The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-16
THE SHHRIFF'S FUNERAL.
Many Friends Mourn John
J. MCPhillips-F1oral
Tributes.

Sheriff John ]. McPhillips was buried
today in Old st. Peters Cemetery. The
funeral took place from St. Joseph's
Church where solemn requiem mass
was celebrated. At about nine o'clock
the friends of the dead Sheriff began to
arrive at the house, No. IA Jones street.
They passed into the back
parlor from the hall. and
after gazing for the last
time on the face that in life had been so
familiar to them, returned to the hall and
passed out to the street. The family of
Sheriff McPhillips said their last fare well
at ten O'Clock. The scene was sacred to
the members. The widows grief was
great and the children seemed to realize
that they had lost forever kind father
and protector.
The funeral procession was arranged
by Undertaken j. V. Burke. and it ent
from the house to the Church in this
manner:-Two empty coaches followed
by Acting Sheriff Parslow and fourteen
constables, delegation from Court
Paulus Hook A. o. +. of A.. citizens o n
Masker and John Zeller, flower Dearers;'
the hearse, escorted by the pail bearers;
carriages containing the family, rela-
tives and friends.
SOME OF THE MoURNERs.
Among those who walked from the
house were Mayor Wanser. Of this city,
Mayor Stanton, of Hoboken, Robert
Colonel John Grimes, James E. Kelly.
Judge John A. McGrath. Judge
Hugh Kelly, Merqn Armstrong,
Michael J. Coyle. M. J. O'DonneIl. James
G. Clarke, John Fisher, Edward Gritten.
John Nugent. A. M. Baker, James Lills,
ex-Judge Voorhis. Max Salinger, Isaac
Romaine, Frederick Pressler, Frank Nc
Donough and G. De r. Leonard.
When the cortege started from the
house the bell at the Court House began
toiling, announcing to all that the pro-
cession was approaching. Soon after the
great bell in ST. Joseph's Church added
Court House bell and the usually busy
thoroughfare, Newark avenue, became
still and silent.
Court had adjourned yesterday until
noon today out of respect for the dead
Sheriff, and Judges Werts, Lipplncott
and Hoffman and Prosecutor Winfield
were in the church when the corpse ar
rived.
IN THE CHURCH.
The black covered casket was carried
from the house up the broad aisle to the
chancel by Dennis Mclaughlin. James
b. O'Neil. Patrick Cogan, John Gehm,
Ferdinand Heintze, George B. Fielder,
William Dougherty and Carl.
RuemDler. The pail bearers. The
mass was celebrated by Mgr. Seton, cele-
branU. the Rev. Father Smith. deacon,
and the Rev. Father McHale, sub-deacon.
There was no master of ceremonies. The
mass over, the casket was again carried
to the hearse and the relatives and
friends followed it to Old St. Peters
Cemetery where 1t was inferred In a
family plot.
The flowers that were sent by friends
were numerous. The most noticeable
among them were a shield in yellow,
pink and white, a facsimile Of the Sher-
ifs official badge, 1t bore the inscrip-
tion "Our Sheriff" It was presented by
The Court ConstaDles and others
attached to the Sheriff's Office
The boys who run with messages for peo-
pie at the Court House had also renem-
bered the Sheriff, aud yesterday they
solicited subscriptions from citizens for
flowers. They raised eight dollars
and purchased two beautiful wreaths.
The boys who did this were
Philip Carhart, Martin Hughes and John
Hayes, all of whom sell The JERSEY CITY
NEWS after the session of Court is
over. A beautiful wreath was sent by
Court Paulus Hook, No. T6S5. Other
flowers consisted of huge pillow, an
anchor aud a number of wreaths.
After the funeral procession passed the
Court House on its way to the cemetery,
Court opened for business, and all of the
county Offices which had been closed re-
sumed business.