Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1916 — SHIPPED THE WRONG BODY [ARTICLE]

SHIPPED THE WRONG BODY

Indiana Women Find French Officer’s Corpse Instead of Young Woman’s in Coffin.’’

Crawfordsville, " Ind.—Miss Elston Smith of this city, niece of Mrs. Lew Wallace and of Mrs. Henry S.'Lane, both of whom were distinguished Crawfordsville women, had the unusual experience in New York city recently of finding the body of a French army officer in the coffin which was supposed to, contain the body of ayoung woman friend whose-death occurred in Europe. Miss Smith was in New York to await the arrival of the body of her friend. It is presumed that in some manner a mistake was made ih the shipment of the coffin, and that Miss Smith’s body was buried in some part of war-stricken France with military honora