Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-06 | Page 3 | Relatives Wrangle over Policy While Boday Lies in Dark Recess of Undertaking Establishment

Relatives Wrangle Over Policy While Body Lies in Dark Recess Of Undertaking Establishment I N sin aim hermetically sealed casket In a a. I 1 IX dark recess of ot the tho basement of the tho lJ Undertaking Undertaking- company compan lies the time embalmed body bod of Edward Green 27 7 years C ls l's ol old in this casket it ha has Imas slept peacefully a flu aH far us earthly Insight in insight In- In sight ht I lp concerned since sinco October 10 1010 UIlO wh while officialdom om an and relatives lon long have havo wrangled and debated over an nn insurance policy ho lie loft heft and whether the tue body should hould bo be burled buried In ing the time issuance of or a st death eath certificate Should the tho death certificate be 19 issued the document nt would enable mable relatives of ot Green to collect 1000 Insurance from thu the Prudential Insurance compan com coin pan pany On the tho other othor hand ham the tho issuance of ot the tho certificate might throw tho burial expenses on tho tito shoulders of or Salt bait Lake Lako county and anel deprive a 1 Salt SaltI Lako Jako physician of or fees feos whoa whim he ho attended attend attend- I ed Green during his hi last illness When Undertaker E E. G G. G ODonnell O'Donnell was waa ua asked last night if It the bod body ever e would be bo I burled buried he lie answered laconically I am sure I dont don't know After ho he ha had been heen treated several weeks at Hol Holy Cross hospital Green died Tho l hod body dy was waa taken to the tho undertaking un un- company compan in imm New NewYork NewYork ew York telegraphed to prepare the body hody for burial but out later camo came a tole telegram gram which seemed to Indicate that relatives first t wore interested In the tho collection of or tho the Insurance leaving burial expenses expenses ex ex- for tho the count county to pay Georgo George Deusch then manager er o of ot the ODonnell O'Donnell Un Undertaking company held up UI the Issuance of or the tho death certificate which would be necessary to collect the tho in in- in Dr Samuel r G G. G T Paul city health commissioner com corn missioner and Dr T T. j B. B Beatty secretary sec see of ot tile the state board of health upheld uphold tho the undertaker and refused to tale take an any action in the tho matter There the time matter rests