Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-04-23
MRS. RICHARDS BURIED.
Thousands Attend the Funeral--Eyidence
Against Bramm Accommodating

Against Bramm Accommodating
ELKToN, Md, Anril li.--The funeral of
Mrs, j. Granville Richards who was MUIR
dercd early on Monday morning in the
family mansion, near Porter's Bridge,
Cecil county, was probably the largest
procession filed through the gate and along
the beautiful Oetoraro creek there were
3l5 vehicles in line and over 100 pedes-
TRANS.
The ceremonies began at noon, but as
early as . o'clock tho people began to ar
rive, and by 10 o'clock it was estimated
that over 1000 sincere mourners had CON
gregated in the big door yard.
1t was feared that the excitement attend
ing the ceremonies would prove fatal to
Mr.. Richards, but the wounded man in
sisted yehemently that nothing should be
abbreviated on that account.
He also insisted despite the protestation
of physicians, that he be carried down to
the parlor to take a last look at the face of
his dead wife -Four sturdy farmers picked
the wounded man up as if he had been u
child, and bore him gently down the same
stairs where the fatal struggle with the
murderer had taken place. When Mr..
Richards looked upon the peaceful waXen
face of his wife his frame shook with yin-
lent sobs The grief seemed to be inicc-
tious, for 1t spread out through the open
uOOTS hCTDSS VIC lHNIli NIGIt llNlluIt.la
were patiently waiting, and before Mr..
Richards had pressed a last kiss upon his
wifes lips nearly every one in the assem-
blage was weeping. Many of the men
sobbed aloud.
The grief of the five motherless boys
was heartrending. Little Joseph, who is
| IL years old, could not be consoled. He
insisted upon throwing. himself upon his
mothers coffin, and his plaintiff mann
mai oh, my own mamma Y could be
| heard during the entire ceremony.
ARRAIGNEp IN THE oBsEQu1Es.
The funeral sermon preached by the
Rev. DR.. 5. A. Gayley, pastor of the West
| Nottingham Presbyterian Church, OF
which Mrs. Richards had been a member
| for many years, was in keeping with the
prevailing sentiment. After telling of the
| many virtues of the beloved dead he
| turned his attention to the murderers. He
declared that the desperate villains had
come for plumber, and were prepared fol
| murder.
The deed they committed hardly had 3
parallel in the history of crime. In it was
the warning hand of God that murderers
were abroad, and vigilance was the only
price of safety. The eloquent speaker
earnestly asked God todelivcr the wretches
ment provoked an ''amenh from the AS
semblage that made the hills echo.
The interment took place at West Not
tingham cemetery. The scene at the gray,
was extremely pathetic, particularly the
grief of the boys and the other relatives.
STILL GREAT MYSTERY.
The affair is still shrouded in mystery
but neither the detectives, Farmer Null
gan nor the inhabitants of Cecil county
waver in the theory that doc" Bramn
is one of the murderers. His alibi is
myth so far as the officers can determine
Conductor Haller of the P, w. & b. rail
road, is positive that he saw Bramm a
Perryyille at II o'clock on Monday morn
ing last. Others saw him at ConowingC
earlier than that. Therefore, it is almos
possible now to take mp the trail where
shrewd Farmer Mulligan left off, ant
track Bramm to Baltimore and back tt
his home again.
The mystery now is, who was the &C
complete and where is the hat-box? TIL,
detectives are now after this portion o
Bramm's wardrobe but it has mysteri
ously disappeared The only plausible
theory is that Bramm's accomplice took i
and by this time it is probably etfectuall,
destroyed. The officers feel sure tina
Bramm hid the booty in the hat-boX afte
he got back to Baltimore.
When it was decided that Bramm SHOULD
go back to his home to throw off suspicion
the other party took the hat-box and wen
in another direction.