The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-02
NEWTON A. LINDLY'S DEATH.
DENrTNG HIN BURIAL BECAUSE H
DIED OF YELLOW FEVER.
A Crowd OF Excited Men In Tarrytown Fore
ing the Tug Containing his body Away rro.
tho Whnrf-How he Sacrificed his Life.

Crowd OF Ex cited Men In Tnrrytoyyn roro-
ing the Tug Containing his Body Away from
tho whnrf-How he Sacrificed his Life.
A most extraordinary scene occurred at
Tarrytown on Sunday night. The Quarantine
tug containing the remains OF DIR. N. A. Lind
ly, the exUnion soldier and yellow fever
martyr. who left his home In the North to min
lister to the yellow fever sufferers arrived of tho
dock in the early evening. The body had been
encased by tho Quarantine authorities in q
patent alright metallic casket so that thore
was no danger OF Infection. Two men accom-
panied the casket to assist In burial In case tho
employees OF the Tarrytown Cemetery refused
to act. younger brother OF tho dead man
superintended the arrangements In this city.
and Daniel A. Indy. an elder brother. ar
ranged for the landing Of the remains at Tarry-
town. Mr.. Lndly 10 a son-inlaw OF Cyrus w.
Field and resides Just above Dobb's Ferry.
At about o'clock in the evening the tug
arrived on tho dock ut Irvlneton. Those on
board seemed to be ignorant OF the locality and
asked II that was Tarrytown 2" Receiving
reply in the negative. the tug steamed up tho
river. In the shoal water of Tarrytown dock
she ran aground. and the Chief OF Police Mr..
Lawrence sent his son to pilot her of. Mean
time. the news spread that the body OF person
who had died Of yellow fever was to bo brought
ashore and buried. A crowd gathered at the
dock. and the most threatening demonstrations
were made by tho populace. A hackman and
an expressman who work about the depot led
the mob and swore that e no yellow fever corpse
should be landed there"
il was in vain that the friends OF Mr.. Indy
and other respectable citizens assured them
TINT there was no possible danger. shouts oi
Drive them on" Get out OF here with your
dead mani No yellow fever for Tarrytown."
~ The Captain Of The the tug showed permit from
IL rnq iV41Nr IL Ha riafp aha -
telling them who the dead man was. and how
sured them that there was no danger. and
asked them not to Disgrace their village by re-
nobly Dr. Alexander Scribner OF the Board Of
Health and the President OF the village appear.
cd on the scene, but their presence only seemed
The crowd, which had increased rapidly.
led her m bn 9s S .e tb sopSs GTs whGa
out into the river, The boat steamed of into
the, darkness. and the crowd slowly Dispersed.
lowed. Tho police authorities Of Tarrytown
say that the tug was aiterward allowed 70 land
the cemetery at Sleepy Hollow. n mile above the
village. Others say TINT the tug was not allowed
to land and was forced 20 put in at tIrvinRton two
Daniel Lindly Harry Birmingham, and John
Allen, all oflrvington. say that the hearso con-
ton dock at Midnight and taking the road for
Iarryiown., At al events the body was finally
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at some time during
the night.
day. the Rev, Mr.. Sawyer Of the Presbyterian
Church officiating The body Of the young
physician was buried in. the family plot along:
three years ago OF consumption.
The alarm Of the Tarrytown population np-
that there have been several heavy frosts in the
neiehborho2d IN the past few weeks and that it
Is remarkable for l's health and cleanliness.
In any event, II would have been impossible for
the contagion TO have spread from the air-tight
metallic coffin In which the body was enclosed.
freely expressed regret at what had occurred,
ana attiihuted u 10 tho unreasonable fears ol
ia" nor" ignorant porVlation.
Dr. Newton Adams Indy was q natvo Of
tho olony II Natal. South Afriru. whore he was
horn In ISL His father was the Rev. Daniel
Lndly. j.. D.. a missionary from the Ameri-
native Of Pennsylvania. and went ont TO Africa
several years before hls. sons birth; In 1889
The College Of Physicians and Surgeons in this
city leaving at the outbreak Of the war TO enlist
in lhe New 1arf Mounted Rhes; In ne early
mand on tho Nan-emond River In the Dismal
swamp. He was subsequently commissioned
A. Lieutenant in the 18TH New York volun-
north. H. studied ,meiieno with DR..
ward won't To Africa whore he obtained
commission under the British Government.
IN the yellow fever siege Of iast year he was in
service I'm flghtng the pcstilence. At the break
ing out of the present epidemic in the South
west. he at once sent his family to the North
and went to the scene of the plague in Tennes-
see. On being taken with the inc.pient symp-
toms OF the disease, he travelled To New York, a
secret 10 Rny one. und on his arrival here. gava
himself NJ NJ Quarantine, His case excited
hing WAS done 10 rally him. but he sank steau.
lIy, ana died on saturday morning last.