Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-17
GUIBORD.
The Corpse Of the Well-Cursed Member
of the Institute Canadienne
Buried at last.
The Military and Police OF Montreal Out
in FOrce-Tfe Mob Contents Itself
by HOOting-Etc.

MONTREAL, November l6.-Eariy
this morning the chief of police received in
Strucuons from the mayor TO send detach-
meDt OF armed police to the Catholic Gene
grave OF GuibOrd. He was also instructed to
send the remainder of his reserve force 10 the
Protestant cemetery. Forty of the men were
armed with breach-loading rifles, the re-
mainder merely carrying Jneir batons. The
volunteers turned opt on the Champ de Mars
in the following order: Victoria rifles,
numbering two hundred and fifty; Montreal
guards, numbering about thirty files; the
sixth ID GschIags twenty five men; Prince OF
Waell1fes, two hundred. and fifty; the gaIri-
son, about two hundred, and Colonel SteVens's
battery. At ten o'clock the grave was ready
for the coffin. AT this time not over twenty
spectators were present at the Catholic ceme-
terry, but crowds were collecting from all direc-
lions. the police formed a hollow square
around the Protestant cemetery vault, and
The sexton unlocked the doors, and he and hi :
men entered, followed by the friends of the
deceased. After little delay the Coffin con-
tanning, Gnt6ords remains was produced,
when Mr.. Boiseau asked If these were the re-
mains of the late Joseph Guibord, kept by
him for six years, and delivered up to him
again on the second of September, and re-
turned to him for safe keeping on the same
day. The sexton said they were the same
The chic OF police thereu pom gave the COM
mand to shoulder srms, and the funeral pro-
cesSion starH d, which, at that time consisted
OF couple of carriages; the police being the
sole guardians, as the military were far behind,
and never going up to the cemetery at all.
The road to the Catholic cemetery was crowd
ed with people OF all classes, in cabs, carts,
and on foot, while the steam vehicles, which
had been going west to meet 1T, doubled
about, making a sort of lane for the small fu-
neral proce sion TO pas through. Great quiet
prevailed. No one showed by look, word, or
deed any hostility toward the procession.
About five minutes after the Catholic ceme-
terry gates had been taken down the funeral
procession entered, portion OF the police
preceding and the remainder following the
hearse. The military was halted at the viii
lage OF Cote Des Neiges. The crowd began
gathering from every direction, and ran with
all speed up the avenues toward the grave.
The police formed a large square
around the grave, and kept the crowd
back while the coffin was brought from the
hea1se, borne by four men, and placed in the
center OF bed of the cemetery prepared for
1t. The process Of filling the grave was begun
the moment the coffin was lowered into the
grave, and the work OF mixing the cement
with water was commenced, the workmen
sloVellng in the liquid cement mingled with
odds and ends from tin shops and scraps of
sheet-iron. The comments OF spectators were
various as the workmen went on; some
thought it was an additional Dissertation OF
the cemetery, and limited that 1t was one more
reason that the cursed GuiborI would have to
come ont of that; others regretted exceedingly
that the sarcophaguS had not been brought
up, as If not used as a casket, it might have
been laid on top of the cement. Others
seemed to take the whole affair as huge joke,
though to many who, with com pressed lips
and Emitted brOws, viewed the scene from
afar, it was diverse. Mr.. Camyre, a distant
relative OF the deceased, said few words
bearing testimony to his excellent character
and the estet IN in which be was held ny those
who knew him. The speakers remarks were
not received with appreciation from number
roughs, who hooted Mr.. Camyre. Beyond this
there was nothing publicly said. On the side
OF The Institute CaDdienne the animuS of the
crowd collected was so unmiStakable, and the
threats to dig GutbordS bones out of the
grave, If occasion offered, so openly express
ed, Jnat Mr.. BOlSeau determined to secure, If
possible, guard of police from the mayor to
watch the grave for at sttwenty- -four hours,
thus giving time for the cement to harden into
solid rock. The mayor, judge and consul
departed on seeing the burial quietly COM
mes enger with note asking the mayor to
provide protection, as he feared the grave
would be opened. The mayor promptly con-
Sented to this, and wrote out an order for
sufficient body of police to be sent out as q
guard till such time as the filling of the grave
required. Guibord was buried at last. A driZ
Zling, cold November rain beat down on The
spectators, who witnessed the closing act in
drama commenced six years ago. When all
was over, the chief of police rode up in
front of the grave, and the police formed into
two divisions and marched off the crowd of
about twenty-five or thirty degraded looking
loafers who had gathered about the grave.
One of them, In mOckery, put dead thistle
stalk al the foot of 1t, which was snatched up
by bystander, at whom tn began to teer.
They attempted nothing further for some
time, and looked rather uncomfortable, as the
rain, which was then falling, had the effect OF
dampening their ardor. AS the last Gao, con-
tanning Mr.. Boiseau, moved off, they sum-
moned up sufficient resolution to hiss and
jeer. The military, after waiting a short dis
until the burial was completed, advanced
down the road to the Champs de Mars, 2ftsr
which orders to disband were given, and each
battalion marched TO its own armoTy.