
Brother Cables that His Rela-
: tive Did Not Die on Ocean
Liner, but Is Living in Lon
don.
WIFE INSISTS MAN SHE
BURIED WAS HER HUSBAND.
Accuses Brother-in-LaW Will
lam of Having s700 of Her
Money In His Possession
Ships Doctor Silent,

Is the astral body OF Patrick Burns,
tell known architect Of London. walk
he through the strets of that city. sip
ming his brandy and soda at the fash
.Aonable clubs of which he was a NOM
ber and passing the time OF day with
mis- brother. William Ignatius BBurns,
while the Patrick Burns in the flesh
hes buried in the Hudson County Cath
siic cemetery in Hoboken?
Mrs Patrick Burns. who arrived here
from London with the body OF her hus-
helm der Crosse. says that the man
WHO died en- route was the only Pat
rick Burns Of any prominence in Lon
Hon, that he was the architect OF that
name and brother OF William 1gnatius.
william Ignatius Burns cabled yester-
Nay from London that his brother was
hot dead, that he was well and alive in
London and that the story OF his death
ls all myth Certain II Is that man
tanswering the description OF Burns
lied on the Kaiser last Sunda" and was
attended by the ships doctor.
ships Doctor Positive.
Mrs. Patrick Burns has locked her
self In her room at Naegelfs Hotel
1Ioboken. to-day, and refused to see
INV one or say anything about the
,,ysterv which overhangs the name OF
patric,t Burns. architect, OF LONDON.
l,,. mvstery was engendered when q
.ah,s arrived from England saying that
patrick Burns, architect. was alive ana
we'll. ..o ot-
nv teaterpau. the ships DOCTOR at
,.,,a.d the man, who died on board. anu
"A. renort shows that the death "As
aue 10 apoplexy. DR.. Kateroan reiuso'
N say anything about the case to-ohy'
but when seen yesterday said;
"I know that the dead man was Pat-
,,clt Burns. of London. Ho was mar
he'd 40 this woman. shall not say any
hing further than that. because II -
matter which does not concern the
newspapers"
DIR. Katerbau refused to say to-day
whether he knew Patrick Burns per-
sonally or could identify him.
The Rev. Father Charles kelly, pas
tor OF tho Church of Our Lady OF
Grace, officiated at tho funeral ser
yices yesterday The body was buried
n the Hudson County Catholic Church
. It the express direction Of Mrs. Burns,
Who had made all the plans and pre-
,arations for the funeral according 70
,astor no more than that the man had
ben her husband, that he was q Cath
blic, and that she wanted the ceremony
performed by him.
Brother-in-Law Sends Cable.
The possibility that there might be
mother Patrick Burns OF farne and note
II London Is secuted by Mrp; Burnst; ~
prominence" she said. He Is the son
bf a well-known railroad contractor.
and was q partner In business with his
her marriage, which shows the regis
tration Of May ]: she eontinu,esSd: ,sS =. ,.t.
Becap:e ny hSsoand wSs o " 1. we very ,Sl
Band, accompanied Us 70 Dover. ne
hamss OF Herr and Frau Harrison.
wanted us TO do that Then, no said
With Us and I gave him s7Oo which .h,,I !
nd. He also n had d., IN husband ais possession
( Mrs. Burns says that as eon as she
rot 20 Hobolken with the body OF her
6er husband she cabled to brother-in,
EhSt he answersd: "Bury him; viii send
XccSrding to the widow the twenty
lr.s,snda newer came. She says she Is
Koss nenniless. She Thinks her brother
l1n-iaW had some object In cabling the
IsnySterfous message that her husband
f1slss stiil alive in London.
" HOW long Mrs. Burns will stay In her
lN.oom at Hoboken or what she intends
Bo do Is not known. The silence OF
,kfae ships doctor and tha captaAn, VINO
49, an aav
.mafter, lends additional mystery to the
sAffeir.