The herald., 1895-10-17
TIE FUNERAL Of mcguire
1t Was Largely Attended by the
Police and MasOns
BODY IS TO BE CREMATED
II Was Placed in the Cemetery VcuIt
Temporarily
Tie Remains Viewed at Masonic Hall, Where
Preliminary Services Were Held-The
Masonic Ritual ct the Cemetery

The funeral of John F. Masuire &C.
Cured yesterday afternoon under the
auspices of the local order of Free and
Accepted Masons, Los Angeles lodge, No.
A. Tho lodge conducted the entire SER
vices, no minister being present.
After the verdict of the coroner's jury
was returned the remains we're turned
over 10 Orr & Patterson to be embalm ed.
and yesterday were taken to the Masonic
hall at 1851 South Spring street. Here
about forty or more members of that or
der met TO attend the last rites over their
departed brother The preliminary SER
vices were first held, only the members
being admitted, after which the doors
were thrown open and the friends of the
deceased allowed to view the remains.
The body was incased in walnut casket.
There were no flowers whatever about the
casket.
Shortly before clock the mem bers of
the police department not engaged at
work reported at the station in full uni.
form, and headed by Chief Glass marched
to the Masonic hall ana took farewell
view of their brother officer. Captain
Roberts, SArgeants Morton, Jeffries and
pIHiII attcuNcb, pOtH tuC ~ OiiiihH
and night squads to the lumber OF sixty.
Officer Hill carried the department flag,
which was draped.
After they had seen the remains the
police officers marched to the street, form.
Ing in line. The Musons came next and
then the hearse, with the pall-bearers
walking on either side. They were Ed
d. Gibson, A. T. McInnis, H. Fenton,
u. Goth elf, Charles Hall and +. Van
lew. Heaoed by CHIEF Glass, the funeral
cortege proceeded down Spring street and
to the corner of Fifth street and Broad
way, where the men got into carriages
and were driven to Rosedale cemetery.
| Arriving there the line OF march was
once more established and the body es-
| corted to the cemetery vault. When near
| the door of the vault the police separated
and formed an aisle through which the
Masons and the hearse passed. The
casket was next deposited in front of the
| vault. a line was formed around the
body by the Masons and the police were
drawn in circle on the outside OF them.
| Worshp iul Master C. F. A. Last then
read the regular Masonic burial service,
the members of the order joining in the
responses. 1t was most impressive
throughout. At the conclusion the re-
mains were placed in one OF the inches
of the vault to await cremation tomor-
row.
1t had at first been supposed that the
remains would have been cremated, but
as 1t requires fully thirty hours in which
to heat the furnace this part of the SER
vices had to be postponed. Chief Glass
and Mr.. Last decided that the cremation
would be held at 8 O'Clock tomorro
morning, when representatives OF boJh
the police and the Masons will be pres
ent.
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tended outside of the Masons and police.
Ono of the strangest things of the entire
affair was the tact that of all the Lewis
inmlly only the father was present.
MR.. LEWIS STATEMENT.
Mr.. Jacob Lewis, the father of Belle
Lewis, the young woman whose name
has been connected with the Mcguire
case, is greatly aggrieved over the pub
lcity his family has got in the sad affair.
He denies most positively, as he old ut
the coroner's inquest, that he received
any money from Mcguire on Saturday
night, and this assertion is believed to be
the truth. Lewis also denies that Ma
guire helped to start him in business and
saws that he was assisted by Haas. Bar
UGH d Co., Kasper Cohn and H. W.
Regarding the letter which arrived
from his daughter, Belle, for Mcguire
the morning of the inquest, Mr.. Lewis
positively asserts that he knew nothing
of any relations batween Belle and Ma
cuire other than that they had heen good
friends. If they were engaged he did not
know it. They all had known Mcguire for
tho last thirteen years, and held him in
the highest esteem as friend and as
man.
His daughter went east to visit rela-
tives. and had written for money with
which to return hoIne.
Mr.. Lewis still believes that Mcguire
was murdered, as he testified before the
coroner's jury.
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