New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-10
FCNERdL or ROBERT ROSS.
THE ENTIRE CITY IN MOURNING FOR THE
DEAD MAN
rAcroRr,s CLOSED. BUILDINGS DRAPED AND
THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE MANIFEST THEIR
GRIEF-THE BODY LAY ~ sTATE-ELO-
oUENT ErLOGIEs OF THE DEAD.

yet this afternoon thousands or MS toWnspeopIc
strove to 10 honor to all that was loft Of once
strong upright sincere and manly man. on last
Tuesday morning in company with his brothers.
Robert Ross started to 60 to his polling-place to
perform his duty as a true and loyal citizen. lie
first cast his ballot and then. good citizen
should. he united with others Of his kind to pre-
vent the debauchery Of the elective franchise,
through which It was expected to run up
majority Of votes for Francis J. Moloy. the can
didate Of Edward Murphy. jr.. for Mayor Of this
city 4 few hours after ne left his home to do
his duty as a citizen he was cruelty murdered
while endcavorlng to protect the ballot-boX. He
fell a martyr To- the cause of pure elections, and
to-day all that could be done by the people Of this
city who are free from the tyranulcal domination
Of Edward Murphy jr. to show their reverence
for the man and the causc for which he died, was
done.
CITY ~ MOURNING.
In great measure this city to-day was place
~ mourning It may seem strange yet it is
true. that 50 fearful have many Of tho men Of
Troy become Of the power Of Murphy that even
on an occasion Of mourning such this they
did not dare outwardv to show their grief. But,
fortunately for the future Of Troy there still
thousands of men and women who dave defy
the overbearlng boss in other matters as well
as I'm this and they lined the streets draped
their homes and places Of business with mourn
ing emblcrns. placed their flags AZ half-mast.
closed their shops their stores and their factories
for the day and in these and many other way
publicly testified 10 the sorrow which they feel
at the loss of a worthy citizen and their shame
at the manner of his death because Of the
causes which led up to II. Fully 10000 people
took part in one way or another in the funeral
services
Had a stranger reached here this morning
having no knowledge OF the tragedy which took
place on Tuesday last he would instantly have
known that something Of an unusual nature had
happened or was about t. happen. He would
have seen. too. that IL was something Of an
ceedlusiy solemn nature. for nearly every one
mot bore upon his or her countenance an ex-
preston which told As plainly words posi-
bly, could tell IT that deep-seated sorrow
resting over everything In the cars on the
street, in the hotels and in places II business
there was a solcmn,y unusual for this gay and
noisy city Men talked in whispers. and bright
faced shop girls for once went about in com
p..a.se qneD nature also. united with hu-
mahity IN exhibitions Of grief for most Of the day
heavy cloud overhung the city though an
effort were being made to hide It from the
Of the world.
TflOt-sANDs LOOK TPON THE DEAD.
At the hour AT which the body of the murdered
man was % be removed from his home to the
church where IT WAS to he In state for two
hours previous to the funeral services. from all
directions came the people of this city. hoping
for an opportunity to have only one brief glance
at the face Of him who is looked upon
martyr 10 the cause OF honest elections. and
whose death. cruel and dastarlly as IL was. was
the natural outcome OF the methods heretofore
employed by the man who now is known as
Senator OF the United States to keep within his
rcrnorse,ss clutches this municipality.
From noon until > o'clock this afternoon the
body lay In state I'm the Oakwooi Avenue Pres
bytcrian Church. II was guarded 10y squad
II men from the Busscy Fire Company. volun-
tecr organization. of which Robert Ross was
/ member. IL first was intended To call upon the
Murphy municipal police 90 guard the body Of
the dead but the suggestion that these men.
who failed do their duty In protecting the polls
and the workers and watchers at them. should
guard in death one whom they would not guard
and protect In life aroused storm of ndigna
ton throughout the entire city The arrange
mcn:s wisely were changed In this regard All
who could do 50 I'm the two houIa' time in which
the body lay in state were permitted to pass
by ii and look for the last time upon the
young heros face. Many hundreds thus were
allowed 10 see him.
shortly after ? O'Clock the coffin was sealed and
taken To the Second Presby terrain Church. whore
the funeral services were 10 be held. The hcarse
carrying the body Of young Ross made slow prog
rcss through the dense mass of people who packed
the streets practically from house to house The
utmost good order prevailed. however and every
one assisted in making passageway for IT, As
the hearse moved slowly toward the church
where the services were to be held, hats were
raised and heads uncovered until 1t had passed
ont OF sight
SERVICES IN CHURCH.
The services in the Second Presbyterian Church
were opened with a selection by the Mendelssohn
Quartet composed OF Thomas lmpett and Will
tam Ranken. tenors. and Henry q. Harris and
4. f. Decker bassos. The Rev George Fairlee,
Of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. pro-
nounccd the invocation The Rev. r. d. William
SON. of the United Presbyterian Church. read the
lxivth Psalm, after which the Rev. Herbert c.
Kinds. Of the Ninth Presbyterian Church, offered
"A prayer. Scripture selections were read by the
Rev w H. Sybrandt, OF the lakewood Avenue
PRESBYTERIAN Church. After the singing of a solo,
BE Thou Faithful Unto Death the Rev. Dr.
j. w Ford pronounced the euogy. The services
ended with the bonediction by the Rev. Hector
Hall pastor OF the Second Presbyterian Church.
Among those present at the funeral We're
Mayor Whcan. Fire Commissioners Mcdonnell
and Peckham and Chiefs Byron. Green and
Salisbury. The Republican club Of Troy
was present in n body. and a large delegation Of
citizens from the Thirteenth Ward occupied
seats i'm the church.
The funeral procession to and from the church
/ was headed by carriages containing members
of the Bussey Fire Company. me hearst was
guarded ON each side by three carriages with
members of the Russey Company. Then came
carriages containing horal tributes ana the
Busscy Company hose wagon, containing noral
sarcophagus. This beautiful design was four feet
long. two feet four inches wide ana four feet
high The background Of the design was Of
white inmortall.s and contained on two sides ia
/ blue imnortelles the name and age OF the ie-
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