The copper era., 1909-07-15
New Process of Embalming Equals That
 of Old EeypI.

New Process Of Embalming Equals That
 of Old Egypt.
 A process of embalming body so that it will be preserved in as good condition as were the mummies of the ancient Egyptians has been discov- cred by a foreign undertaken, who more than three years ago prepared the body of George Lascelle, known as Lord Walter Charles Beresford, for shipment to England, in the belief that he was of the famous Beresford family. The body never was buried, and is standing in the rear room of the undertaket's place of business, a grim reminder of his skill.
 Lascelles, who was the son of a gamekeeper on the estates of the Duke of Devonshire, had a checkered career in this country, as we'll as in Europe. He assumed the Beresford name and title, and had DO more diff ficu'ty in passing himself off as a titled Englishman in New York and Newport than he did in the small Southern cities where he lived for a considerable time.
 He met Miss Maud Lillienthal, daughter of wealthy tobacco manu- facturer in London, and following her to this country, married her in spite of the protest of her mother. He later married Miss Pelky, daughter of a wealthy lumberman of Georgia, and afterward served a term in prison.
 On his release he assumed the title, but he had contracted consumption. No one doubted that he was member of the Beresford family and when he died the people of Asheville spared no expense in preparing his body for shipment to England, for all believed the family would ask that it be sent at once.
 An undertaken there has prepared an embalming fluid which he had de- clared was in every way as efficacious as that used to preserve the mummies of Egypt. As the body was to go, as he supposed, long distance, he em- balmed it with special oarOand fine metallic coffin was provided. Then the cablegram was sent to the Beres- ford family in England, but no reply came. This was believed at first to be an oversight, but as the time passed the people of that city began to believe the stories that came to them of the man being an imposter. The undertaken did not remove the body from the coffin, however, and it was kept in a rear room.
 A short time ago a man was looking for coffin of particular kind and this undertaken did not have any that suited. Finally he was shown the one which had held the body of Lascelles for three years, and he said it was ex- actly what he was looking for. The undertaken was thoroughly convinced by this time that the body of Lascelles would never be claimed, and rather than lose the sale of the coffin dis possessed it from its home for three years.
 When the body was removed it was found to be in perfect state of pre- servation, the skin like leather, and resembling in that respect the old Egyptian mummies. The body was placed in an erect position in a corner of the room, and has been visited by many persons who knew Lascelles in his lifetime and who have commented on the way his body has been pre- served.
 The body is said to be a perfect barometer. In warm and sunny weather the skin becomes clear and more lifelike in appearance, while in cloudy and stormy weather it assumes q mottled appearance, and those who have watched it carefully declare that at these times it has the look of an angry man.
 The undertaken has been offered | S2, 900 for the body by showmen, who | wish to place it on exhibition. There | is state law which makes it crime | punishable by imprisonment for a | person to exhibit dead body or to | be a party to such exhibition for pay. | Hundreds of persons have visited the l room, and it is the inten- lion of the undertaken to keep the | body indefinitely.
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