The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-04
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Neal Mcmillan, abtakeinan onthe o,
O., al. road, %as killed at Linndale yards |
on the Of this month. The following
Saturday he was buried in consecrated
ground, and tho next Tuesday the remains
were removed to the Monroe Street Pro.
.tsstant cemetery! With the above facts
Leader reporter yesterday called the
widow OF Mr. Mcmillan, and the conduc.
tor Of the train he worked on TO ascertain
the reason for this act. a-ia
Mr.. Andrew Bishop, the conductor,
said that tho deceased had worked on bis
train for fyo years, and that hO attended
his funeral. Father 0'Callaghan official.
ed at the services at the church, and quite
a number o. McHIillan's former friends
were present, When the pall.bearers en-
tered the church the casket was strangely,
lie thought, left Just inside the door.
During tho funeral service tho priest
made a long trade against the dead, charg.
ing him with being hereto and dis.
grace to the church. He had heard little
reason for the action, as the deceased had
been one OF the favorite men In the church,
but the priest had said that Mcmillan had
not attended to confession regularly. Mr..
Bishop did not know why tho body had
been removed to another cemetery.
The widow OF Mcmillan was found at
her home, surrounded by her three child.
rem, and told her story freely. After the
icalh Of her husband, preparations were
made for his buriaEby securing permit
from the bishop Of Cleveland, allowing q
burial in consecrated ground. This action
was opposed by Father 010allaghan, but
the relatives cared little for his opinion.
On tho morning OF the funeral, at the
close OF the mass for the dead, the priest
stepped forward, and cried 10 those who
had been commanded TO keep the remains
In the rear part OF the church: Bring
that colin forward" aa ....
There was rustic Of surprise at the
ominous word coffin, but tho body was
brought forward. and deposited at the
priests feet, With loathing the priest ex.
claimed
"Itis with disgust that l offer up such a
mass 10 heaven
This expression was the announcement
ola like series; he said that only because
he was compelled to he would give this
body Christian lburial. 1t was a moCkery
10 offer up such sacrifice, for the mans
soul was gone beyond redemption on &C.
count Of his miserable life. AS the clergy.
man grew bitter, the Protestant portion Of
the audience grew defiant, and the coffin
would have been carried out in quick timo
4 II 1t had not been Tor the undertaker, who
wished to avoid scene in the church. As
It was, the friends left the building with
small compliments to the reverend iather.
Tuesday morning, after the funeral,
Mrs. Mcmillan called upon Bishop Gil.
mour to hear what construction he would
put upon his interiors conduct. She told
him her. story, and, in reply, he asked II
their children had been baptized in the
Catholic Church, and il the dead man had
belonged to any secret society. Receiving
satisfactory answers TO both questions he
concluded, "Well, what has been done
can't be undone." Arriving at this logi-
cal verdict ho would give no further
opinion.
Failing TO see any justiceln the Bishops
opinions, Mrs, Mcmillan had her husband
removed tho same afternoon to the Mon
roe street cemetery, whore the body now
reposes. While she was attending TO the
removal Father Sheridan called at her
residence, and, failing to find her, went
awSy. Since then she has not been TO
the church nor heard anything from the
Bishop or any of the Priests. She thinks
that the story that the body was removed
at the command Of the church was circu-
lated by Catholics. She has always been
member Of the church and SO had her
husband, He had not been to confession
for several years, but both had kept up
their dues. ID! sls4l : -
As It is now the widow is little recon-
eiled toward her Ychurch, and herGfriends
feel that, even under the strict ordinances
offtheir church, Father 0allaghan had no
authority tocondemu the deceased on the
charges'he alleges? ssHi Nsas,as fr2iJ