ANOTHER TO BURY
UNDERTAKERS IN GUN FIGHT QUARREL OVER POSSESSION OF CORPSE (Itec. 11.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 27. An argument between two undertakers over who would bury the body of a war worker ended in the death of one undertaker. Bruce Howers called to collect the body of John Ellis, which an undertaker, J. D. Smith, allegedly had taken from the hospital without the consent of the relatives. Howers claimed that he had been asked to officiate, because lie had buried other members of the Ellis family. During the ensuing quarrel Smith shot the undertaker's brother, Victor Howers. Then Bruce Howers wrested the gun from Smith and shot him dead, and also shot Smith's wife in the hand and Smith's nephew through the chest. Bruce Howers is at present being held on an open charge. The body of Ellis meanwhile remains uuburied, while the police are attempting to fix the blame for the gun fight and decide which undertaking parlour should officiate for the funeral.
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Evening Star, Issue 25522, 28 June 1945, Page 6
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166ANOTHER TO BURY Evening Star, Issue 25522, 28 June 1945, Page 6
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