 His body was supposed to be embalmed in Philadelphia, through which the train would pass.However, because of demonstrations expected from both sides—there were many Southern pro-slavery medical students in Philadelphia—Mayor Alexander Henry "made a fake casket, covered with flowers and flags which was carefully lifted from the coach and the train and sped onward in its destination ...In reality the train carrying Brown's body never actually stopped in Philadelphia, and thus violence was averted by a 'sham coffin'."