St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-24
FUNERAL OF AN ANARCHIST
LONDON POLICE FELLOW THE c0RTEcs
TO THE GRAVE.
FIERY CREATIONS FORBIDDEN

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. Very Peculiar Funeral.
LONDON, Feb. 23.-The undertaken
establishment OH Chapel street where
the remains of Bourdin. the anarchist
who was fatally injured OH Feb. Is, lie,
was surrounded by crowds of excited
spectators, including many anarchists,
from the earliest morning hours. This
was the day fixed for the funeral of
Bourdin, and many people anticipated
a IIotouS demonstration. The author
tiles had determined that there should
be no rioting if the police could prevent
II, and therefore there was a strong
force OF police and detectives stationed
in and about Chapel street, and when
the anarchists attempted to remove the
body 10 II of their meeting places in
FltZroy square, where they intended
that their leaders should deliver ora
tions over the remains, the police inter-
fered. and forbade the carrying out of
this progra anime. In addition. the po-
lice orde red the cortege to proceed to
Finchley cemetery by another route.
All the windows Of the houses along
HS - WV SuuCQ III ditGlCipd-
ton of a serious conflict between the
police and the anarchists. The Chapel
street undertaken yesterday received a
card upon which was written: beware
of an anti-anarchist bomb at the MUIR
derer's funeral" The hearse was fol-
lowed by one coach. and started through
the dense crowds surrounded by mount
ed police. The superintendent of police,
who was in charge of the funeral, re-
fused to allow any vehicles other than
the solitary coach TO follow the hearse
on It's way to the cemetery, and the
PONCE ALSO REFUSED
to allow any procession to follow the
remains. This, however, did not pie
vent a large numb r of people from
following the body of the anarchist on
its way to its last resting place, but they
were compelled to take different routes
to the cemetery. or else followed very
far behind the hearse. Previous to the
departure of the hearse a crowd of
anarchists displayed a red flag, and be-
came in other Ways entirely Toe demon.
StaLive. This caused the police to make
a charge in the direction of the red flag.
and, after a short %Scuff1e, the banner of
anarchy was captured and carried away
to the nearest police station. Shortly
after this another" red flag was thrown
to the breeze. Again the police turned
their attention to the red bunting,
another short scuffle between the
anarchists and the policemen ensued,
and the second flag was captured and
sent to keep company with the first one
displayed. While the police were capt
urlng the anarchist flags, the hearse
containing the remains of Bourdin
started for the cemetery. The crowd
which was present about Chapel street,
as the
HEARSE MOVED AWAY,
were by no means composed of anar-
chists. Here and there were groups of
individuals, male and female. of foreign
appearance or defiant bearing, who
might be reasonably supposed to be
sympathiZers with the theories which
led Bourdin to his doom, but the great
majority of those present were persons
who had been guided to the scene by
pure curiosity, or by a desire to wit
ness a battle between the police and
anarchists. Everybody expected
trouble. n all had come prepared for
a disturbance. The men, as a rule,
carried heavy walking sticks, and the
police had large reserve forces stationed
at convenient points within easy call,
and ready to march upon the disturbers
OF the peace at very short notice. Inside
the undertaker;S establishment only the
dead mans brother. s~iSter-in-laW and a
few other persons were admitted, and
the detectives who mingled by hundreds
among the persons assembled in the
neighborhood had strict orders to watch
persons who might be supposed likely
to be CARRYING bombs. Here and there
among the crowd could be heard strong
expressions condemning the anarchists
IL asserting that BOurdin richly de-
served his fate. Others pronounced
themselves as being in favor of hanging
all anarchists to the nearest lamp-poSt,
and one man who shouted "Vive Pam
archie" as the hearse was moving away
was so roughly handled by the people
around him that he was
A MASS OF RAGS.
and bruises when he succeeded in es-
Gaping. After the hearse had proceed.
ed about a mile on It's way to the GENE
terry the crowds pressed SO closely
around 1t that the mounted and foot
police had considerable difficulty in
keeping the people back from the route:
and though the authorities may have
succeeded in preventing a procession
from following close behind the hearSe
they certainly did not succeed in pre-
venting two professions from accom-
panying Bourdin'S remains part of tine
way to the grave, one procession stream
ing along through the streets to the
right of the route followed by the hearse,
and the other trailing along to the left
OF the route. Mourning badges and red
necktleS could be seen, but in the main
the crowds were composed of PEG
pie only anxious not to miss
seeing the anticipated commotion
between the police and friends of the
lead anarchist. Eventually. however,
the police mustered III such strong force
across the routes leading to the ceme-
terry that the crowds were brought TO a
s%tandstill. and finally the hearse pro-
ceeded on its way almost without any
following. the sensation seekers being
slowly but firmly driven backwards and
almost dispersed. Owing to the display
of police force, only about 500 persons
were present at the cemetery when the
body reached the grave. AS the re-
mains were lowered into the earth an
aiiarchistic leader named Quinn made
an attempt to address the crowd. He
was hoisted upon the shoulders of some |
OF his friends and mad just begun with: |
MEN and brothers: The remains of !!
another martyr have just"
That was all of the grafton which was |
heard, for Quinn and his friends were
roughly charged upon by the police, and
the orator was seized and removed from
the cemetery by two policemen.
During The afternoon a crowd COM
posed of medical students and Others
marched to the Autonomie club. the re-
cent headquarters of the anarchists. and
smashed all the windows Of that estab-
lishment, while threatening to burn il
to the ground. A force of police was
hastily sent to the spot and succeeded
in saving the building, and restored