A 1916 story about Herman Springstube & his father
STORY OF FORTUNE TELLER PREYED ON MIND OF BRANCH MAN,
FATHER'S BODY EXHUMED
Months after Death of Father, Son has Body Exhumed to Recover Collar Buttons which Belonged to Him and which he Had Given Undertaker in Preparing Body for Burial
A fortune tellers story is said to have preyed upon the mind of Herman Springstube, Branch farmer, to so great an extent that four months after the burial of his father, the late William Springstube, the son insisted upon exhuming the body at the Branch cemetery Sunday to recover two collar buttons which he formerly owned and which he had given to the undertaker to be used in fastening the shirt worn by the dead man. The consent of members of the family was secured to the disinterring of the body and yesterday Undertaker Joseph Wattawa of the Urbanek & Wattawa Co., of the city, directed the work and removed the collar buttons and returned them to the son. The members of the family were present at the little cemetery at Branch when the body was taken up and new buttons placed in the shirt.
Mr. Springstube, Sr., died on Jan. 9, this year, and the funeral was held a few days later. In preparing the body the undertaker found that there were no collar buttons with the shirt to be place on the corpse and the son, Herman volunteered two buttons from his own collection, and these were used.
Since the death of his father the son has been in poor health and recently, it is said, was told by a friend who professes to be a fortune teller that unless he recovered the collar buttons which he had given to his father's body, that he might not recover. Ill and suffering under a nervous strain the young man was unable to put this prediction from his mind and it preyed so heavily upon him that a week ago he asked permission of other members of the family to have the body of his father exhumed to recover the collar buttons. Following the consent of relatives, Springstube came here and arranged to have the body taken up yesterday and Mr. Wattawa visited Branch and directed the work.
The grave was opened and the casket raised and opened and Mr. Wattawa, with his assistants, removed the collar and buttons, later replacing them with others. The body was interred in the same gave. Mr. Wattawa says that the body was unchanged for its four months' interment.
Report of the exhuming of the body at Branch was made to probate court where the estate of the late Mr. Springstube is in probate. No attempt was made to dissuade the son from having the body taken up as it was felt that the recovery of the buttons would relieve his mind upon which the fortune teller's story had made so great an impression as to affect his health.
-Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, May 8, 1916, p. 1.
STORY OF FORTUNE TELLER PREYED ON MIND OF BRANCH MAN,
FATHER'S BODY EXHUMED
Months after Death of Father, Son has Body Exhumed to Recover Collar Buttons which Belonged to Him and which he Had Given Undertaker in Preparing Body for Burial
A fortune tellers story is said to have preyed upon the mind of Herman Springstube, Branch farmer, to so great an extent that four months after the burial of his father, the late William Springstube, the son insisted upon exhuming the body at the Branch cemetery Sunday to recover two collar buttons which he formerly owned and which he had given to the undertaker to be used in fastening the shirt worn by the dead man. The consent of members of the family was secured to the disinterring of the body and yesterday Undertaker Joseph Wattawa of the Urbanek & Wattawa Co., of the city, directed the work and removed the collar buttons and returned them to the son. The members of the family were present at the little cemetery at Branch when the body was taken up and new buttons placed in the shirt.
Mr. Springstube, Sr., died on Jan. 9, this year, and the funeral was held a few days later. In preparing the body the undertaker found that there were no collar buttons with the shirt to be place on the corpse and the son, Herman volunteered two buttons from his own collection, and these were used.
Since the death of his father the son has been in poor health and recently, it is said, was told by a friend who professes to be a fortune teller that unless he recovered the collar buttons which he had given to his father's body, that he might not recover. Ill and suffering under a nervous strain the young man was unable to put this prediction from his mind and it preyed so heavily upon him that a week ago he asked permission of other members of the family to have the body of his father exhumed to recover the collar buttons. Following the consent of relatives, Springstube came here and arranged to have the body taken up yesterday and Mr. Wattawa visited Branch and directed the work.
The grave was opened and the casket raised and opened and Mr. Wattawa, with his assistants, removed the collar and buttons, later replacing them with others. The body was interred in the same gave. Mr. Wattawa says that the body was unchanged for its four months' interment.
Report of the exhuming of the body at Branch was made to probate court where the estate of the late Mr. Springstube is in probate. No attempt was made to dissuade the son from having the body taken up as it was felt that the recovery of the buttons would relieve his mind upon which the fortune teller's story had made so great an impression as to affect his health.
-Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, May 8, 1916, p. 1.
A 1916 story about Herman Springstube & his father
STORY OF FORTUNE TELLER PREYED ON MIND OF BRANCH MAN,
FATHER'S BODY EXHUMED
Months after Death of Father, Son has Body Exhumed to Recover Collar Buttons which Belonged to Him and which he Had Given Undertaker in Preparing Body for Burial
A fortune tellers story is said to have preyed upon the mind of Herman Springstube, Branch farmer, to so great an extent that four months after the burial of his father, the late William Springstube, the son insisted upon exhuming the body at the Branch cemetery Sunday to recover two collar buttons which he formerly owned and which he had given to the undertaker to be used in fastening the shirt worn by the dead man. The consent of members of the family was secured to the disinterring of the body and yesterday Undertaker Joseph Wattawa of the Urbanek & Wattawa Co., of the city, directed the work and removed the collar buttons and returned them to the son. The members of the family were present at the little cemetery at Branch when the body was taken up and new buttons placed in the shirt.
Mr. Springstube, Sr., died on Jan. 9, this year, and the funeral was held a few days later. In preparing the body the undertaker found that there were no collar buttons with the shirt to be place on the corpse and the son, Herman volunteered two buttons from his own collection, and these were used.
Since the death of his father the son has been in poor health and recently, it is said, was told by a friend who professes to be a fortune teller that unless he recovered the collar buttons which he had given to his father's body, that he might not recover. Ill and suffering under a nervous strain the young man was unable to put this prediction from his mind and it preyed so heavily upon him that a week ago he asked permission of other members of the family to have the body of his father exhumed to recover the collar buttons. Following the consent of relatives, Springstube came here and arranged to have the body taken up yesterday and Mr. Wattawa visited Branch and directed the work.
The grave was opened and the casket raised and opened and Mr. Wattawa, with his assistants, removed the collar and buttons, later replacing them with others. The body was interred in the same gave. Mr. Wattawa says that the body was unchanged for its four months' interment.
Report of the exhuming of the body at Branch was made to probate court where the estate of the late Mr. Springstube is in probate. No attempt was made to dissuade the son from having the body taken up as it was felt that the recovery of the buttons would relieve his mind upon which the fortune teller's story had made so great an impression as to affect his health.
-Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, May 8, 1916, p. 1.
STORY OF FORTUNE TELLER PREYED ON MIND OF BRANCH MAN,
FATHER'S BODY EXHUMED
Months after Death of Father, Son has Body Exhumed to Recover Collar Buttons which Belonged to Him and which he Had Given Undertaker in Preparing Body for Burial
A fortune tellers story is said to have preyed upon the mind of Herman Springstube, Branch farmer, to so great an extent that four months after the burial of his father, the late William Springstube, the son insisted upon exhuming the body at the Branch cemetery Sunday to recover two collar buttons which he formerly owned and which he had given to the undertaker to be used in fastening the shirt worn by the dead man. The consent of members of the family was secured to the disinterring of the body and yesterday Undertaker Joseph Wattawa of the Urbanek & Wattawa Co., of the city, directed the work and removed the collar buttons and returned them to the son. The members of the family were present at the little cemetery at Branch when the body was taken up and new buttons placed in the shirt.
Mr. Springstube, Sr., died on Jan. 9, this year, and the funeral was held a few days later. In preparing the body the undertaker found that there were no collar buttons with the shirt to be place on the corpse and the son, Herman volunteered two buttons from his own collection, and these were used.
Since the death of his father the son has been in poor health and recently, it is said, was told by a friend who professes to be a fortune teller that unless he recovered the collar buttons which he had given to his father's body, that he might not recover. Ill and suffering under a nervous strain the young man was unable to put this prediction from his mind and it preyed so heavily upon him that a week ago he asked permission of other members of the family to have the body of his father exhumed to recover the collar buttons. Following the consent of relatives, Springstube came here and arranged to have the body taken up yesterday and Mr. Wattawa visited Branch and directed the work.
The grave was opened and the casket raised and opened and Mr. Wattawa, with his assistants, removed the collar and buttons, later replacing them with others. The body was interred in the same gave. Mr. Wattawa says that the body was unchanged for its four months' interment.
Report of the exhuming of the body at Branch was made to probate court where the estate of the late Mr. Springstube is in probate. No attempt was made to dissuade the son from having the body taken up as it was felt that the recovery of the buttons would relieve his mind upon which the fortune teller's story had made so great an impression as to affect his health.
-Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, May 8, 1916, p. 1.
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