The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-26
ROMANY ROYALTY ENTOMBED.
Burial of the Remains of the Queen
the Gypsies of the United States.

Burial of the Remains of the Queen of
the Gypsies of the United States.
DAYTON, O., April 16-Gannie JEFF
fers, queen of the gypsles of the United
States, died at Greenfield, Tenn, on
March 10, and was buried here yester
day. The gypsies are encamped all
about the city to the number of about
l 800, travelling by wagon from all parts
of the country. The queen was en-
balmed and laid out in Nashville. Tenn,
Immediately upon her death, and when
brought to this city, where her tribe
own considerable property and large
lot in Woodland Cemetery, where lies
buried a former queen and king
of the gypsy tribes IN this Eation, she
looked beautiful indeed. She was in a
handsome casket made of the finest wood,
lined with the finest silks and satins,
and decorated with gold and jewels. In
the cemetery where she was buried yes
terday, amid the most touching and i'm
posing ceremonies, the lot belonging to
the gypsies is marked by an exquisite
monument of granite, shipped here from
Greece. The funeral procession, which
was composed entirely of gyE sizes, formed
In the northern section of the city
and marched to the southern extremity
of the city, where the cemetery is To-
Gated. The crowd of people was i'm
mense. At the grave a rope was
stretched around it, leaving an enclosure
large enough for the mourners to stand.
The funeral services were Christian, be-
ing conducted by one of the leading
pastors of this city with the choir of his
church. The grave was sunk In the
ground about 10 feet. 1t was a square
pit about 10 by 8 feet In dimensions.
At the bottom was a box made of stone
slabs, and in this box the coffin
was laid by the side of
another, that Of a daughter of the
deceased, who died in 1866 at the
age of 10 years. The body had been
exhumed to be placed beside that of her
mother. There were stifed cries and
sobs as the mourners gathered about the
grave, and several broke out in loud
lamentation as the coffin was lowered.
The preacher referred to the deceased,
whom he had known personally in life.
She had beep Christian, he said, and
the Bible she had worn with reading was
placed at her feet now that she was
dead. At the conclusion of his remarks
the choir sang "The Sweet By and By, !"
and the services closed. But the most
affecting scene was when the great stone
was about to be lifted by means of a
derrick close at hand, and the stone box
containing the coffin closed. The
SONS and daughters climbed down
to the coffin TO take their
last farewell, the latter being lifted
into the grave. Their sobs and cries
filled the air, and were echoed by the
mou-ners that stood on the brink of the
grave. They threw themselves PROSTATE
on the coffin, kissing the wood, and it
was only with great difficulty they were
prevailed on to come out Of the grave,
and they were assisted out, finally, after
much entreaty. By means of the der
rick the stone lid was then Put into po-
sition and the dirt thrown upon il, A
huge monument viii be erected over the
grave-a life sized statue, of white mar
bic, Of the dead gypsy queen.