STRANGE HOAX
SAND BURIED IN PLACE OF BODIES FUNERAL OF AIR RAID VICTIMS. ■ TWO MEN BEFORE COURT IN LIVERPOOL. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (Received This Day, Noon.) LONDON, October 28. Unable to find the bodies of two air raid victims in time for a funeral, two men filled the coffins with sand, after which a funeral service was held and the burial performed without the relatives being aware of the hoax. There was a sequel in Liverpool today, when Michael Daly, manager of a firm of undertakers, and John Murnaghan, formerly a clerk and at present a soldier, were bound over for two years for causing a false entry in a burial register. The prosecutor said the defendants made a considerable effort to find the bodies. The search continued till the funerals were overdue and the relatives were waiting. There was no evidence that the defendants had any motive but to spare the relatives pain.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 October 1941, Page 6
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155STRANGE HOAX Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 October 1941, Page 6
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