Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-10

SrLNE- At Thf NhEA thi
Around the main entrance 10 tiis CsthoHe
cemetery large parties Of French Canadians
were seen to converge, while numbers in
the roadway and on the elia- opposite were
seen to anxiously look up and dGBn The road
4 few minutes before three o'cio5t. loud
shouts and calculations rent the air and si2
buggies and cab dashed madly down the
| hill from Cote de- Neiges, the drivers with
straining necks and starting eyes scanning
the road beneath them, up which the tune
RAJ cortege was coming at a rapid pace a4
the grade would permit. A. though hy con
! certed action, the large crowd II The road
rushed through the entrance and closed and
barred the rickety gates. Just Is the horses
dragging the hearSe had turned INTO the
short path leading 10 the entrance, followed
/ BY that containing the president and three
/ other members Of the Institute. and some 80
| or 80 other carriages. Shouts Of J. q en-
/ fraG pas and confused cries OF execrati0n
against the officers of the Institute greeted
/ them
Mr.. William Ssarle, driver Of the Lsarss,
although threatened with summary violence
| kept hi> post until the crowd became more
and more Infatuated and violent in their
threats lie then turned his horses heads
and Withdrew to the greensward. This was
claimed d. decisive victory OF the part Of
tine mob, who acted ike msniaas. Many
women amongst them brandished their UNI
hreiias a Ia Mrs. Camp, and shrilly took up
the cry u n'entrera pas. One young wo-
man perched on the fence. in the excess of
her 10Y over balanced herself and fell heavily
on the ground, very much frightened if not
hurt.
Meanwhile Mr. DOutre counsel i0G Mrs
Guibord. and the Canadian Instituted and
his friends had held consultation and dis
patched the baiif charged with the execu-
ton of Her Majesty's warrant to the repre-
sentative Of the Fabrique inside the GENE
tery, and messengers to the authorities in
the town acquainting them OF the situation
The former returned in short time with
reply from the representative Of the Fabrique
that every one who presented himself with a
written permit from the Fahrique would be
admitted and that he had nothing to do
with the closing the gates. A large number
OF the friends of Mr.. Doutre consulted him
as TO the propriety Of forcing their way into
the cemetery, but Mr.. Doutre declined to ad-
wise the employment Of force, saying that it
was better TO wait for the authorities, TO act
only according to law.
About 3:45 p. N. two drunken Iien assist
ed by others, seized the horses heads and
dragged them into the road. Showers OF
stones thrown by the crowd in the cemetery,
on the cliffs facing the road, iell on and
around the hearse. but strange to say did no
damage. This it appears was done in order
to put the hearse al such distance as to
prevent its entering while another funeral
cortege passed through the scarcely opened
gates. A second attempt was made to drag
the horses Of Guibord' : hearse further down
the road, but which ended in one man being
badly cut about the eye by a missile.
At Ais the crowd Immediately inside the
cemetery had increased to treble the number
at the commencement and those Oh the cliffs
70 about 500. As there appeared no imme-
diats prospect of assistance it was decided TO
act upon the advice OF the Trustees of Mount
Royal Cemetery Company who had come up
with view, if possible, to prevent mischief
and again deposit the remains in their
vaults one member of the Institute observ-
lDg ludt a. tltN lau Ndittu elA years Ky
could well afford to wait few days longer
Mr.. ssa-le therefore slowly and coolly gath I
cred up his horses and proceeded down the /
road A momentary rush was made at the 1
hearse which was checked by the now
lengthy retinue of sympathizers with the
friends of the deceased who on foot and in |
vehicles closed in, in procession. The Prot /
estant Cemetery was reached about p. N,
without any further disturbance taking
place and the remains Of Joseph Guibord I
we're again deposited within its strong and |
thrssa59ored vault. After the funeral corte- I
&c had lea she gates Of the Cote des Neiges /
Cemetery the e4gt2nt mob repaired to the /
newly opened grave, ana quickly filed it in.
Some of the most prominent u :he rioters ,
vets Recognized and their names obtaiE-a
with yiex u their being prosecuted.E
Montreal Herald.