New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-12
BURIED WITH EGREAT POMP.
THE FUNERAL OF AN ECCENTRIC EXILE
,sr uoSoRs TO DIR. DAEUMER, WHO LIVED ALONE

LAST HoNoRs TO DIR. DAEUMER. WHO LIVED ALONE
WITH sPIprRs-ALL PATTERSON INTERESTED.
The bodyof DR.. Francis II. Daeumer, the eccentric
Paterson physician and exile of the Revolution OF
1S4S. whose singular and romantic career was
given i'll THE TRIBUNE few days ago, was porhs
yesterday to its last resting place aind pohp ana
circumstance that rarely attends the iuner OF lhe
most distinguished private citizen ana the immense
crowds that were attracted together with the pro
portions of the procession, were in singular contrast
10 the quiet hermit-ike life that the OLD physician
had passed for many years and 10 the dlngy room
in which he had lived and labored with cObwebs
for his house decorations and spiders for his COM
paniOnS.
tensive arrangements for the funeral, and every
one of them represented largely. In room
whose baroness and Shabbiness would seem dismal
10 the poorest labOreT lay q handsome CONN COW
cred with black cloth and lined with white SATIN
and with silver trimmings. The plate was inscribed
AT Rest. Francis 81. Daeqncr IN hls seventy
fourth year" Handsome designs IN flowers al
most hid the coffin. There was no carpet on the
,Icketty floor which creakcd with the footsteps OF
the thousands who passed rapidly by the conn 20
gaze upon the features of the old patriot OF AZ.
There was furniture except two or three anclcHt
chars and tables of plain timber. The walls were
black with age where the torn and faded paper re-
vealed them. A shabby old PRINT representing
German Liberty on her Bier was the only lhing
in the nature Of an ornament. The cobWeOs whlch
had thickly covered the walls and tables, secure
through the Doctors protection from the lnr0ads
of broom or mop, had been at last swept away
The miserable house, a weather-heaten ana tnnl,
O'Clock in the morning to let people see the DOC
tors face and from that hour until after O'Clock
constant t9rong OF mourmerS or OF TIii4 1bs
caskct and out again as fast as the attHhdahts
could guide them. At the doors stood members OF
the Germana SchcutZcnbund Ill tnelr uniforms OF
blue green and tinSel, with their rifles. In the
street were drawn up dozen or more German 80,
cetes with Grape on their mats ana lllH a anu ,
standards draped in black. AS the hour set for the
funeral procession start drew near great threngs
of people began to assemble in the st1eeslOr blocks
around the old house, aud policemen were kept
busy preserving order. At one time 1t was mpossi-
bic except by the most vigorous pushlngto get any
where near the door. The housetopS, awnings ana
sheds in the neighborhoOd bore hundreds OF SazGis
and every window showed a mass OF heads Inc
route over which the procession was 10 pass
was friuged with an unDrot9n me oI eH-
pectant sightseers as far as the Enc kall-
road, five blocks away, and the appearance
of the business streets suggested some great pupuC
occasion instead of the funeral of an eccentric Ola
doctor whom few knew except bl Slght' anu WIG
had only HANDFUL OF acquaintance among an
these crowds. BY the time when the CONN was
closed and the order given for the line to move IL
il estimated that 5000 or 5000 had viewed the
body. There were no services at the mouse, ana
nothing whatever of a religious nature character
lied tae proceedings at any pIlnt. Anything OF
that kind would have contlcted with the views OIL
the dead doctor. D.,
PLAYING a funeral march. Three companies OF uni
formed rltemen of the Germanla SchuetZen-
bund followed aud then came dooiot long
The hearse came next, drawn by four white horses.
A long succession of vehicles completed the pro
cesslOn. There were from 1000 TO ZOO men III
line Ii was undoubtedly the largest funeral pro-
cession ever seen in Paterson. The body was taken
TO Cedar Lawn Cemetery, where Louis klrslnger
DIR. Daeumer's executor aud sole Iegatee' ana
the only man who could be called
his intimate associate, delivered an
Grafton. The crowd that surrounded the grave was
a characteristic one The predomlnating type OF
cOnntenance was the hugh forehead, shaggy beard
and phiosophic eye of the German enthusiast, re-
publican and free-t hlnkeT-men who had, Ike D9n-
the Continent iii the upheaval of 1913; aud who
like him had found safety in American citizenship
but none of whom mad suffered so strange success
sion of narrow Pcs aud of weary years III the
dungeons of despotlSm.