The Detroit times., 1913-10-14
LIVING
8|l|istORPSE
EP4.'F0R WEEK
1RkCTED PLEDGE FROM
WIFE FOR HIS SAFETY
ktkssd az Fate. Had Become An
y OAsesSion Family Faithfully
Carries Out Dying Request

4 PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 13.-Fearful
Soe being buried alive. fate his
<droams had pictured az having befal,
Slen brother. Andrew J. Turner, OF
kneo. 3332 6pruce-st.. widely known
f6Otton broker. enacted from his wife
6&nd daughter q promise the fulfill
f1nont Of which has already deferred
HI eurtal
D sAlr. Turner died suddenly on the
ut Ct Sept. 30. Mindful OF the sol
AYn promise she had made to him
1NIt his body would not be buried un
Et0 tyheo was not the slightest chance
~ 0Sxk Of life still remained, Mrs
q xUy0Av refused to make Arrangements
e ~ = funeral:
~ announced q few days ago that
ltSEe Mould be held soon, service
~ - he;a az the home. with Mgr
Ditah OF st. Patrick's Catholic
nhutoh, Twentieth and Locust-sts.. OF
n11n4lng.
. NJ REQUEST Becomes Known.
a p6ily. visits OF an undertaken to the
&Lttnof homo aroused the interest oil
noenhhors In the fashionable Spruce
<6k nook1on. There was much c0ntec
ekmrA md finally one Of the neighbors
rnnphoued to the Bureau OF Health
80 Inspector was sent to the home
Ind tne strange request Of Mr.. Tur'
- became known.
Is Va explained that years ago q
icungor brother Of Mr.. Turner died
SndonIy Of heart disease. He was
noylod after three days. On the night
(ol1owine the funeral Mr.. Turner had
klDuuioking dream. He saw his
kfotAor. stirring In the comm, gaspins
2eor breath. tearing at the cover OF
IN living tomb. .
Often the dream required to him IN
HS11 IL horror. Fear OF burial alive
6Sf5e almost an obsession, and he
80 his wife and daughter promise
a0lt0f and over again that under NO
6ckmSlances would his body be bur
d until death was absolutely Ger
<&4~< 49, ~
~ Turner suffered for some time
|1i61r skfdmey trouble. and his death
8&ns attributed to that cause. Dr.
Sir1as. OF Twentieth and. Walnut-sts,
rho Had been his physician~for years
- anmmored when Mr.. Turner was
ouh6 lifeless In bed. He said there
1oo "a. Aoubt about him being, dead
M - Mrs. Turner was away. the
H0dy was embalmed.
WIDOW Firm In Her Resolve.
The undertaken who embalmed him
Soid there was no possibility OF him
||Ilyiix Ii trance, With the poisonous
" lUid IA his body. Yet Mrs. Turner
Mould not consent to burial after the
SuSS5fn4ry period She had promised
kor husband to keep his body and
[Dothing could cause her to break 1t,
40 said.
N.Y. Tnrner Vas 40 years old. He
6ab .. SON OF the late William ]. Tur.
~, = cotton and wooden importer.
= )uring the summer he went with his
Mite, daughter and w. Halves. his
tIfe's father. 20 fhefr cottage at New
Soft Early in September he and Mr..
& 1nWes returned to this city, leaving
IT.. Turner and her daughter at New.
X They opened ND the Spruce-st.
1o&13 and were living there alone
rhen Mr.isTurner was stricken. He
sGopplained OF not feeling well and
y vent 10 HIS room Several hours lat
~ his lfather.in-law went to Inquire
&oW he felt and found him dead In
lt was said at the ONCE OF Director
l9eR. OF the Department Of Health and
Z5harities, that Mrs. Turner is proba-
X III within her rights In keeping the
ody Of her husband.