The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-27

Joe Papan, who was supposed to
have been buried at st. George ceme-
terry, his coffin, bathed with the tears
of his weeping relatives on the morn
ing of July goth has fled protest and
from way out in Santa Clara. Calf.
Joe has sent a letter to his brother.
Andrew Papan, declaring that he is
not dead but very much alive and that
he insists that his name be erased from
the tomb stone in the "famiIy plot at
the cemetery
The home coming Of Joe is now be-
ing awaited and he viii be given a
more cordial reception and with even
greater ceremonies than would have
been accorded to him were he not sup
| posed to be dead and buried
The case O& Joe is a case of mistaken
identity. On the morning Of July %
the lookout for the life saving station
sighted ! body floating in the lake off
the harbor piers and it was brought to
the Rutledge & Crossin morgue. 1t had
been in the water for more than year
and was terribly decompoced, so mich
SO that Identification was regarded as
practically impossible. However, there
were trinkets in the pockets of the
clothing found on the body and after
the body had been buried in the pot
tiers field at the city cemetery these
trinkets were identified as the property
of Joseph Papan, former delivery boy
for ono of che cit. meat markets, who
had disappeared on tn morning of
June IL, 1913, and from whom no word
had been received Andrew Papan. the
brother, was so certain that the mys-
terry surrounding the disappearance of
his brother had beeA solved by the
finding of tn body in the lake that the
body was removed from the pottcrs
field and taken to the old home and
later buried with a church funeral.
Papan carried insurance in one of the
Slavish societies and wlsen the pay
ment of his insurance was sought an
investigation was started.
Andrew Papan and members of the
family had formed the crowd of mourn-
ers at the bier of the drowned man and
the brother had paid all Of the ex-
penses of the funeral, and it was de-
cent one, out OF his own pocket. Pic-
lures Of the missing boy had been drap-
ed with crepe and his relatives IL over
the country had mOurned him as dead. /
But Joe refused to stay dead Tor any
extended time and the letter received (
from hin this morning declares that he .
is alive and well in Santa Clara.
He makes no statement as to MS rea-
sons for leaving Kenocha without Civ
ing any notice to his employer or to
the members of his family and it is
expected that he will make these ex-
plantations when he comes to Kencsha
later on. The brother and other men,
bers o. the family are anxiously await.
ing his appearance.
The problem that is now to be solved .
is the identity Of the man who was
buried as Papan. No effort was made .
to discover the identity Of the man
after Andrew Papan had claimed the
body, as his Identification appeared to
be SO positive that the coroner believed
that it left no reason to doubt but that
the mystery had been solved.
It is not expected that the body viii
be removed from its present restingi
place as Andrew Papan is SO overjoyed3
to learn that his brother is still alive
that he will probably not demand q
vacation of the cemetery plot. 1t is
just possible that Papan viii seek to
collect from the county the money he
paid for the burial of the man supposed
to be his brother.