After 128 years Mummified man has been buried

 A mummified man is going to receive a proper burial after being on show at a funeral domestic in Pennsylvania for 128 years.

called Stoneman Willie, the man died in a nearby jail in 1895, wherein he suffered from kidney failure after being arrested for pickpocketing.

He became by chance mummified by an undertaker who became experimenting with new embalming strategies, according to Auman's Funeral home in studying, Pennsylvania.

dressed in a in shape with a bow tie, Stoneman Willie is displayed in a coffin with a pink sash throughout his chest. His hair and teeth stay intact, and his pores and skin has taken on a leathery look.

Having given a fake name on the time of his arrest, the man's identity remained unknown for many years and nearby officials had been unable to touch any household.

however the usage of historic files, Stoneman Willie's actual call has been identified and can be inscribed at the bottom of his tombstone whilst his body is buried on 7 October.

"We do not discuss with him as a mummy. We check with him as our pal Willie," funeral director Kyle Blankenbiller stated.

"He has simply been such an icon, one of these storied a part of now not simplest studying's beyond however sincerely its present."

The funeral domestic had petitioned the state for permission to hold the frame as opposed to burying it to screen the technique of the experimental embalming approach.

beforehand of the funeral, neighborhood citizens filed onto the streets to celebrate analyzing's 275th anniversary.

Stoneman Willie's coffin become carried on a motorbike hearse, as a part of a parade for the metropolis.