New-York tribune., 1891-01-31
REMOVING THE BODY.
TAKEN on A SPECIAL CAR TO WASHINGTON.
THOSE WHO ACCOMPANIED 1T-NEw'YoRKs
TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD

municipal buildings, from the principal hotels
and cubhouses. from the newspaper Offices anu
rrom many Of the big buildings uptown and down.
town associated with large business interests, ana
bv the formal action of societies with which
Mr. Windom was connected The sudden death
of the Secretary and the circumstances connected
with il formed the chief topics of conversauoh
everywhere II universally agreed. IN medlcal
rs well as less skilled opinions that the Secretary
life had been sacrificed TO the earnestneSs ana
the vital energy which inspired his recent work
and his speech on the silver coinage question
and other national topics before the Ncw-fork
Board of Trade and Transportation. No one VINO
hoard that speech failed to notice that the mans
heart was in it," as the phrase goes. III was Il
carefully prepared address. and it was read from
rrintod elins hut It's author gave to every sentence
ts nroper emphasis; and he died while he was
vet furricd from the excitement of the apprc-
ciotivc cheers responsive to his impaSsloned ana
| impressive oratOry.
The body Of Mr. Window taken from New
York 70 Washington yesterday under the escort
| Of a committee of the Board of Trade ana Trans
nortotion Samuel w. Gilham, the sexton Oh
Grace Church. was the undertaken hurriedIy SUM
moned TO Delmonico's when hope was ioSt III 'no
assurance of the fatality, and ne saw 10 IL 'hao
the formalities of the law to permit the re'o' "a
Of the body from the dining place to the MOTEL anu
thence to Washington, were observed. coroner
Schultze and Deputy Coroner Jenkins "ere Sci0
for about a. m. and they granted the necessary
napcrs. though in their finding as to the cause o'
death they disagreed with the PHYSICIANS WIN
had signed the certificate stating thaO III N"'
cerebral hcmorrhagc, followed by coma ihc
coroncrs, without holding an autopsy put coluucV
inc n close superficial examination, came W .'o
conclusion that Mr. Window died from ValVul'r
hoor, disease. and their conclusion was in the llnc
of the medical history Of MI lhuoi' supP''"
bis nrivate secretary, c. VI. liendley, VINO
ia ,h,t Nr Winuom had been sufferer from
ho,r, disease for some time and had been treated
tor IL bv DIR ,}arthlow, of Philadelphia
Tho mcnbers of the committee representing 'he
vov,.yorl; Board Of Trade and Transportation were
C,ptoin Ambrose Snow, eX-Judgc ArnouN, Darwin
p lanes William il. Wiley, James Ialcott ana
Seth Thomas They arrived early at the fllV"
Avenue Hotel and Nh. Villas and ;he other pro
prctors extended 10 them every courtesy ana
convenience in ;hcir power The hour hNcd ior
the departure Of tie cscOrting party with the
body was 1915 4. IN. Up to that time a number
~ visitor, came Ia the hotel to pay their laS'
reSpccts to the dead Secretary. The body was IN
Room 40 -, opposite Room No. -, when MI
Window bad engaged. Tnc coffin containing the
remains was plain. black coth-coycrcd one Inc
face revealed 10 the friends who came 10 look on 1t
was placid in expression.
Wonderfully wei preserved" said the under
takcr: and, indeed, Nr. Window looked as IL ne
were asleep rather tfan dead.
Secretary Tracy and httorncy-Gcncrai Miller
occupied Room 80. -, along with MIR. llcndley,
and received the visitors who called. Amons
these were Cornelius Bliss, Benjamin II. BriS-
tow. J. Picrport Morgan. Judge Benedict, +. Il.
Thurber, \ e. Cheney, Frank Thomson, of the
.l,nlsylyaun RailroaI: IIccry Wickham oi
Richmond, Va; Mahor Chance, J. b. Colgate and
Collector Erhart.
Ohio Road, Royal Blue Line that special
ear for the escort and the body should he attached
10 the Washington train, which eft Jersey lty,
II 81 a. II. All that was done Ia connectoA
with taking the body 10 the train was ruled by
simplicity. ~ l0:lj m, the appointed um''
Secr,iary nacy. Attorncy-(icncrai Miller, Mr..
Icndley the members OF the Board Of Trade com
mittec and most OF the other men whose names
have been mentioned assembled in II paror nd
joining tho Twenty ythirdst. entrance OF the tiith
Avenue Hotel. Near the door an onkwood boN
rested on black supports. While the monrners
stood by il with heads uncovered and bowed. the
undertaliers sturdy hearers brought the coffin
downstairs and placed it in the box. Then the
melancholy burden was carried 10 me Plalh'
plumcles> Ecorsc drawn BY two horses, which was
IN waitinl outside 'arriageS we're provided
for Mr. Tracy Mr.. Miller, Mr.. IIcndley, the com
miticc and for Others Who wished 10 accompany
them 10 Jersey City and the hcarsc slowly led
the way, driving down Broadway 10 the Liberty
ST ferry
4 few score of people mostly women who were
Shopping IN Twcntv thiId-st.. watched IN" starr.
I'm spite NJ the intense public interest in the tragic
death Of Secretary Window. the carlncSi of the
hour and the fact that it was not generally known
exactly AZ what time tie body and us escort
would leave ti'c hotel prevented the congregation
Of a crowd. Eor the same reasons. the presence
Of twenty policemen marshallcd in line at thc
r.Vrs only rf
Of ceremony: for the services Of the officers in
commanding throng of onlooliers were not
needed. The hcar>c and the carriages crossed The
North River one of the usual fcrryboat>
The coffin carried 10 car No. LII. IN"
Pullman specially attached 70 the II 30 o'clock
train The party reached the station too early
the Treasury. and other friends joined the eroup
that stood on the platform with the committee,
burn and the others who were 10 remain cY-
changed good-bycs with Secretary Tracy, Attor
ncv-Gcncrd Miller and the committeeman.
The train due i'm Washington at 80 p. m.
Few if any Of the passengers in the usual ears
were aware that the train had been chosen for
the conycyauc" Of the body of Secretary Window
to Washington and the departure private
and quiet as all tho other features of the oc-
c1Siun.
Dr. :. A Robinson of the Mutual Reserve Fund
Life Association. who was one Of the physicians
who attended the diving Secretary and who signed
the certificate nscribing death 10 cerebral hcmor-
rhagr and coma. told by a Tribune reporter
that the Coroner was of the opinion that vslvuIar
heart disease tho cause DIR. Robinson said
" There was consensus of opinion among the
physicians present. except myself. in favor Of
cerebral hcmorrhaQe. but with the history Of
heart disease. which Mr. WINDOWS private
rotary gave me and which knew of before.
Qavc the theory Of the possibility of heart dis
ease having caused death more weight than the
other medical mrn and | think the probability
is that the troubles were relative If the heart
contributed 10 the cause of death. ovcr-action of
the heart might have been the cause Of the other
! think that the exciting cause of Mr.. Windows
death was the carncstneSs and intensity Of his
feelings as he delivered that ad lrrss growing ont
of the firm belief he had in the importance
Of the subject and In the truth of what he said
and that il would he quite likely to cause death
in person having organic disease of ~" heart
to cause death from cerebral hemorrhore
Without an autorSY. any examination made after
death had actually occurred. and es"cc ally aftr-
the face bad taken the usual pallor Of death could
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