The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-30

and warm friend of Judge Knapp, fol-
lowed DR.. Demarest. His remarks were
not long, but were highly eulogistic.
The Rev. Mr.. johnson closed the eulo-
gies. He said his acquaintance with
Judge knapp had not been as extensive
us that Of DR.. Demarest and Mr.. Kramer.
but during the time he had known
him he had learned to love the
jurist; the Christian and the man. Mr..
johnson dwelt on the life of the Judge IN
the town he had chosen for home. re-
ferred to the love the children bore MIN
When until few years ago he was their
Sunday School uperintendent, and OF
the universal regard his neighbors mad
for him. The reverend gentleman referred
to the dramatic death of Judge Knapp and
said that no one could but envy the Judge
who died as Christian, in the perform
ance of his duty. He spoke of the intense
repugnance of Judge Knapp to any sus-
picion going abroad that he would in any
way countenance wrong doing by Grand
Jurors or others, directly or indirectly,
connected with the Courts of Justice,
and that when he died in the effort to ad-
minister justice pure and simple, death
overlook him in a noble act. He died
just at the time of life when years had
nearly reached the limit allotted to mau,
and when he had reached the highest
sphere in his earthly career"
Prayer followed these remarks and the
new MT. hTdUleE pIOuOuACCd q bSbutN-
tion. A fearful leave taking was had by
the 1000 poodle in the church and hun
dreds of others, who had been unable to
enter, did so when those who for last
time viewed the face of the dead man and
slowly left the church. Scarcely dry
eye was seen among the manv there.
The body was taken TO the Hackensack
Cemetery. formerly Ronder Hook. for in
terment, and many followed it to its last
resting place.
The four cars that had been set apart
to convey the people from this county TO
Hackensack brought the most OF them
home.
AMONG THE MoURNERs.
Besides those mentioned as pail bearers,
there were present from this county
Judge Lippincott, Lay Judges Paxton
and Hoffman, ex-Mayor Collins. john
Nugent, District Attorney Winfield, ex-
Judge Blair, William A. Lewis, James
Flemming, Washington B. Will
Jams, Corporation Counsel Edwards.
Asa Dickinson, eX-Judge Douglas,
Flavel MCGEE, w. H. Muirheid, Norman
l.. Rowe, ex-Judge Garretson. John Ba-
| cot. James B. Vredenburg, Otto Grouse
James Erwin. Charles Carrick, ex-J udge
Carrick, Jacob Weart. Charles G. Black,
Edward Russ, James E. Minturn, Judge
| DAILY, Judge McGrath, Judge Puster,
| Joseph NJ Noonan, John Fisher, Edward
| Gritten, Michael Kelleher. Charles Full
| ler and w, q. Cudlip, warren Dixon, w.
| H. Corbin, Charles l.. Corbin. John Den
min, Ex-Judge Roderick B. Seymour and
Max Salinger.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
At a meeting of the County Board for
the Equalization of Taxes, held for the
purpose, resolutions were adopted in re-
lation to Judge Knapp. They express
the Boards appreciation of his worth
and integrity as jurist, of his never fail
ing Willingness to aid and direct the
Board in the performance of its duties to
the public, of his persistent interest in
the material prosperity of the county of
Hudson, of his constant courtesy, IN
bending integrity and unseltish devotion
to the public welfare"
The Board also resolved to attend the
funeral in a body.