The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-06
OBSEQUIES OF JAY GOULD
Exercises at the Late Home of the Fl.
nancier Marked By Severe Simplicity.
Street In Front of the Mansion Crowded with
Morbid Curiosity Seekers. Many of Whom
Tried to Gain Admission.

Specfal 10 the Indianapolis JOurn6L
NEW YORK, Dec. 6-Not for long time
: aas public interest been SO aroused in the
funeral of any person as it was In that of
Jay Gould to-day. Notwithstanding the
printed announcement that the services
would be private. and that none but rela-
tives and intimate friends would be ad-
mitted to the building. people began to
congregate in it's vicinity at an early
hour, and many applied for admission
who had not the shadow of an excuse for
80 doing. BY O'clock this afternoon there
were at least thousand persons gathered
in the vicinity Of the Gould residence. and
by the time the funeral service began the
crowd had increased three-fold. 1t was an
orderly crowd, and tho police had little to
do outside of keeping the walks in front of
the residence clear for the passage Of Pc
dcstrians.
The day -gas clear and cold, and q raw
wind swept through the street, making it
indeed most uncomfortable task for any
person to stand about in one position for
any length of time, but the crowd of NOR
bid curiosity seekers wi hich had gathered,
and which was composed of men. women
deferred in the least by this un-
favorable element. Just what sstisfac-
ton they gained in standing about is
mystery, as they could see and hear moth.
ing of the service. They seemed content,
however, in looking long and earnestly at
the house and in watching those prlvileg ged
persons who held cards Of admittance 90
lin and out. White the services were going
nm uva Of n nt m of AQr rr
driven mp and down the avenue In front
of the house. The occupants of these
showed just as much curiosity as those
who stood about and stared boldly at the
house as if to pierce it's very walls.
The scene inside the house was q most
impressive one. In the front parlor the
body of the money king lay In o costly
casket amid a great mass OF flowers. the
fragrance from which made the air heavy.
The casket was placed under the large
mirror which adorns the man tel. piece, in
which were reelected scores of faces of
those who were seated in the lower part of
the room. To the left of the parior was an
ante-room IN which Dr; Paxton, DE. Terry
til they took their places under the hall
lamp, aud the choir was placed in an op-
poslte apartment.
PRoMrNENT PEOPLE PRESENT.
Around the central group were arranged
those who had come to hear the funeral
services. These included nearly one hun
dred men. all we'll known in the world of
finance Some wererailroad magnates, and
others powerful factors in the commerce of
the country. Next to DR.. Paxton sat Hon.
Chauncey NJ. Depew. who joined in the
singing of the hymn Nearer. My
God, to Thee" Behind him, in the back
parlor, sat Hon. Whitelaw Reid. On q camp
stool almost Immediately in front of the
hall door was DR.. Mum. and not far from
him sat Herbert II. Dickson, the private
counsel of the dead man. Opposite Dr..
Mum and in the front row OF those sta
toned in the further parlor were G. p.
Huntington and Judge Rufus b. CowinR.
Among Others present were Russell Sage,
Judge Dillon. Gen. L. L. Eckert, Gio-
vanni Morosini. Washington i. Conner.
H. Walter Webb. Frederick L. Ames.
Joseph II. Millard of Omaha. OK. Governor
Cornell. Isador Wormser. William B. Grace,
Henry Clews. j. Seaver Page. j. Edward
Simmons. j. Pierpont Morgan. William H.
Klssam. Norvin Green. President Walker
of the Union Pacific. and Addison Cam
mack, John ID. Crimmlns. General Louis
Fitzgerald. William II. BlackfoEd, repre-
senting the B. a. o.; Austin CorbIn, Gen.
Collins. John Van Horne. X. II. Rochester,
Charles A Tinker. Colonel f. X. Hahn,
Simon Wormser and w. c. Humstone.
None of tho relatives of the family were
to bo seen. They were in an upper hall.
where the whole of the funeral service
couid be heard. The party IN this room
consisted of Mr.. and Mrs. George j. Gould
aud children, Mr.. and Mrs Edwin Could
Misses Helen and Anna Gould. Messra
Howard and Frank Gould. Mrs. Nosthrop.