New-York tribune., 1885-01-28
FIGHTING BEHIND A HEARSE
DISORDER AT GEoGHEGAN's FUNERAL.


DISORDER AT GEoGHEGANs FUNERAL.
SHARP RIVALRY BETWEEN THE SISTERS AND IhE
WIDOW FOR THE PLACE OF HONOR.
A. Detectiye Mckinley of the Oak-st., station.
SSscorated with mourning band, from ITS box. he
he sarssnsy no sR;. aRS tbdg ana ny
money money is to be spared. Owney is to have bang
mn funeral and no mlstaken Mr. McGinley, mar
ried Owney" Geoghegan's eldest sister ana Mas
master of ceremonies at the funeral OF the notorious
Stough." Just look at that collin" Just iook I
at that cof.n," be remarked; mot more than four
such expensive , s0"g be- proad day for
s0wnev could he but witness all this glory"
The funeral was at No. 7s Pikest., McGlniey,s
the undertaken allowed an hour for crowd that
wonld do credit to the dead pngilist Other neces-
sary delays occupied half an hour more Inc 6 o1is ths
second floor The coffin was of mahogany. lined
with satin with silver mountings and sver P,.r,
which stated that Geoghegan was forty-three years
Old The most prominent of the floral offerings
was wreath made of white roses, nounieu IL on th
high standard In the centre OF e wreann ans wreah
state nats of &Owney'sH purity. This work Of art
was the gift of the sster1, Mrs. Mckinney anu MIS-
arrivals were puslsts ~Charley rsnTSed
fstic art They we're well dressed, not showing the
moor financial result of their trip Frank W nite
ghtwelght pugillst whom "Owney m IepghegHe bena He
took seat by the stove in the kitchen and told
stories of his dead backer The tenor OF al,
that the man backed could not WIN ;y,.s ne
depended upon his own nerve, drew what Whte
called his gun and asked the @ Ieereg The reeree o
aIways thought that. Owney's" man had at least
made a draw. Among those whom aOwney naa 40
bued in this way, White mentioned the the names 81
Med Lfry sSs bank Rlfag;r Red W
the Irish giant. who was once knocked ont OF time
az" aEa." Touhy, whom Geoghegan whipped in the
prize fight that first brought him INTO notice also
"The same old Owney. Iouhey inoPpeu hls olUm .1
with red bandanna and went outside as IL the
Then came Alderman Fatty" Walsh, "Jerry
Hartlran. and " Tom Maguire once Alderman OF
the Fourteenth Ward William f. harding came az az
fraternity and przeghters were zoe" Coburn,
% S%.Ip6nny Saunders, q Irish rom." the rough-and-
tumble tighter, Red " McMannus, who was ior
years iioor-manager at Geoghegans aancohSuses. ns
huoiSo 9nSN lanes Piikington, aJoRnny Carman
SPaddy " zee and "Dan " Dochcrty. The rooms
were small and the croWdlng was great t.o Ad,er d,c
pany would have to seek the street for fresh ar.
Ii had been rumored early in the day that the
she is Owney's"' widow, would be on hand
I;eoaberan's sisters say she is not "Owneys"
widow and that she would not DC periDltteu to par
ticipate in the ceremonies. ,
Bscaus of an antcipatedIrow between the two sets
of nourners and anxiety TO see what was 9eleVcu
would be the biggest funeral ever held III the sew
enth Ward crowds began gathering early and 10y
half yast one the street was npaSSaDl III was hIicu
with the rough element OF the clty. ooatIcss , an
colIarless men and blear-eyed women were nllncr-
Gus Every window III the tenement houses on
either side of the street contained at least iour
Al o'clock a carriage drawn by two white horses
drew up TO the door. little girl, closely velled'
jumped ont. She vas accompanied by Mol,lin, Won an
They ran up the stairs and INTO the room Wneie the
body lay. The little girl removed her Vell ooth
looked at the corpse and then hastened away. As
they passed out of the door the woman sam
9Well YOU have seen your father III spiteo then."
The little girl was Mrs. Ge0ghegans daughter.
Half an hour later the body was brought dowh n
and placed in hearse, to which were attached
four black horses. After two carriages, containing
tie Mckinley and Ryan mOurners had taken their
position behind the hearse the team Yi wnlte noIses S
drawing the carriage IN which the Iittle girI haa
come TO the house took third position contrary 10
the wishes of the undertaken but h much 20 tng
delight of ne Mrs. Goeghegan faction which cncered
loudly The carriage contained Mrs. Oe0gnegan,
two female friends and the little grl; When ihe
procession was well under way, the driver OF the
i;eorhepan mourners pulled out from third POSITION
and tried to get next tbs hearse. IN turning rom
Pkest INTO Henry ST. ne sqcceeaSu n uDl I ~
get his position back After considerable manoenv-
ring. in which wheels were locked, policeman IN
teriered, and the Mc1ihei hot, I hIio 80; Pi@I
ing crowd who backed the Geoghegan faction was
following There were fifteen carriages Id All. AZ
the Grand-st Terry there promised TO ne anoiher
ruw but it was avert by the police There three
fourihs of the mob were left benind though sum
eent number crossed over To make Things liVeIy'
On leaving tue boat the driver of the Ge0ghegan
mourners again succeeded i'll getting the much
ontended-for place l:st behind the hearse. ne ~,
Gang that had followed once mo:e rent the an WIN
cheers Going up Broadway, Brooklyn, the scene III
New-YOrk was repeated only u was nNeiier. III
turning into FOurtllst.. the McGlnley iD3uiners
once more obtained supremacy, but not unlh the
driver of the Geoghegan carriage had used ms whp
cross the face of .he other driver by the 0rder OIL
the undertaken the speed of the procession was IN
creased so as to shake of The mob on loot. Az thls
fhe crowd stoned the McOiuley mOurners and the
more tinid people i'll the procession had their drivers
turn back for fear there would be free fight. A
sufficient number of the GeOghegan supporters Kept
nm however, TO enable them 10 pushthe WIDOW
into a good position at the grave -
The only noticeable occurrence at calvary Gene
tery was the proiuse demonstrations OF Mrs. NC
GInley She wept aloud ana ho HePt epeaahnIe
brother that you should be made such show OF at
yOur funeralw On the return trip the "toughs
who had fallen by the wayside were passed one by
one. bluenosed and half,ir0zen Ihey mac Paid wen
for their trouble and had not succeeded to any
alarming extent in distinguishing themselves nor
had they had the good square fight that they had
hoped Tor. c, A.,
The Geoghegan mourners say that the hgilt tnely ~
made at the funeral is nothing to the one they VIII
make for "Owney's" property Detective NC
Glnley as he brushed his high hat preparatory to
pnttng il away, said :" | will show those people a
when they think of the funeral aud say: y lmee
have charged when more people do not turn out to
DO prominent man ike 'Owncy hOhol'
LOHGES CROSS-EXAMINED.
SHOOTING HIS BRoTHKR-IN-LAw AT DISTANCE Oh
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