The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-01
LYING IN STATE.
The Scenes of Sunday Repeated at the Court
House Yesterday.

The Scenes of Sunday Repeated at the Court
House Yesterday.
The uniformed sentinels who had been guard
ing the remains of the dead Vice-president dur
ing the night were still walking back and forth,
with slow tread, at their posts about the cata-
falque as the light of the early morning mingled
with the brilliant illumination of the burn
ing gas in the corridors of the court
house. At half past 7 o'clock the Light Artillery
withdrew from about the catafalque and the
Richardson Zouaves took their posts. at the
same time the doors of the east entrance to the
courthouse were opened, and the public was
permitted again to view the remains of the
dead statesmen Already many had gathered
in the streets and were waiting to look for the
last time upon the face of the great man. Nearly
all of these people belonged to the laboring
class. and many had walked mile or more out
OF their way to view the mortal remains of
the president, whose face was so
familiar to them. before going to their
days work. Many carried in their hands dinner
buckets and lunch baskets, and some timidly
asked the sentinels, as they entered the door of
the building, if they might see Mr. Hendricks {"
The crowd swelled, and the streets in the CEN
trail part of the city leading toward the court
house grew thick with people Strar ge
faces were coming in groups from
the direction of the Union Depot
as the trains arrived, and before noon moving
mass of humanity thronged the streets. This
stream of people flowed from east to west
through the corridor Of the courthouse in two
columns It was sire am of life flowing past
the island of death. A moments halt
in the line would cause a blockade outside
A rope was stretched by the police down Della
ware to Washington street to prevent crush in
the tnickening throng. and the pace of those in
line was quickened by the cry of Hurry" by the
guards. Shortly before noon Senator voorhees,
was admitted to the south entrance of
the courthouse. He viewed the face of
his dead friend for moment and then
gave way to the crowd behind him.
He was surprised that the countenance was so
natural, the palor alone indicating that the
light Of life had taken its flight.
At noon the crowd outside the courthouse
began to grow some thinner and the
number in the column diminished but still
there was no end to it. The dinner hour
was hardly over, however before the throng
began to swell again, and within half an hour it
had grown until a crush seemed imminent The
endless procession was hurried through with
quickened step, and between eighty and ninety
persons minnie passed through
the catafalque. The doors were to close
at fifteen minutes after4 O'clock and, although
but half hours time remained, the crowd in
line outside seemed undimnlshed Between
10000 and 10000 people, the guards estimate.
had passed through the catafa.que, and yet the
doors we're closed at the appointed hour in the
face of crowd that filled the surrounding
streets. The ceremony of lying in state was
over, and the hour had arrived for returning the
remains of the distinguished dead to the privacy
of the sorrowing widows home.