New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-16
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
THEY QUARRELLED AT THE FUNERAL
A DIVORCED WIFE AND THE WIDOW AND FAM
lily OF EDWARD C. oDELL DISPUTE FOR
pprcEDENCE AS MOURNERS.

. DIVORCED WIFE AND THE WIDOW AND FAM
u.y OF EDWARD c. oDELL DISPUTE FOR
PRECEDENCE AS MoURNERs.
cu,,.u.,,. oxc,tenant was occasoned at the
,,,,orol ~ Edward C. Oder OF No. 159 Eleventh-st.
Yesterday afternoon on account of the dispute be
tween n divorced wife and Odelrs widow ana ram
fly for precedence mourners Policemen were
present and maintained order. They hau peen IN
formed that there might he unpleasantness' and
there doubtless would have been something ap
nroachlnr violence but for their presence
Mr. odeu died on September H. He was an old
and trusted employe I'm a New-York brokers' Office
and his circle OF friends was large. lie belonged
10 Court Rosedale OF Foresters, and washington
Conclave X s +. and delegations from these soc-
cites attended the funeral Mrs Rose LOWING VI
no 2s5A seven,eenth-st.. was Mr.. OdelFs second
uIre un,u an. secured an absolute divorce from
him about twelve years ago She bore him two
daughters who are now Mrs. Annie Crowley or
Nlnth-st and Mrs. Alicia Murphy OF EieVehth-st
Odeu had three children. Joseph, Catherine and
Mary by his first wife
The second marriage was unhappy ana an es-
,rargenoent followed Odell was forbidden 70 marry
again when wife No secured her divorce but six
months after the separation he took Miss Catherine
the present widow Jersey city and there married
her after which he returned to South brooklyn ana
lived near the home OF wife No z Mrs. Dowiing
The last wife harbored the three children OF Odes
James and Edwin. Three months ago odel was
taken sick with cancer OF the stomach and died last
Wednesday.
HIS last wife never told her relatives that she
had been married to a divorced man, and as all the
parties attend the same Roman Catholic church'
there was something Of a scandal when Mrs down.
ing wife No. 2. had inserted In BROOKLYN paper
the following death notice.
oDF1I.-At his residence. No. l5s Eeventh-st. Edwin
C. odeil husband Of Rose odel and father OF Alicia
and Annie Odell.
Funeral on Sunday at o'clock p m from above ad
dress; thence to Holy Cross Cemetery for nterment
wife NO. 3 had inserted in the same paper yester-
day morning the following:
ODTI.I.-On september H. 1898. Edwin C. Oden. the
beloved husband Of Catherine Odell and father OF Jo-
seph Catherine. alary, James. Edwin and Elizabeth
Oden
Funeral from tho residence Catherine Oie. No l5o
Eleventh ST, Sunday September IL. at p m.
While the widow was temporarily away from the
Eleventh-st house Saturday. Annie and Alicia.
daughters OF Mrs Rose Bowling. called. accompa-
MED 10y two policemen They viewed the body OF
their father but their action deeply ncensed all the
Odells
At the house yesterday at O'Clock one hour be
fore the time set for the funeral there were two
policemen of the Eighth Precinct In plain clothes
They were stationed at the front door. and Rounds
man Clark and two other officers In uniform were
on the sidewalk Shortly after o'clock Mrs. bowl
coach. drove up to the house. Their ring was an
swered by Joseph Odell.
Go away from here at once, said he. you're
not wanted. You can't come in.
I'VE will 20 In" said Mrs. bowling. and with
that she boied for the door The police stopped her
and wrangle followed, while the street hled with
people. The shut with Mrs. Downing and
her daughters on the outside. In few minutes
they rang again and Joseph Ode again appeared
and once warned them off.
Another parley was held. and through the media
ton OF the police the daughters OF Mrs. Downing
allowed to see their fathers body. Mrs. BOWL
ing admitted
She angry returned to her coach. which con
tanned A large floral pillow which she had brought
TO place with other flowers In the house. By pre-
vioIs ARRANGEMENT with the cOachman, her carriage
was then driven up directly behind the palbearers,
a space which had been reserved for the more I'M
mediate members Of the family. This act was no.
ticed by the Odes from behind closed shutters.
Joseph Odell sprang down the steps and seized the
horses by the bits. The coachman threatened him
II he id not let the horses alone. ROundsman Clark
and his men again nterfered. and after another
wrangle Mrs. Dowlings carriage was made the
fourth in a string OF twelve. The burial was In
Holy Cross Cemetery.