The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-13
FL0RRY SCANNEES WAKE.
THE BODY Viewed NY A THRONG OF
DISTING UISHED FRIENDS.

snv about his Assnssinatio n-Tbrongs Of
visitors at his wnke-The Funeral to-day.
The wake Of the Hon. Florence Scanncl, late
Alderman from the Eighteenth Ward Of tlh. city,
was celebrated last night nt tile residence Of his
mother, 3i7 Ras, Tven,y-seventh street The body
was In preparation for the visits Of the friends Of
the family At early hour, sud was kent ou view
all night. Visitors began to drop in about eight
O'Clock, but the full tide did not set In till nearly
eleven. From that time Till after three O'Clock this
morning the thronS was ineesssnt Many local
celebrities were among the visitors, and some
soldiers and politicians Of nationsl fame also paid
their resrects to the dead.
Al the left as the visitor entered the hall the first
object which at tiracted his attention large and
handsome photograph o. the deceased, elegantly
draped. As we looked uron that li'e-ke picture,
ard noted the frank honest eountenance. the boysh
glecfulness Of It's exoression, and the unmisakabe
| stamp OF truthfulness upon It's every tcament, we
were astonlsbed and asked ourselves # the origna,
| of that photograph could possibly be the rufian
which up to that moment We had SUPP osed him to
be.
| On ascending to the first sitting room where the
DO lay In its solid rosewood burial case. found
assemb age OF relatives and friends OF the de.
ceased lades and gentlemen, grouped on either side
Of the CONN and stretching In two crescent lines to
the door. The solemn and impressive.
| On the bosom Of the cOfin lay massive cross oi
| white tcameiias and tuberoses. At the head Of the
CORPSE stood a rosewood cross and behind that FIVE
wax candles were arranged as to form another
| cRoss or rLAnE.
The corpse was arraycd in satin, with white
| nowers elegantly disposed around the face and
tie breast
| The appariuon In that richly decorated conn
| sad to look uoon Florence Scanncl when he
| mortay wounded on the 81 Of December last was
| a robust man. weighing over two hundred pounds
| During tie months Of ngouy in which be fingered
| before lis death his body dwndlcd TO a skeleton,
| weighing only eighty pounds. The expression OF
his countcnance mad by hi. su6erings been puri6ed
back TO that OF childhood; AMI as be lay there in
| Is CONN he looked 80 feminine, AMI 30 much like
| his mother Ne believed that We were able TO pick
| her out from the asscmbiago by the resemblance,
| WHAT scAsSsL's yriy~ps SAT-.
We conversed Will many Of scunnel's friends, aud
| with gentlemen belonging 20 the Jackson Club at
| the turnef Of IsIinaton avenue and Thir,y-third
street In regard TO tho career ana character OF the
| lie c-scd, ard were tod nary things COZ icern!ng
| him. Ono gentleman, Who had known scannel ON
| boyhood, ana used TO - school with him said
"FlorTy was as hobleheatsen boy % >on ever
| saw. lie was sharp 1tG mart, and would never run
to te' oct oi nsht, hut he cenerous. always
E--, mo "orl. fhlt was t'at which stuck tn him
| 10 Inc list. lie would sooner die than break Lis
"How did he get .ueh bad reputation, then ~
| uc asked.
"He got itby
PLOTTING THg rANSASY RI'G.
| They eoalln'l beat him by iair means. and ~
| they played foul him. They lied ohout tim. as
they 20 about every honest man, and nuaiy got
him assiasinated, as the, would ise TO 10 witt every
one whom they can't buy or beat"
What was Il Q secret OF seAnnes hold on tie
| people OF his ward e We asked.
"Ibe secret wac that be was a warm hclrted
| generous, honest man. lie vas oniy twenty-thrce
oSsea.; ;f E ~, :: -. =. lls La La l. Sssa @ ss sssisa
iur Assistant Alderman In los. TO pre-
vert his heirc elected Alderman In is N, But be was
elected aner all. Aud tncn they tired 10 beat him ON
tie counr, Bot his majority was SO ovcrwbe ming
th6y cUc.ia 10 =, ami iacy tad to let lin 70 In
=" How socn did !ou sec him, after he was Shot -
| =" saw hin! m q few lSur', lie took 1t caCeTmlly
| The Erst IAins he said to mo "Es, Wen, lm
DEAD ALDERMAN,
antI' ] tried keep away from tlis / knew It
~as the only way they could beat NE gnd thought
tles d do II this way IL ey got chance.
| 1t was foul game bu. ho peuple-tao honest,
d.workine mer-s'ood by lin. You see, Flor
YVES such an upen-nanted lcllow he eoull never
! keep any Loncy ia his cothcs Il lie saw friend In
reel. Beside, h. ~ss born in the city gre M
uoter, aud FiCry wss brought up H. 70 s'aeles Ho
Mass capital judge o, horses, and follow h.i'.''
| cr's occupation. Tue family wcrc I'll iuduJ -
snd weo,ao. lis mother ow.> IN lrious
liyes IN. tlory mado money .s,ny Iousc sne
SSS wi cdnns SS2aI yoaH o o' Ss DenS,s priest
| and his head wss eisrysF > ,9i llquor ~ iiis nae,
selS n .. s'er -kr, he would be ST1S' sober a"5
-I;Taad"' Ar III, f.c. fin, b, ,,vor,r,,,roro,
N9yIs u: ua hin pitt, NV "" "' faasrssa. gsGr
ALL On tire contvry IL teiped him lust
% Ibcips sherir o'Drien. cople who drink them.
| | grit TO 20 Il on Croion"
:" Bot ow is it with the iluOr sellers'"
| "Oh, they don't care, Oug Il 4 man does 4
get bin.self up TO OPPOSE their business. florY
was free With his money ad would beat otners,
| although lie would never dink lImsolt"
Every person We talked with or the subject bore
similar Testimony 10 Floren.e scanne' cuaraclcr ;
and as We took note OF the tokens VI com ar
Visible in mOuicr', hon o N ,xa
his home also and studied he countonatee OF that
mother herself, We saw iha:t was possible for this
testimony to lie true. lht manner In Witch tre
wake was conducted also btrc wi,ness TO the char
acter Of tie family and their station in life. 1t was
posed BE- by those who nave never pepctrated
toe heart oil the custom, and know nothing OF the
real spirit wnicu nsp it, decorous ceebTltion.
The Irish heart is one Of tie most symDAthej ic in
sorrow, aud the most 10, al friendship, that ever
beat in human busVms. IL Is also n mpulsive and
dcmonsIraliye in i.s emotions as It was in TIE in.
h.ncy vi the Ccc race. IL Is also yet mea ureably
under the in1ueUe"s which we're Impressed np"n II
wen the i-hJning was supposed TO be the ny
hast OF al offended DoitS' eye and the tIundvr
@u":rDgs Of his vense@se, ana Tie roar Of
wrath 10 such natures Communion with
deparisd soul has reality which touches
| the aeepcst Chords OF sympathy as with paIpabe
| hnnd And ~ the relatives anti friends o. u deceased
Ir,hman gather sround hi, bier with q sense OF
compan iouship with the dead, vi ch sometimes
passes that which other people experience With the
living. In imag gination and 10 heart they arc actually
reeontly , quit tic dead body lying before them ~
When at tie wake oi froud they give vent TO tLeir
| emotions In the custom which the Celtic nature,
under the moulding ycissiludcs VI y. history, has
| evoNed Tor tae expression o! the Dnections which
| dominate their hearts such an occasion.
| A came down tAe BowcrY 10 Tue Sun once,
after leaI ing the OF mourning, see ued i'm
possible to US that the cuogams we had heard pro-
| nouhccd upon the deceased could be = holly true,
| and so, seeing n saloon hicl was hllcd with people,
NC went boldly in and asked II anybody there snew
| Alderman scsnne', ant IL SO, II he could tel me
| why he was shDL In response 10 our request
| q coun ryman OF the decreased Alderman, wiin
duuhecn set in the certre oi nis melancholy couute
| nuucc, vi b tears in nia voice, anu with suspicious
| AZ oac dropping eye, sa!l;
The poor boy, Fiory, iel victim to purity Of
motive"
"Feil victim to wlatS' we exclaimed supyOs
| ing We had not Geard Alright
"lo purity of Inoiye. That's wha brought the
! poor hoy 10 his death Ye see, lot OF repe.,rs had
got tosether to degrade tie elective franchise, which
u know IL the palladium of our liberties, sud FiprV
went In to stop the ucNiis from prosttutng the pal
| ndluIn and they shot rim, knowing tnus nothing
short OF leUth cOnld stop bin'
| Ibid Won know Mr. scanned Intimately we
asked, "and IL you dil, what kind Of a man was he
| intdsr
II know hin as know myself And dye ask
| what Kind of man Wa lie iEsidci Flth, an he
| was n Jintleman inside and outside both. He was