Birch, George

The bungling and thick-headed Peck Valley undertaker.  On Friday, April 15th, 1881 he was accidentally locked in a vault with eight coffins.  During his attempt to escape, Asaph Sawyer took his revenge for Birch's mistakingly burying him in an inconveniently short coffin by severing his Achilles tendons.  Shortly afterward, he changed businesses.

("In the Vault")