Two brothers filled a Harlem brownstone with 140 tons of stuff
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#77D09)
When police reached the Harlem brownstone at 2078 Fifth Avenue in March 1947, the doors were wired shut and the foyer was packed solid with old newspapers, folding beds, half a sewing machine, boxes, and parts of a wine press. A patrolman finally broke in through a second-story window and dug for five hours before finding Homer Collyer's body. - Read the rest
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