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Show But Stx Undertakers Had Called to Bury Him Now York, Jan, 13. Six undertakers undertak-ers and their assistants, armed with instruments and embalming fluid, . stood In front of the bar of Brady's hotel on upper Third avenue just before be-fore the closing hour this morning and demanding to know of Mike Ken-non, Ken-non, tho bartender, why he was not dead. Everyone of tho six had ben summoned sum-moned io the saloon by telephone shortly before with calls for their ' services for "poor Mike Konnon, rest J his soul," who had died of pneumonia, heart failure, grippe, Bright's disease, : delirium tremens and smallpox, ac- cording to each separato notification. Kennan thinks some joker In the back room of tho saloon where the telephone booth is at the service of the public, was responsible. His employer, em-ployer, Matthew Brady, offered a re ward of '$100 for the discovery of the ntfjreant. Tho police were callod In, 'flint declined to act. |