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           ThevaultwasthreequartersofthewayoutUncleCarlandhisassistantcouldhearwaterpatteringfromtheundersideofthevaultontothefloorofthegrave(ithadbeenawetweekinChicagoland)whenthecranejusttippedoverandwentkerplunkintothegrave.Thecraneoperatorcrashedintothewindshieldandbrokehisnose.Thatday’sfestivitiescostCookCountyroughly$3,000$2,100overtheusualpriceofsuchgaygoings-on.TherealpointofthestoryforUncleCarlwasthatthecraneoperatorhadbeenelectedpresidentoftheChicagolocaloftheTeamsterssixyearslater.

           Gravelinersweresimplermatters.Suchalinerwasnomorethanahumbleconcretebox,openatthetop.Itwassetintothegraveonthemorningofafuneral.Followingtheservices,thecoffinwasloweredintoit.Thesextonsthenbroughtonthetop,whichwasusuallyintwosegments.Thesesegmentswereloweredverticallyintotheendsofthegrave,wheretheystooduplikebookends.Ironringswereembeddedintotheconcreteattheendsofeachsegment.Thesextonswouldrunlengthsofchainthroughthemandlowerthemgentlyontothetopofthegraveliner.Eachsectionwouldweighsixty,perhapsseventypoundseighty,tops.Andnosealerwasused.

           Itwaseasyenoughforamantoopenagraveliner;that’swhatJudwasimplying.

           Easyenoughforamantodisinterthebodyofhissonandburyitsomeplaceelse.

           Shhhhh...shhhh.Wewillnotspeakofsuchthings.Thesearesecretthings

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