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The Consul's Story
A narrator recalls a widow Mrs Burns who tried to ship her husband’s coffin to New York with a false death certificate. Investigations reveal the coffin contained a real body, a possible mix up with another Burns, and ultimately a Paris twist where the couple confesses a fraud plan to smuggle valuables inside the coffin, discussing a £12,000 duty avoidance.
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Helen Burns
New York
Wushant
Jeremy Hashunt
Consul
The
United States of America
A. P
Joaden
Samuel Burns
Leiden
Umbria
Custom House
Samuel
Sumer Furns
Mother Marth
States
Burns
Burney
Ave
Spinel Burne
Ike
Liamuel Burns
Sam
America
Liverpool
Voffin
Health Bureau
Brooklyn
Greenwood
Hrooklyn
Hite Peonte
Bristol
Cleopatra
Tsaumied
Wakler
Aefie
Nadam
Husiwind
Iilea
United States
Paris