The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-13
TIE DEAD BURGLAR,S FuNERAL.
Under the Circumstances He Could Not he
IlnrIeh hY "a CmthnIlc PrIest.

The Grand Jury has indicted Dennis Dar-
gon. the accomplish Of Timothy Casey. who was
shot by John 7. Richards Of 3Dj East Eighty
sixth street on Sunday evening. Under the
names Of Dougan and Dorgan. Dargon has
served terms in State prison and the pcniten-
tiary.
Grape futtered from tho door knob Mt ZIG
East Ninety-third street yesterday, and
bevy Of women filed the first floor front room.
discussing the death Of Casey. He had been
once before arrested for burglary before the
last fatal attempt upon Mr.. Bichards's house.
Old Mrs. Casey sat in the room below with
her married daughter. MY SON." she
said nercelv was no robbor. Every ono who
knew him in this village Will toll YOU that he
was a good. hard-working young man. Until
about two months HgO he wns in the liquor busi-
and he gave credit freely. knew he could not
20 on that way long. so | persuaded him to give
again n the summer. And would have done
s2, IW&Ge. 1or, know " oadod tho si.,or "vhv ho
went into that mans house, hut certainly 1t was
not 10 steal The only way can account for
my brother beingin Mr. Rirhnrds's house is that
h. thought it was mine. | live on Second ave-
nue., not far from whore he was shot. and he
might have been coming to see me. ana mis-
The dead mans elder brother James Casey.
an Intelligent and pleasnnt-looking young me.
chanic, snid; The polce have represented
i llINNub Us bt'lik n Mfll-klbWu lI0IfSSlplul
burglar. Now. that Is all nonsense. There was
no occasion for him TO steal from any one. for
he had all he wanted. and until few months
ago he was in business for himself When he
had nothing to do n" got into bad company
and wis led ustray. His DEATH under the err
cumstHncps. was a terrible misfortune TO us nll
hut. Of course. We must try 10 bear 10 as hoe we
can. Our friends have all been very Kind to us
none Of them have shown any collneSs toward
Us IN consequence OF my poor brothers death.
The throng in the front room Yesterday was
very quiet; there were no sounds Of lamenta-
tiOn ~, one by one, they lODkrd at the face Of
the dead man in his cofllu. The cHsket stood
on a stand before the window. and the upper
part oi the lid was thrown open. The body WAS
neatly dressed. and. though the features were
slightly scratched IN two or three places. they
were a. calm and placid as though the man was
sleeping. Tn" caSkct WIS Of rosewood. highly
polished and heavily mounted with silver. On
tie cross-shaped Plate were the words Timo-
thy L. Casey. died March 9. 1879 aged % years.
The room WAS dmly lighted. out at the head Of
the coffin were two WAX candies and close TO
them "A hlnnk CLOTH with a cross bearing tho
letters |. y. r. l." The only flowers were in
a large cross. composed OF immorirl.os and
tuh"rOses. that rested on the lower part of the
cullln.
In Wow Of the manner in which Timothy
Casey died. the Catholic Church would not per-
NIT that guv funeral services should be held
over his remains. and no Clergyman wns pres
ent. At about hali past O'Clock hearSe was
driven to the door of the house. the coffin was
closed and the remains were uluced iu the We
hirle. Then. followed by q very few friends in
carriages, they were taken to ninoty-second
Street Ferry. and thence tO Calvary Cemetery.