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:, The body Of, Mrs, Huh was taken to Bound
noon. The funeral ' party '' from m III this city city
numbered ten persons. OF tho relatiyes OF
Mrs Hull. thoro we're her, husband, DR..
brother her niece, Mrs: De Forrest; Mrs. Han
tors stepdaughter, Mrs, Matte Mertello.
Besides these thero we're Mrs. Sayles the inti-
%SS %SS eqG S ya S Ms nna nq h NJ cSsnass ana a Cole
Tho mourners started on tho o'clock train
from Communipaw, on the Central Railroad OF
rest sat with DR.. Hull Sergeant Heating and and
tlon. both in civilian dress, had seats Just
back Of them on the opposite eide. They
kept close to tho, party throughout the
was carried in the baggage car in tho
rear. DR., Hull remained silent most. Of tho
way moving. neryously in his seat. and occa-
sionally looking out OF tho window. In passing
Ncthcrwood Mrs. Do Forrest spoke to him, and
directed his attsnton TO a new hotel there,
OF him and asked him some brief question. 10
which ho replied In monosyllable. She spoke
Dewitt De Forrest, OF the Custom House.
nephew Of Mrs; Hull, met the party on their mr.
ments were In charge OF a local undertaken. He
.eS1pec1ed exp the party party on on later train and kept
Eight carriaGes followed the remains to the
grave; Six residents OF Bound Brook volun-
teered their services Is pail bearers They were
Madison, Daniel Conoyer. and u; X, Ramsey.
| Peter Dumont Of plainfold. Mr.. Frenghuy-
| sen. a brother Of x-United States Senator Ere
linRhuysen; II. H. yeghte. Dr. Hull and Mrs
| DE Forrest occupied the 1rst carriage. The
about to take he vacant seat In front SionSsiSe
| the driver. whom he was called back by Mr.
Coleman and induced to go into another car v
| NeRhte and John Limbarger. distant relatives
OF Mrs Hull Joined the mourners at the grave.
reach the burying ground. which is located on
the tartan fsaa, on what IS kqoTn II me
short distance f from the i1nctien Of the Rhri,sn
and Milestone Rivers. Mr.. Frclinghuysen said
that the land for miles AROUND formerly b3el9nged
| TO Peter Davis. the grandfather Of Mrs. Hull. He
settled on It about tho middle OF tho eighteenth
The place where tho body was laid is known
| rs the Davis family burying ground. 1t is "A lot
| 200 ieet square. and Is enclosed by low brick
wall; II contains about 200 graves The tomb.
| are crumbling with age. Tho inscriptions on
these bear dates of the last century.
| between TINT OF her mother and her younger
brother. Her fathers headstone. % the leit.
rest. who died May T. 1868. aged 7G years. He
| hath entered into his rest The eye which saw
him shall see & him no 1 more. S Neither shall his
was written by lIrs Hull rs wns also that on
her Younger 6rother,s grave. rs iollowSs; John
Jan, 10; 1875, Blessed are the dead which die
in the Lord"
| II required the united strength OF the six pail
| bearers and two additional persons To- lift the
| coffin and carry II from the hearse TO the open
grave The coffin wac covered with black cloth.
| The only other flowers was basket OF immor:
teles. red roses, and pnnsies. with the word
| Rest" in purple immOrtelles.
Miss De Forrest was the first to give
way to grief when the, ,rnrty entered the
and the open grave made for her aunt. The
grave WAS newly dug. nnd the earth was soft
and loamy; Short psnks and old pieces
Rravedigger. and the wooden box for the cofln
rested on them. He had just completed his work
The pail bearers and two sSS or tSrsS @ oi the
dertakers assistants ranged themselves on the
into the box. They ihon loosened their hold.
| and were turning away when the head Of the
conn wh1 seen 20 uoce ana ,n ,h ,heT-
| Hull who stood at the foot OF the grave 81
ienty watching the pail bearers, cried out
forward Sp from % his eo eompanon % Mrs B 3. Forrest
Tears came 10 his eyes for the first time. and
| and bystanders stood horror stricken At the
| sight. The cofln was slowly sinking forward
into the grave as the pall bearers, recovering
| seiz"d the sides of the box. holding on with
their united strength. The soft earth on which
! one OF the pail bearers at the head OF the grave
| WAS standing yielded under his feet, and he
| barely escaped falling full length on tho cofiin.
ln ihe FAY The upper lid OF the conin was
! the face OF the dead Tho two detectives
| stood 10 the lett OF Dr. Hull as the grave cnvrd
| in. Tho coffin was lifted with difficulty and
placed on the mound OF fresh earth that had
| been dug from the grave. considernble time
| his first hurst Of emotion DIR. Hull remained
| patient and silent. watching the grRvedig iggcrs
at their task. without any further outward emo
When tho pail bearer drew back on tho fall OF
The collin hehdsione that stood near the front
| Potter DAVIS. only son OF Theodore IL. and
Mary f. De Forrest. Died Feb. 7, 1864. Aged
23 years. month. and % days" The inscrip-
tion WIS for a nephew OF MTs. Hull
a tier the grave wns securely renrranged, the
Baldwin Of the Presbyterian church in Bound
Brook made prayer, He thanked, on behalf
OF the mourners. tho friends who had gathered
| on tho sorrowful occason and shown by their
| presence the eympnthy they felt for them In
their sudden bereayement Earth was then
The spiritualsts who were prescott at the
| funeral wer- indignant because an Episcopal
lian min isieT hnd been invited 10 oiilriate They
blamed Mrs. Sayles. who Ia Spiritualst aud
| Mrs. Coleman. who Is medium. for allowing
Mr. Hyde TO arrange tho matter, Mrs. Coleman
IL said TO have been sent TO New YORK nt the
time of the murder by her guardian spirit She
was in Ftchburgh Mt the bedside OF an invalid
brother. when her controlling spirit called 10 her
to 20 to New York. She came, and when she
saw the throng outside OF the house she feared
that her husband had been brought home dead
Tho inside" theory is 10y no means given up
There were eleven police officials in the house
during the funeral yesterday morning. and nc
| Ii IL u question whether any one spoke above Il
whisper without being overheard. To a gr"a
extent the people In the house are unaware o
this surveiHuce. hut they are sufficiently in
formed 70 hnve become worried aud more OF
less openly indignant.
The mason and plumber wero not rewarded
| by any discoveries. however small or trfing,
Dr. Hull is. by all who know him, declared tC
be- n childish old man. The nelghlgrs, whrr
spoken to concerning him. nearly all say they
only knew him as the man who takes his dos
| To the PARK" This was because he walket
twice day 10 Reservoir Park. leading by IA rib
bon the little dog that hns since been poisoned
| Every morning and evening he gave the dos
a frolic in the streets and Park. He talked
to H. and its nGmo. Gyp," was knowT
to nearly every ono in the neighbOrhOod III
has not recovered from tho melancholy into
which this loss plunged him: Since then HI
has not seemed like himself but hns heeI
moody. absent minded slrepless and silent
The police say that he Is not the weak old maj
that the women represent him to be- They SAL
that he sDrnng up and down stairs and through
the house, closely following the pollce on tn
FIRST day after the murder wherever they went