The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-19
A CLERICAL DOa IN THE MANGEn
Father O'Haran's Attempt to Create
Trouble At Funeral.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. iS.-Captsin
John Mundy, member o. Ely Post, G..
A. r. here, died In Mlnersvllle, Schuyl.
kill county. on Thursday last and his body
was brought TO this city for burial. A dele.
ton OF the G. A. Il. and the Father Mat.
thew Society, In which organizations the
deceased man belonged, vlslte Father
O'Heran on Friday evening to make ar.
rangements for the funeral. Father
o Haran said that until he received word
from the priest who attended Mundy In his
last moments he could make
no arrangements for the burial.
He also snd that, as no heard that
the G.. A. r. was q secret society, he could
moi allow them to enter the church with
their regalia on. The committee Of the
Grand Army said nothing. On Saturday,
at noon, Father O'Haran received notice
from tho priest attending Mundy In his
sickness that he had died In the rites Of the
church and VAS entitled to be buried lin .
Catholic burial ground. Father O'Haran
was again visited on Saturday afternoon az
to the buria, but be said he had not been
informed a day In advance, as was the
rule, and that no grave could be prepared
before Monday. Patrick Mundy, a brother
Of the deceased man, became enraged at
this and said II be (0'Haran) could not
bury him the Ora nd Army OF the Re.
public would. The wife Of Mundy, at the
solicitation Of her bfother-in.law, then in.
formed the Grand Army Of the Republic
that they might take charge Of the body.
That organization accordingly made ar.
rangements to
BURY THEIR COMRADE
In the Hollenback cemetery. a Protestant
burying ground. Father o. Haran, becom.
Ing aware OF this, sent for the father and
wife Of tho deceased man and held long
conversation with them. 1t was finally re.
solved between them that Mundy should be
buried In the Catholic cemetery In the grave
already prepai ed for another person, and
that the Grand Army Of the Republic
should take no part In the ceremonies be-.
You'd their attendance as civilians. The
Grand Army were wore about to leave their
rooms to march to their dead comrade 8
house TO take charge Of the remains when
the above decision was received, and they
at once agreed to defer everything to the
| Widows wishes. Some attended, anti 9th
ers repaired to their homes. The body was
finally taken 10 the Catholic church where
the services fov the dead were recited by
Father O'Haran, otter which b. delivered
a brief address. He asserted that the at.
tempt Of an outside organization to take
charge OF mans body for the purpose Of
burying It In burial ground for which the
deceased man had never expressed wish
| WAS ENTIRELY WRONG.
He had died In the Catholic faith and
should DO buried as q Catholic. He did
not wish to cast any roproaoh upon the
soldiers. He dmired them and believed
In military funerals, but when intsrfered
with 81 business that did net belong 10
thcm be was not with them. lie did moi
wish to stfr up any ill.ieeling between
the different iects, but when . Catholic
died q CATHOLIC he was going TO see that he
was buried Catholic. The difficulty created
much excite bnent Throughout the city.
Father O'HaEAn 10 uphold BY his adher'
ents and cdpdemped BY Others, VIII
say that II no had acted with more consid
erstisa 10 No matter TO dlmqphy woult
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