BURIED IN STEEL COFFIN.
Rlelt Cpnneetlent Man. Who Lived ia Fear of Grave Robbers Rests In Ghoul-Proof Reeeptaele. Because of a life-long fear that his grave might be robbed and his body sold, Benson B. Tuttle, of Naugatuck, Conn., one of the wealthiest manufacturers of western Connecticut, has just been buried in a steel coffin, which is warranted ghoul proof. For years Mr/ Tuttle spent his leisure moments devising n. coffin which would be as secure from attack as a trust company's safe. Befcr° his death the coffin was ordered, and n c soon as he passed away last Tuesday it was sent to his home in Nsuga.tuc^. By an automatic adjustment 12 locks, all of different combinations, snapped fogether, interlock i-nc large bars when the lid- was fastened cown. The coffin was placed beneath a granite F lab" and a sentry was stationed to guard it, patrol duty lasting through the night, end he will be given a good-sized tent in v.-hich to bivouac during stormy weather. None of Mr. Tuttle's friends konw of any reason why he should fear any visitation of ghouls.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 10 June 1903, Page 7
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185BURIED IN STEEL COFFIN. Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 10 June 1903, Page 7
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