The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11
DIFFERENT JOHN BECKBRS
e,E DIFFERENCE ~ THAT ONE
- ALIVE AND ONE ISN'T.


Last Friday night when the B,ishwick
mar - Rrnoklyn had settled itself To rest
voice called Undertaken Rudolph Stutz-
r,rn by telephone and told him that John
R,-k,- had died in the Kings County
n -plthl and that his brother. George
R.cAer "a ?ss Central avenue, BROOKLYN.
would call at Stutzmann' place the next
ray and make the funeral arran gements.
Ih.. iuneral would probably be on Sunda v
afternoon the voice said. when the friends
Of the deceased could be present.
Undertaken StutzmAnn left his store
4, 3SS kulckerbocker avenue early y.ster-
nv morning to get the papers which the
AZ required undertakers to get AS the
preliminary To removal and burial. He
sent Ia the hospital. obtain med the custody
VI ;he body and took il To his chapel
sr-r" George Becker was To call that
,i,crrlron In the hours before Becker +.
appearance the body was prepared for
hIrI.. The certificates Of death were
t..tatch.d To George Becker and he sent
'h.n M To an insurance Office for the
nayrent 81 the claim.
T. wasn't until well along IN the after.
noon that George Becker got to Stutz.
lnaun's. His other preparailo ions IN view
4 - hrothers death had taken so much
linz h. aid. that he had been DELAYED
- M and the unds ;-taker set themselves
immediately to talking over the business
n hand. They decided u in all its details
After time Stutzmann sugges ted that
B4rS.r 20 in and look at his brother.
Ne dli 20. His face had unaccountahly
hanged he thought. for here was the
cody II n man well along IN years John
"a. only ~ years old and Georg" Becker
had Papers TO prove IL.
-Tha, ism my brother. said Becker.
1t, John Becker said the under.
aser and he fished in his pockets for
he statement ne got from the hospital.
We'll John Becker was my brother
name -ald George. and this isn't John
Becker
lh- undertaken repeated that 1t was.
and they agreed TO put the matter up
10 The hospital authorities for settlement
What happened then il thus told by the
Undertaken and Becker: They got the
hospital on the telephone Sure enough
lohn Becker had died on Friday night
.n'i h- body had been gwen TO Rudolph
>'gtLIuann. undertaken, on the order
q George Becker: his brother. and II
he inquirer would call upon either the
Inder'aker or the brother he probably
could ind out all about IL.
Bat I'm George Becker myself was
n. reply. and I'm at Stutzmapn's place
"h4' an you tell about it now
Nj Pecksr got was Please wait a
moment and he held the receiver to his
sar for minutes. hearing at the far end
4 the wire the rustic OF somebody turning
gages IN n hook.
Presently the voice came hack Mr..
-cser'-
Yes
Did your brother live IN Corona
40
Did he die OF andoCarditIs'-
wasn't there and don't know
Mas he IS years Oldy-
No. sir. said Becker reSolutely. II"
7asn't IS years old. and what he had WAS
come sort Of nervous trouble.
-oh-h. Wait "A minute
Nt-r awhile another voice came 10
Sc telephone. This is quser.- 1t ,-aid
! don't believe your brother j. dead. .
VI Becker. Won't you come over her.
mt make sures-
Becker hung up the receiver and made
Cor the Kings County Hospital He /
found his brother IN a ward for nervous |
ratients The nurse said he was better
and might get well. and wouldn't MIR
b, ser like To- his brother
hen John asked George what he was
wearing those black clothes for George
ildn explain neither did he touch upon
he matter 81 the insurance policy.
hsfor Stuizmann. he said asst night that
\" Adm know what he was going to do
r,'h she body Of John Becker 81 Corona
> ysars old. II had been AIKEN regularly
rom the hospital and he wa- it's legal GUS
inGsn Altogether ne undertaken was
very mu'h confused
~ she hospital last night the superin-
,sndsnr sad that four or five years ago
there rss another nixup like that 81 yes
'eftaE and that il wasn't greatly To- L..