The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-05

Nav YoRE, July 4.-Dr BnchanSn,'
the wiismurderer, was yesterday buried
in EvergreouS cemetery. Fow mourn-
era accompanied the body to tho grave.
His faithful wife, who succeeded tho
murdered one, and who fought so hard
to save his life, with three OF her friends
and Counselor Gibbons, were not the
only persons who witnessed the inter
menl. Mrs, Buchanan disappointed
the morbid crowd that had collected at
the cemetery by remaining in a closely
closed coach, The women in the crowd
shed crocodile tears as the coffin was
lowered and tue earth was thrown in.
The scene was made revolving by these
morbid individuals, and appeared I'M.
worthy OF nineteenth century clviIiza'
tion.
All yesterday morning crowds Of curl.
Gus persons tiocked into the under
takers shop Of Anthony Hume, where
the body OF the murderer lay, and
viewed tho remains. So largo was the
crowd that 1t took several policemen to
keep II in order, II is estimated that
fully 1000 people viewed the body from
the time Il arrived from Sing Slug to
the time Of the funeral.
The funeral service was to have been
held at o'clock, but was delayed hall
an hour by the non-arrival OF Mrs,
Buchanan. She came at ESQ o'clock,
accompanied by her friends, DR.. and
Mrs. Griffin, Of Halifax, n, s, aud Mrs.
J. @. Gomez,
She kept up wonderfully we'll while
passing from the carriage to the house
through the curious crowd, but she fell
into a sWoOn on entering the room
where the body lay, and did not recover
for some minutes. The room, which
was filed with people, was cleared by
the police.
The Rev. DR.. Halsey. OF the Spring
street Presbyterian church, read tho
service for the dead and concluded it
with short address, 10 which Ito said:
"To-day our hearts go ont in sympathy
with the good mau who was taken away
from Us, for our brother has been
wronglully accused by an unjust tri.
bunal. Let US bury with him the things
that have been said about MS hard lot,
and let US strew his grave with the
flowers Of forgiveness"
Before the lid OF the coffin was closed
Mrs. Buchanan threw herself over tho
remains, kissed the backened lips and
burned forehead again aud again, and
between her sobs moaned:
"Oh Bob. poor Bob! Won't you
wake up and speak to me2 My own
poor BobW
Mrs. Gomez gently lcd her away. and
tho undertaker's assistants fastened tho
coffin and carried 1t to the hearse. A
large number OF women with babies in
their arms and little tots hanging onto
their dresses were gathered about the
steps. As Mrs. Buchanan passed thom.
Iobbing aloud, these women groaned
derisiysiy and Knocked her grief.
Mrs. Buchanan and her three friends
occupied the first coach. The other
coaches contained Counselor Gibbons,
the murderer's lawyer, Undertaken
Huhne aud several reporters
At Evergreen Cemetery, whero the
interment took place, the scene was even
more revolving than at the underwriters
shop. The grave Is situated on Bethel
slope, the latest addition 10 the grounds.
It Is In this section that tho single
graves are located. Buchanan's grave
was one Of ten, ali in row, with Moth
ing but six-inch wall OF dirt gepara.
ting them, that were dug yesterday. In
tho morning UndertaEer Hume called
With tho outer box for the coffin and
placed il on two beams over tho grave.
IA early as o'clock the morbid curios-
ity seekers began to arrive. By ESQ
o'clock fully 100 were standing in the
broiling sun about tue grave
Many OF them had children with
them, and these amused themselves by
throwing pebbles at the box to hear
tho hollow sound 1t omitted, Several
women, with babies, sat on tho knoll!
formed OF the earth from the grave and
patiently awaited thn urriva! OF tho
murderer's body. A crowd even larger
In numbers gathered about tho come
terry Office.
A reporter was at the grave when the
procession entered tho ground. The
drst sign OF the arrival Of the body was
a crowd OF men, women aud children,
who came running heller skeltor down
the slope from the Office. In suCh q
hurry were thoy TO reach tho spot and
secure favorable positions for witness.
ing tho interment that they deserted
the roadway and ran over tho graves,
knnrsing oyar floral DleCel and utterly