The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-11-19
TIE BURIAL OF GUIBORD'S
BODY nj MONTREAL.
The funeral Conducted Quietly
and Deceptly.
~GUIBOHD'S BONES.

M0ETREAL, Nov. 16-Earlv this
morning the chief Of police received
instructions from tie mayor to send
q detachment Of armed police to the
Catholic ccmeJcTy, to protect the
ucn WnO we're digging the grave OF
CUibord. lie was instructed to send
the remainder OF his reserve force to
,he Protestant cemetery. Forty Of
the men were armed with breach
loading rifles, the remainder merely
! CARRYING their batOMs. The yoiun-
tcers turned ou1 on the Camp De
Atays n the following order: Eic,0r-
a Rides. numbering go; Montreal
Engineers, numbering 30: Prince Of
Wales Rides, 30; the garrison arti!-
lerv. POO. At ten O'Clock the grave
was Yeady for The coffin. At this
time not owe tWcnty spectators were
! present at the Catholic cemetery. bat
! crowds were collecting from all di-
rectionS. The police formed hollow
/ square ~ar0UnlthG Protestant cCma-
terry vault, and the sexton unlorkcd
he doors, and he and lis men enter
cd. followed ty the friends OF thc de-
ceased.
After q little delay the coffin con-
tanning Guibord's remains was pro-
duccu. The funeral procession then
started. At that time it consisted Of
Il couple OF carriages. the police
were far behind. and never went up
10 The cemetery at all. The road to
The Catholic cemetery was crowded
with people Of all classes, in cabs,
carts ana on IoO.. while the stream
OF vehicles which had been going
west 10 meet it doubled about, max
ing SOFT Of lane for a small funeral
procession TO pass through. Great
quiet prevailed and no eshoWedb by
ioGk, word or decG any hostility to-
wards the procession. About five
minutes after the gates had cen Ia
ken down the funeral procession en-
tered, u portion Of the police preCed-
ing and the remains following IN 1hc
hcarsc, The crowd began gathering
from every direction and ran with all
speed up he various avenues to the
grave. The police formed 3 large
square around the grave and kept the
crowd back while tie coffin WGs be-
ing brought from the hearsc, borne
by tour men and placed in the center
OF the bcd Of cement prepared For it.
The process OF tlling the grave then
began. The moment The coffin was |
lowered into the grave, The work OF
mixing cement with Watcr was COM
menced. The WOrkncn Sh0vellcd III
the liquid cement, mingled with the
odds and ends from the lin shops, and
scraps of sheet iron. The comments |
Of the spectators were various as the
work went on. Some limited that it
was CHG more reason Why the cursed
GuibOTd would haVctO cOlHc cat Of
that. Others regretted exceedingly
that tho sarcophagus had not been
brought Up. Others seemed 10 take
The whole affair as q huge joke. A
number Of the crowd collected was
50 urmistakablc, and thcir threats to
dig Guibord's grave out of the ce10c-
terry as soon as occasion offered, so
openly expressed, that Mr.. Boisseau
determined 10 secure. if possible, a
guard OF police from the Mayor, to
watch the grave for t~Wcnty-four
hours, thus giving time for the ce-
ment to harden into solid rock. The
Mayor consented TO this, and wrote
out an order for a sufficient body of
police TO be SEM oat as a guarG for
such time as was required. Cement
was filed in over the coffin 10 near
the surface. The top dressing of
earth was piled on and Guibord was
buried at last. The cold November
rain beat down on the spectators who
witnessed the closing act in this dra-
ma, commenced six years ago. No
serious demonstrations arising, the
military were disbanded and return
ed to the armory. /