The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-29
SHE GOT A PLACE.
: LITTLE QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE
AT A FUNERAL
The Alleged Widow OF Owney Geoshegan
and His Sisters Disagree As to the
EIatter-Some Money in
Dispute.

NEW YORK, Jan. % Five tall wax can.
dies burned at the head OF Owney Geoghe-
gan's coffin at IS Pike street, Tue.d The
light of day was rigidly excluded, and the
candle-light fell oddly en- hundreds of faces
that came and went hour after hour.
Ell Tuohy, whom Geohegan defeated
with bare kaueiles after lighting one
hour and twenty-five minutes. came
early in the morning. CaarEsv Mitch
ell came brilliant in silk hat ana
faslionablymaae clothes, and accompan4el
by Billy Madieru, Fatty Walsh, Jerry
Hartigan, and Eli Fowler, n Ught-weight
whom Geoghegau imported A host Of
women and young girls mixat i'll with the
sporting men ami crowded the rooms A
shrong Of people caokei tic street when the
coffin was bro9Ght downstairs
Il had been arranged that the dead mans
sisters should ride behind the hearse, with
their husbands in the carriage following.
rs the hearse left tho door hack drawn by
two white horses galloped up and dropped in
close behind it, The brothers in-law pro
tested, and the sisters cried but it
was Of no use. The coachman had
evidently been chosen es pecially for
the occasion. A hard looking crowd sur
rounded him and cheered him. The car
riage contained Geoghegan's reputod widow,
her daughter, and two other young women.
The sisters carriage finally took third place
in the line, the police having refused b IN
| terfere in So delicate a matter, and the pro-
| casSion Of twenty carriages started that wav
But urged from within the sisters coach.
| man did his best to take precedence of the
a,
! When the procession neared Grand Street
| ferry he whipped up his horses, and bringing
his carriage alongside that Of the widow, did
his best to get in behind the hearse, but the
| other man WAS as determined as he, and
They drove side by side the length of a
block each cuISing the other, while the
women glared hcrosS through the carriage
! windows. This contest was kept up all the
way to the cemetery. The coachman of the
| widows carriage was peltet with snow and
| mud, but be persisted in keeping his place in
the line
| Geoghegan was buried beside his father
| and mother who lie in the same grave in
| Calvary cemetery. The sisters stood at the
| foot of the grave and the widow with her
| daughter on one side. All four wept. Mrs
Mckinley was urged by her husband to be
quiet, but she said she could not She
| talked constantly between her sobs
to the young woman who stood op-
posjte her gazing scornfully through
her black veil. To Think Mrs, Nc,
Ginlay said dozen times, that my poor re-
! spectable brother should be brought to this,
| followed by sach low-lown creatures AID
made a show of at his last scene. It's too
bad
When the grave was filed with earth,
Owney's little girl reached forward to take
one of the flowers from the grave as mo
mento:
Don't you touch anything on that grave,
| said Mr.. Ginley.
~Sho shall if she likes, said the mother,
| and she did
As to the dispute over Geohegan's money,
which is estimated at from $50, coo to $50, ,00G,
Mr., Nelson J. Waterbury was asked if hs
held Geohegan's viii, and for whom he ap-
peared in tie case. He said it would be sew
aral days before he would be ready to an.
5wer the questions