The sun., 1891-11-30
LYONS HAS 4 BIG FUNERAL.
7;iE LIN or THE PURPLE TELvhT
COFFIN OPENED IN THE s7RkET.

To-day is the 1nauent, md There IL New
Evidence In Favor OF Mickey SiineS,
Whom the Police suspect OF the Murder.
Bob Lyons. tho murdered Cherry street
butcher. was buried yesterday afternoon IN
Calvary Cemetery in coffin covered with
purple velvet and trimmed with gold ana
silver. At o'clock there were no more people
on the street In front OF 152 than may be soen
any Sunday afternoon. A dealer In hot wailies
wheeled up his stove and pot OF batter along
side the curb across the street from the house
OF mourning and began to cry Var now.
waflies. ho wafiies." Half u dozen boys came
around the corner oi Market street and bought
waffles and lined up along the curb and ate
them. A window on the fourth floor over their
heads was opened and three young women.
bareheaded. but with shawls wrapped about
their shoulders. leaned out and looked across
the street. Windows began to go up all
around and I'LL with bnrehcaded women.
Four policemen with night sticks came
around the Market street corner and stood IN
front OF lo2. Doors opened all along the street
and mon came out. Women. old and young.
and boys and girls came around the four cor. cor
hall Of the Lyons house on % was Continually swing
ing. In ton minntes there was a lam. Ihe
people nside could not Eet ont I'm" eT9SWa TSsa
the coaches began arriving. and drew up Two
abreast along the curb
mendous business. suddenly all four Of the
pulled him apart in their efforts tC get rid q
him. They moved him on half biocH no
began TO cook wuflies again there. Downcamee
the, policemen aud moved him on again. 1t
took three e. removes to get him around the cor
There was. no handling the crowd about the
hall door Of the Lyons house. and II was ,io-
covered coffin out into the street. Tho police
began at the doorway. pushing the people out.
%4f % Sss poscs S oS soS ,s aoors anl
prevented anybody from going In. a..
g, 1t was o'clock whsn six members OF TIE
stairs with thu cnflin. While, the police were
at work there had heen short religious cerei r,i
was ready for tHo start e'S to e 0 cemetsry
crowd at the door was pushed apart to let tho
coffin by. In the street policeman raised the
lace. The policemen managed to clear little
space on one side so that line could be form,
Ia aqa IN hss hss 1ss iS %
Probably n third oi the crowd ,succeedeh IN
seeing the face Of the murdered man; ,I,ne, Then
away. Il took fiftecn minutes 10 untanele ihe
seventy-tive coaches and get them moving
sS aSYn 2 sG iii 0G Ss fho s SSst
James Literary Union. Of Rising Sun Lodge Lodge
Behind the hearse mrrched 800 members Of
s. @ shs nHn ksns sn foas hS
200 200 citizs;ns The line OF carriages stretched
pn s9 iaapss rssesses 70
the guilt II Mickey Sliney. Tho evidence the
yeSs hRse Rs se s e pt ef ysns Ms
sIeS sr Samsa a' HubeaTa sf'sn! "t she na1 in
Slinoy was in there and had in his hand the
cleayer with which Lyons was Killed. 4nd TINT
when sne vent out II was so tSe
OF a boy who tells tho, same story as the glrl.
Then there is story that 'Lo.ngshoreman GOt. Cot
Gotter denies. The policeman who wns tbs
first oarriye at the store after the murder vii!
that he Eot there 1T ut Up ; t6re 9seek ana
will stick to- to lis f Version. sIiney may &c cleared
M sMaay st at cesk snsy wss
his restaurant. five fairly long blocks away.
and was not out Of breath or excited III the
sliney wrote the forged note which Lyops sent
keans Eeank Eossry WITH ast HH beoro sney e
Lyons, Whoever wrote It had some presq,Im,.s9, ,I,.9
ply bad purpose II tho police devote @ & little e
they may lind some one who could have slip
ped into tho shop in the fiTe minutes Hnac. ma
murderer attended the funeral yesterday.
In their fishing for motive that Sllney
the the Il theory cory, That siiney had used $S3 Of the
money belonging to his Court to-, Of Foresters Forest
ported the matter to the other officers Of the
court, and that Sliney was infuriated because
Lyons had told TIE SUN advised thnt grain
the theory into a cooked hat; They had had a
nrted that they founI Sliney's books in an
excellent condition; and that althoush S6s had
not been put n the bank by bsnEey t
must keep $50 on hand for current expenses;
tho the last t mcet1s ' oi tho Court sney reported
was was Instructed to deposit The sG3 before tie
Chief rf hanger McAdam that he would deposit
1t last Wednesday. That was tho day he was
Robert Love Of slipey's court called on 81;
him that he had *75 IN waisteoat St ah poeSett
H If had not taken i 70 the bank bank N Sn
Wednesday because when he vas Sos ready MS
He told Love where to find the wa istcoat.. Love
went to sliney's house and Mrs. Slincy found
the waistcoat. In tho inside pocket was SD
ans Yves tsSSsa The #
none q them believes TINT sirsy Is guilty Of
was wa prepared reiatine TIC stories oi Sllney's
Sidney j. Freeman. Past Sub-Chief hanger
Robert Love. and c. J. Farrell. Financial Sec
retary.
The most important witness for sliney that
has yet been found il woman who says that
she bought meat Mt Lyons after 4:1O O'clock
on the. day, of tho murders. that Lyons himself
waited on her and that sliney was not In tho
store. Sliney says he left Lyons at 40 O'Clock;
The nnme OF this woman will not be disclosed
until she appears at { lie inquest.
Missing from His Hotel.
John y. Blake. travelling agent for stone
Atwood 4 Co., woollen manufacturers OF Flint