Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-25
THE LAST RITES.
THE FUNERAL OF MAJOR GEN
ERAL GEORGE CROOK.
The DISTINGUISHED HoURHBRs
oyer 1000 People View the Remains
"A Long Procession Follows the
Body to the Railroad station-In-
TERED at Oakland, Md.

CHICAGO, March 24.-The closing
chapter of the record of Maj. Cen.
George Crooks connection with the
west was written yesterday when
relatives and friends, comrades and
ex.comrades in arms gathered from far
and near around his bier in the parlor
of the Grand Pacific to breathe
final farewell to all that is mortal of the
great Indian fighter and then TO escort
the remains on the first stage OF the
journey to the grave on Maryland soil.
All night long the casket was guarded
by detail OF the officers from western
posts who had been summoned by the
late general to serve upon the Steel
court martial.
Viewing tho Remains.
Ate o'clock the help in all depart
ments of the hotel, with whom Gen.
Crook had been very popular. paid their
last tribute of respect TO his memory
and shortly afterwards the doors wero
opened to the public. From this time
on to :, o'clock steady stream of peo-
pie of both sexes, white and colored,
millionaire and laborers, and to total
of over 1000, filed past the casket, which
was surrounded with large number OF
floral tributes.
The services were conducted by Rev.
DR.. Mcpherson, Presbyterian, Rev. DIR.
Clinton Locke, Episcopalian, Professor
Swing and Rev. DR.. II. w. Thomas.
Distinguished Mourners.
Ex-President Hayes and Judge w.
O. Gresham, representing the Loyal
Legion, occupied seats at the foot of the
casket with Gen. H. F. Devole, of Kan
sas CITY, who succeeded Gen. Crook in
the Thirty-sixth Ohio during the war,
on their right. Facing the head of the
casket were some 200 members of the
LOYAL Legion from this city, Mil
waukee, Omaha, st. Pau and Cincin-
natl, together with the personal staff OF
the late general, the official and per-
sonal friends of the deceased being
gathered in the communicating parlors.
Mrs. Crook, who bore up bravely dur
ing the exercises, was escorted by
Webb G. Hayes and Mrs. Reed, her sis
ter, by Lieut.. Kenna.
DR.. Mcpherson opened the services
with short duplication and after the
audience had joined in repeated the
Lords prayer, the hymns Crest for the
Weary and Something for Thee"
were touchingly rendered by the choir
of the Second Presbyterian church.
tributes to the Dead.
Eloquent tributes to the dead generals
memory were then paid by Professor
Swing and DR.. Mcpherson, who dwelt
upon his faithfulness, self denial and
self sacrifices; his devotion to his coun-
try and his many noble attributes as
man. The addresses were very affect
ing and many of the veterans were un-
able to repress their emotion,
The pronouncing of the benedictlon
by DR.. Locke brought the services to a
close, and the remains were escorted to
the Baltimore and Ohio depot by the
four regiments of the national guard,
the Loyal Legion and the Grand Army
of the Bepubllc.
Long Procession.
The procession was over quarter of
a mile in length and the sidewalks were
packed with spectators, many Of whom
barred their heads as the catafalque
passed by. Two special cars were at
tached to the p. M, express, one being
occupied by Mrs. Crook, Mrs. Reed,
their friends and the military escort and
the other by the casket and the guard
of honor.
The following gentlemen acted as
pail bearers: Gen. r. B. Hayes, Judge
Walter @. Gresham, John B. Carson,
Gen. w. E. Strong. WHIT Dexter, Mar
shall Field, w. C. ID. Grauni, John N.
Clark, Col. J. A. Sexton, William Penn
Nixon, Judge r. S. Tuthill, ii. j. Mac.
farland, Mayor d. C. Cregier, c. D.
Roys, John B. Drake, Col. James F.
Wade, Fifth cavalry United States
army; Gen. NJ. R. Morgan, United
States army; Col. Thaddeus Stanton,
United States army; Gen. Robert Will
Jams, United States army, assistant adj
jutant general; Gen. Collins, of Omaha;
p. Z. Studebaker, Gen. Sooy Smith, j.
F. Lawrence, Potter Palmer and G.. l..
Dunlap.
Walter Crook. of Dayton, O.,
brother of the dead general, while on
his way in street car to the hotel Sun
day morning with his brother John,
was suddenly taken ill with indications
of apoplexy. He was quickly con-
yeyed to the hotel and shortly after re-
vived. although it was not considered
safe for him to be present at the SER
vices.