Source: Daily News Graphic: Greenwich, Connecticut, Monday, October 3, 1932. Page 1. Featured on the October 10, 2023 episode of Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons Podcast.
Someone whom the police feel is equipped with a "perverted sense of humor" made a lot of trouble for Greenwich undertakers during the week-end by making false calls for an undertaker's services.
Although no arrests were made, the police, indignant over the matter, warned today that a repetition of the act would bring due punishment.
The hoax has not been worked here for about two years, the police said.
One night this week-end, the office of Frank Haggerty, Greenwich undertaker, received a telephone call asking the firm to take charge of a body at the home of a prominent resident of Round Hill. The name and address was given.
The informant, whom police said was a young woman, was told that Mr. Haggerty was out of town, but that that Fred Knapp and Son establishment would take care of the case. The voice over the telephone agreed, The voice over the telephone agreed, and Mr. Knapp was notified.
When the undertakers arrived at the home of the Round Hill resident, the woman who answered the door was horrified at the thought that someone had told the undertakers the body of a dead woman was there.
The complaint was made to the police, who through a speedy investigation, found the prankster who had made the call.
Sergeant Robert Fitzroy, who traced the telephone call, found that it had been made from telephone "129," at the home of William T. Dewart, North Street, by a 16-year-old girl.
Undertaker Knapp said that he would not make a complaint to the police, but if the act was repeated action would be taken.
Besides Mr. Haggerty, Frank M Reilly, Arch Street, undertaker, had also been the victim of a "joke" within the past two weeks.
Chief Patrick J. Flanagan, who was informed of the affair this morning, advised undertakers to immediately call back the home of the reported "deceased" and find out if anyone were really dead.
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