St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-04
medical treatment. Detectives are
watching for him closely.
CREMATToN ON A DIVA.
The Body of Emma Abbott Re-
Guced to Ashes.

Inc BOuy OF Emma Abbott Ke-
duced to Ashes.
PITTSBURG, Pa, March Sit leaked
out to-day that the remains OF Emma
Abbott, the famous opera singer, had
been crcmatej in this city two weeks
ago. The matter was kept quiet out of
Difference to the feelings of the mother
of the deceased. The cremation took
place in Samson's crematory and was
witnessed by none but the executors.
The body was shipped quietly from Chi
cago Feb. 10 and reached here the fol-
lowing morning. The furnace had been
heated in the meantime, and as soon as
the remains arrived they were placed in
the natural gas retOrt. In one hour and
fifteen minutes they were entirely con-
Sumed. The ashes were placed in Il
small jar and shipped to New York.
They are now in the vaults of a safe de-
post company in that city, where they
Will remain until the erection of mon
ument to the deceased singer. Mir. Sam
son was committed to secrecy. but when
confronted with the above facts admit
ted that they were true.
INDIANAPOLIs, Ind, March SIT be-
came known here to-day that the re-
mains of Emma Abbott, the famous
opera singer, were cremated in Pitts
burg two weeks ago yesterday. 1t was
on account of Miss Abb0tt'S aged mother
that the cremation was Secret. She is
past seventy years of age and quite
feeble, and strongly protested against
the burning of her beloved daugh-
ter's remains. The cremation took place
In Sampson crematOry, The arrange
mentS had all been carefully made, and
when the train arrived Mr.. Sampson
himself met it and conveyed the re-
mains to his crematOry, situated in the
basement of his undertaking establish
ment. Mr.. SIMPSONS son. who is his
partner i'll the business, did not even
know who the corpse was. The crema-
ton occurred Monday. The body was
lifted from the casket and placed
upon an iron litter. The singer
still wore the same dress the corpse
appeared i'll when 50 many friends
viewed it in Chicago on the day of the
funeral, and the wilted flowers still
rested upon the body. The features of
the dead woman were still as natural
as they were the day she died. In ac-
cordance with the Will the electrical
test was applied to the body, and it was
then gently rolled into the furnace.
Only the executors and Mr.. Samp
son and. his son stood before the
glass doors of the furnace and
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singer turn into ashes. In six hours the
work was done. The ashes, enough to
fill half gallon, were tenderly
gathered and placed in a silver urn,
which was sealed and handed over to
the executors. Houghton and Dunning.
The paramount prOviso of the singers
will had been carried out, and wish
that she had many times eX-
pressed to her intimate friends
had been gratifed. Messrs. Houghton
and Dunning carried the sacred urn
with them to New York and placed it
beside the bonds and other valuableS of
Miss Abbott, locked in safety vault.
In that vault the ashes will rest until
the Abbott monument at Gloucester is
com pleted, which will be some time
this summer. Then the silver urn will
be carried to the Gloucester cemetery
and buried beside Miss Abbott's hus-
band, at the foot of the monument.