Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-14
JOHN 3. HENRY.
Body of the Drowned Student Recovered
ON Sunday.
Remains Treated with Military HOhOrs
and Taken Home for Interment'

Remains Treated with Military HOnOrs
and Taken Home for Interment.
On Sunday morning early, search was reSum-
! ed for the body of John S. Henry, the student
who was drowned in the river on Saturday, an
account of which appeared in Sundays paper.
The river bank was lined with an anxious
crowd, while boats were filled with men drag
ging the bottom of the stream and others were
diving at frequent intervals. The search was
prosecuted without tagging until nearly eleven
clock, when one of the men who had been
very active in diving, made the welcome an
nounCement that he had found the body, which
was but a short distance below where he had
net his death, and in few moments by the eX-
ertions of Mathew Franklin and others the re-
mains were brought to view and Immediately
taken to the University where they were pre-
pared for interment.
RELIGIOUS EXERCISES.
were held at the College chapel on Sunday af-
ternoon at O clock, which commenced by the
choir singing the appropriate him,
when shall we meet again.
Meet ne er to sever ~
When Rev. Thos w. Humes, President of
the University made some remarks, pertinent
to the occasion, which were fraught with deep
feeling Remarks Of similar character were
also made by Rev. J. howard Smith, after
which the exercises were concluded.
At the chapel on yesterday morning, DR..
Humes delivered an address to the students,
on the resurrection of the body, illustrated IN
his well known forcible style.
A meeting of the Faculty was held and the
regular exercises suspended, in order that all
the students might have an opportunity OF
nov ba los ri n 6pn1rtp0
rade.
MR.. j. ?. HENRY,
father of the deceased, arrived on the train at
| twelve o'clock yesterday and Immediately pro-
ceeded to the residence of Dr. Humes.
The deceased was paid full
MILITARY HoNORs
and escorted to the depot by Capt. James May
nards and Lieut. S. B. Boyd's companies, both
under command of Capt. Deaderick.
Sentinels were on guard while the body was
| lying at the College and every honor shown
customary in military schools, while the regard
shown by all the students towards their deceas-
ed friend as gratifying as 1t was noticeable,
The following cadets acted pail bearers ::
G B Brazelton, f w Taylor. S Rogers, S B
Crawford, S Armstrong, Walter Rainey, r
Spence, w T r Helms, T j jackson and Otto
Fisher.
The procession was formed on College Hill
and marched to the depot in the following
| order:
Turn Verein Brass Band Escort, Hearse Stu
dents, Faculty Trustees carriages and omnibus,
containing pupils from the Female Institute.
| The escort marched with arms reversed, and
the Band playing Websters funeral march,
and on arriving at the depot the procession
halted and the cadets formed in "open order
at the word of command, when the hearse was
driven between the ranks, the students follow
ing, when the body, which was enclosed in q
metallic burial case, was removed by the pail
bearers and placed in the train, for removal
to Humboldt, where the family of the de-
ceased reside.
We are gratifed to record in connection with
this account of the recovery and the funeral of
the deceased, the very general and
PROFOUND SYMPATHY
for the friends and parents of the deceased,
manifested on every side. Our citizens of every
class and age shared in this demonstration, and
we are pleased to give recognition to 1t as en-
inently creditable to our people. Students
here from distance, away from friends, will
not fail to note it and feel that they are among
friends. The father of the deceased was moved
deeply by this evidence of strong public SYM
pathy. He was particularly grateful tor the
efforts made to recover the body OF his son.
and expressed great joy on hearing that he
could have the satisfaction Of bearing him back
to his home.
The young man who met his untimely fate
had several relatives in this city and his remains
=.
Lanham. Mr.. Franklin, who recovered the
body, an engineer on the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia Railroad nobly declined the
the reward offered by the students and the Rail-
road Company made no charge for transport
ing the body. The Memphis and Charleston
road also acted with the same liberality.
To Mr. Sandford, more than any other man,
perhaps, is due the credit that the body was so
speedily found. With a large number of men
on his boat, provided with suitable apparatus,
none of whom intended accepting the offered re-
ward by the students iftheir efforts should be sue
cessful, they persistently maintained their
search and from his boat the exact locality of
the corpse was asCertained, and Mr.. Franklin
was on the boat when he brought it to the sur
face. Mr.. S. is one of our most public spirited
citizens, and while he would disclam doing
anything more than his duty, yet his efforts and
those of the indefatigable men with him should
be known, and we wish we had the names of all
who contributed to the result attained by their
systematized and Jealous efforts, for publica-
ton.
In this connection we take pleasure in noting
the conduct of Mr.. John Donohue whose ex-
pertness at diving and the energy displayed in
the search was the theme of remark. Others,
no doubt did all in their power, but only one
could be 50 fortunate as to make the discovery,
though all engaged are equally deserving of
praise.
Refrgerators at the East Tennessee China
House from SO to $50.
Valuable Family Residence at Auction.
We will sell on Wednesday, the 10Th instant,
on the premises, at Il o'clock, P. NJ, that vau-
able family residence situated on Mabry street,
and now occupied by Colonel w. w. Leftwich
The buildings are nearly new and in good re-
pair. For further particulars see handbills. |
Sale positive and terms liberal.