THE DRUCE SENSATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 307, 2 January 1908, Page 2

THE DRUCE SENSATION.

THE MOCK IT.YL'RAL STOKY DISPROVED. DKIX'E'S UIiAVE OI'ExVED. ' l.t u lon, December 30. In anticipation u, .. . t n n.» of the grave supposed to eoiiUii. ... of liic wit- T. Drwcp/u crowd at lligligate Cemetery at <lawn toflay- ' wo hundred police guarded tile cemetery, -

. .■.;> spectators were admitted, excepting a few whose presence Chancellor Tristram, Chancellor of the Diocese of Loiuhin, sanctioned. Hollaniby Druce was refused admission. He protested against the refT!' ™ ■'■■■■ ?!i«OIHHl. Jno coffin wa3 opened. It contained the body of an aged, bearded man. The coffin bore a plate engraved "Tiionni3 Charles Druce." Received 31 st, 0.28 p.m. London, December 31. After the collin was brought up it was photographed as it lay, including the dust and grime. Two journalist! were admitted to view the shrouded remains for a moment when the coffin was opened. Thereafter all except the doctors withdrew, when the doctors completed the work and the coffin wan resoldered and returned to the grave. Edmund Kiiuljcr, solicitor for G. H. Druce, interviewed, declared the claim. ants' case was strengthened, since the other side must call uomebody to provi

that, the hody was Druce's. /7^ Caldwell is at Staten Island/hut his condition is so critical the opening of the grave was Withheld THE BODY MAKVRCLOUSLY PRESERVED. Received Slat, 11.32 p.m. London, December 31. The Daily Mail says the corpse ii marvellously preserved. One who, knet Dmce intimately legally identified tin body. The preservation was due U chloride of lime and the absolute ex elusion of air.

CLINGING TO THE STORY. " Received Ist 11.11 p.m. < London, January 1. Mr Kimber Cobiirn, G. H. .Druce'fl solicitor, clings to the idea of the mock' funeral. He declares he has received dozens of letters from all parts of the country from people who say they heard the story from their parents.