New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-21
STRANGE OCCURRENCE ATA FUNERAL.
Fre~ The Chicago Tms., Jon, 70.

Fso~ Tie Chicago 1sm<s, Jon, H.
One of the stangest occurrences Ia opened YESTERDAY
at the funeral Of Michael Guthrie who was scodsnz.
ally killed the day previous the Northwestern Rail
way which we have over been called upon 70 ohron-
ice The family Of Mr.. Guthrie, consisting Of VIII
and three children bad made extensive arfan9smeuis
for the accommodation Of the e ads Of the dsosassd &
the funeral. A large number Of carriages aad num-
erous assembly Of mourDers were present WHOM the
undertaken Mr.. Berry, arrived with the hearse Abosf
richly and fashonably dressed was dryento The door,
The woman al GIFTED and entered the house. To the
astoni.hment Of the assembly, 70 all o. whom
che was total stranger, she greeted tne
children Of Guthrie 90 her Own, and they In
turn adJreesed her as their mother, nanifssting
the greatest Joy mingled with surprise ct seeing her
Tie wife, On the other hand, was confounded. She
kne not what gay, what TO think Of this sud
TO be the wife Of the deceased and who addressed
by his children their mother. She knew hereef 70
be their sepmoiber having been married 70 their u
Their in due legal FORM and in the full confidence thAe
his first wife was dead. This supposition being now
overhrown by the sudden appearance Of one claiming
to be that deceased wife, the other wife began 70 up
braid the children for net telling her thai tns noner
wss living. The real mother (sor such the stranger
wssl assured her that the children not TO blame.
as they as well their father had TO believe
her dead She had deserted her husband in the city Of
ST. Louis, where they lived, and shortly sfterwsre
cansed an announcement Of her death to be paosheo
in the news pers of that city. But she was notdesd
Leaving 81. Louis, che had lived in Chicago. not
knowing that her husband was here until she saw tho
account Of his death published in the papers yesterday
morning. She had come to reclaim her children,
and to behold for the last time earth the form o.
their father.
The appearance of the stranger indicated that she
was one of that numerous class OF abandoned women
who sail along cur sidewalks and attract the gaze d
lcenous men by the gsudy trsppings OF their trade.
1t may be well supposed that 20 scene" followed
the announcement OF her relation to the decoased 10
that funeral assemblage. The friends who had con-
ereQated to pay the last rites TO the dead suddenly
Changed their minds and refused to follow tho hearso
to the cemetery. They also declared that the wife
(she whom they had supposed to be the only wifel
should not do go The stranger offered to pay the car
rage expenses of the family, but the friends would
not permit it. In the midst Of considerable confusion.
the stranger invited the three children into her car
rage. They obeyed and the carriage was drivea
away. Il,
the remains of the deceased but not single mourner
10 follow it. On arriving at the cemetery 1t was 10.
Joined by the carriage containing the now found
mother and her children, who, with the sexton anA
undertaken, alone witnessed its burial. Then the
children were conveyed by their mother to new
bome-wheIe we know not, and would that we could
suppose to be better than that from which tneY
were SO strangely and unexpectedly taken.