Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-24
TO THE TOMB.
Funeral of General Crook at
Chicago.
Pathetic Incidents Connected
Herewith.
The Remains En- Route to Their Last
Resting Place.
A Colorado Woman Beheaded by Her IL
Year-Old SOMA Fatal Nitro
Glycerine Explosion.
Associated Press Dispatches.

CHICAGO, March 23-General Crook s
body is on its way to its last resting
place at Oakland, Md From o'clock
this morning until O'Clock this after
noon a dense crowd of people surrounded
the Grand Pacific hotel and struggled to
obtain an entrance to get last view at
the dead soldier Through the parlor
where the remains lay in state, silent
thousands passed, until, as the time of
the service drew near, police were sta
toned at the foot of the stairways to
stop the movement of the people.
The parlors and halls on the second
floor were crowded to suffocation when
Rev. DIR. Mcpherson delivered the Open
ing prayer. 1t is doubtful if any funeral
ever held in Chicago brought larger
concourse Of people together AT the
close of the prayer a quartette of the
Second Presbyterian church sang, and
were followed by Rev. Dr. Thomas, who
quoted from the nineteenth psalm and a
chapter from Job in the course OF his
brief remarks. Prof. Swing then deliv-
cred most eloquent tribute to the dead
General. After another song by the
quartette, DR.. Mcpherson spoke at length,
and DR.. Clinton Locke closed the ser
vices with a benediction.
Mrs. Crook took Captain Kings arm
and had last look at the dead, and was
then driven quietly to the Baltimore
and Ohio depot.
The Funeral COrtege.
The casllet was removed to the cata-
falque and the procession moved slowly
to the depot, through Clark and Wash
ington streets The sidewalks for the
whole distance were denselv crowded
with people.
The procession moved in the following
order: Battalion of police; battery OF
artillery; Illinois National Guard;
First Regiment Band and distinguished
guests i'll carriages; the catafalque,
guarded by sig non-cornmissioned offi-
GERS; Second Regiment Band; Second
Regiment Infantry Illinois National
Guard; Fourth Regiment Band Fourth
Regiment Infantry Illinois National
Guard; Loyal Legion; Grand Army OF
the Republic.
The car in the train containing the
casket was covered with black, while
the interior was draped with American
flags. The special Pullman for Mrs.
Crook and the escort was heavily draped
outside in black, looped with narrow
bands Of white.
The remains will reach Oakland to-
morrow, where the final interment will
take place.
The list of distinguished honorary pail
bearers was given in yesterdays dis
patches.
A Painful Incident.
A painful incident OF the services at
the Grand Pacific was the report that
General Crooks age. brother, Walter
Crook, of Dayton, Ohio, had suffered
fatal stroke of paralysis in the rotunda
of the hotel This caused great sensa-
ton, and precautions were taken to keep
the news from reaching the already
broken-down widow of the soldier. An
investigation soon proved that the report
was erroneous. Mr.. Crook is rather
feeble, and being pushed around in the
dense crowd he became so faint for a
time that he was unable to move, but
soon recovered, when he was taken to a
room.
Crooks Old Comrades.
A touching incident was the visit paid
the remains by General Crooks old
comrades and fellow officers, members
of the Loyal Legion. This column Of
soldiers was headed by ex-President
Hayes and Judge Gresham. General
Hayes looks well, but his beard and hair
are white. He was sadly depressed by
the death of General Crook, and in an
interview this evening, said: Il feel this
terribly. 1t brings back very forcibly
my own bereavement. My wife and
General Crook were very intimate
friends, and my own loss is accentuated.