US News: The story of "Stoneman Willie" dates back to 1895 when an alleged thief, who had given a false name, passed away in jail. His body went unclaimed and
A thief named Stoneman Willie who was incarcerated and died in 1895 was finally buried after more than a century before his body was taken to the Theo C. Auman Funeral Home and was.
READING, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -A leather-skinned mummified man lying in an open coffin in Reading, Pennsylvania, known only as "Stoneman Willie” to the public got two things Saturday he went without for 128 years - a burial and his real name. Dressed in a period tuxedo, his generations-long public afterlife as the stuff of city lore and ghost stories ended when he was introduced to the world as James Murphy of New York at a funeral in Reading. A group of funeral home employees and well-wishers, said in unison, "Rest in peace, James," as they unveiled his tombstone, with his real name in small letters below large type reading, "Stoneman Willie."