The evening world., 1894-06-19
.EULOGY FOR WALTER.
His Principal Speaks Of the Muir
dere1 Boys Virtues.
To Be Buried with His Suicide
Father in Greenwood.
Little Forshay's Classmates VIII
Attend the Funeral.

When the 400 boys before him had fin
| ished singing MY Country" which is
| the praise hymn of the school, Prof.
A. J. Whiteside, Principal OF Grammar
School No. 8. in King street. turned to
his young audience this morning and
broke the routine exercises with a little
address.
There sat with you yesterday" said
he. 'in that seat yonder (pointing to a
vacant bench), a boy whom you all
knew. He met here with you every
morning, and Joined in these songs, and
was with many of you In the classes Of
the day.
you knew him best from his faithful
II not brilliant attention to his duties,
his quiet demeanor and excellent con-
duct. He will never meet with you
again in this classroom nor return
your good cheer In this life.
He left the school with you yester-
day as full uf hope and happiness as
any Of you. Within the threshold Of his
home the hand OF an insane father lay
| In waiting upon a messenger of death,
and before mortal aid could interfere
more
The Principal closed mis- address with
| a moral lesson. and the statement that
the boys of the school would doubtless
| concert upon some observance Of the
| memory. of their dead classmate. w
The object Of the schoolmaster's little
| eulogy lay then in black box by the
side Of larger box containing his faith
er's body. In the rear room Of simple
IN nurderins I'd ri an his son ssfees Walter and
blowing out his own brains, as told ex-
elusiveiy In the latest edition Of yester-
Forshay has plunged his neighborhood.
church circle and school district into a
great state Of excitement. He and his
quarter. through a combination of long
| residence, misfortunes and conspicuous
virtues, that the tragedy has produced
| profound effect.
father was a really good man, and the
boy lovable little chap who had the
interest and good will Of everybody; 1t
of the case to-day and struggling with a
feeling of resentment against the father,
although they know his irresponsibility.
why couldn't he spare the boy?" is
He didn't spare the boy, for he shot
him three times through the head be-
fore putting an end to his own ex-
istence.
The murderer and suicide was forty
three years old. During the thirty-fve
years OF his residence In vandam street street
trious and particularly pious man; SO
marked were his religious procliyities
he gas eaHd by orshaS Of
He was a member of the Macdougal
Street Baptist Church, as were his wife
and two sons. Forshay for many years
blew the organ bellows duHng service.
About a year ago Mrs; Forshay, re-
turning from shopping tour one even.
ing, was seized with heart failure at
6efore faf eos she e"s sank % to the floor and ex:
pired.
made a sort of shrine of his dead wife's
picture contemplating 1t for hours at q
time.
spiritualistIc hymn, "Beautiful Beck,
oning Hands," which, without much sen
timent OF devotion to the Deity, paints
loved ones to those still In this life.
The song will move sane man who
is suffering under recent bereayemenIt
astrous upon the shallow reason Of the
wide wer This song was almost con.
stantly upon his lips and when ne hearc arc
who Temporarily filled DR.. Knapp's pull
pit at the Macdougal Street Church las
Sunday night he was powerfully moved
after the death nsa oef Of his wife remained
home in charge Of the house while hi
elder son. James, aged nineteen years
was at work. and the younger boy
) Although James contributed chiefly t,
! the family support. Walter was the ia
vorte. Not long ago Forshay said tt
James that he wouln soon join mothe
and would take Walter along with him
1t was thus that while half stunned
with grief James confessed himself a
not altogether surprised at the tragedy.
. Forshay seems to have waited 70
Walter In the kitchen, and called tn
boy in as he returned from school las
evening.
ants, and when they ran to the seen
they found Walter gasping his last upol
the floor, with three bullets through hi
head, and the father sitting dead in
chair, with one shot through his tenn
ple. On the table before him was a pic
ture OF the dead wife. and upon It
r small bunch OF freshly cut flowers.
A The SON James, n manly young fellow
, passed the night alone in the lodging
with the bodies of his father and brother
z The funeral will be held Thursday a
d Greenwood Cemetery. and father an
: son will be buried. as the suicide re
: quested, In the same grave with tn
| mother.
About fifty OF young Forshay's school
mates called this morning and locke
upon his dead face, as peaceful a
though In sleep. The lad was membe
of the Baptist cadets Of the school. an
i that organization. as well as other pupil
10 will send flowers and attend the funers
in a body.