The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-02
Remains
HARRY L. HAYWARD.
Destination, Chicago.


Then they would glance swiftly and know
ihgly ut each other. and realize that the
mysterious box enclosed all that was NOR
tai OF the late Harry Hayward, the muir
derer or Catherine Cling. The news of the
ARRIVAL or the body soon spread through
the depot, and every man who could leave
MS post for n moment came to view the
box.
Inc object OF so much attention arrived In
ChlcaSo from Minneapolis this morning at
J:3o o'clock over the Milwaukee,. II was
lifted from the train and placed upon the
truck. Then 1t was taken into the base
neht baggage room. placed upon the ele-
Vator and lifted 10 the main baggage room
and wheeled out on the sidewalk.
Iakcn To the Cemetery.
iheFe IL rested for some fifteen minutes.
when a tall and portly man entered the
room with a policeman and gave directions
lor the transfer of the body 10 the suburban
train of the Milwaukee, which runs 70
Graceland cemetery from this city. This
man was y. +. Warner. a MinneanoIis nm.
dertaker' who was in charge of the body
ana It's cremation. He passed through the
ticket gate and waited. He began 70 grow
Impatient. and the hour for the train TO de-
part was drawing near, when all at once n
renewed look was seen to overSpread his
lace. and DR.. Thaddeus Hayward and Harry
"oodseil, a cousin of the dead man, ap-
preached and all exchanged glances, and
men boarded the train for Graceland.
AS soon as possible Mr.. Warner, who ac-
companied young Hayward and Goodsell,
had the plain wooden box containing the
body transferred to the train for Graceland
cemetery, and when this was arranged the
three men boarded the train and sat con-
VeIsing in Il low tone during the trim.
when the train stopped at the entrance
TO the cemetery the cart on which the cot
fins are placed was showed up and the box
llfted out. The station master and two at
PENDANTS from the cemetery were the only
ones to meet the train, and the corpse had
scarcely been removed when the train
pulled out.
Then the two attendants bent their backs
and commenced slowly pulling the little
cart with its heavy load across the tracks
into the cemetery. The three men who had
come from Minneapolis to take back with
them the ashes Of the dead man followed
behind with bowed heads and slow steps.
Sadly and slowly the little procession
wound its way along the gravel paths to
the CrematOry.
When the little chapel. beneath which is
tn" crematory. was reached the body was
carried To the basement. where are the
huge furnaces. There were to be no Scrv-
ices or prayers. The attendants unscrewcd
the lid Of the outer box and the coffin was
lifted out. 1t was covered with black cloth.
and on the silver plate was engraved:
4 Rest"
The lid OF the coffin was removed and the
little group pressed closer. Through the
glass was seen the face Of a young man.
handsome even in death. The eyes were
closed as naturally as though in sleep,
but the mouth was partially open. giving
n weird expression to the lower part of
the face. The forehead and side of the
head were darkened. showing where the
physicians had the brain. Tears
came TO the eyes of the brother and cousin
when they looked at the ~clay-likc face, but
except for the moistening of their eyes
for a moment neither gave way to his
emotion.
Young Goodse'l asked for a lock of
Harry's hair. but there was no tremor in
his voice as he made the request nor did
he vince when he took the moist scrap OF
hair from the undertaken. DR.. Hayward
said nothing, but all the time gazed steadily
at the form of his brother.
The silver trappings were taken from the
coffin, the glass laid aside, and the somber
black casket was lifted to the trusses, the
oven doors were opened and two attend
ants hastily pushed the corpse into it's
fiery bier. The doors were shut and the
little group VINO had been watching abb
stractedly stood for a few moments without
uttering a word and then as IL by one
accord separated about the cemetery to
await the consuming of the body.
The incineration occupied three hours and
fourteen minutes. The corpse was placed
on the sliding platform and pushed into the
intensely heated receptacle at 1:O6 o'clock.
At = o'clock the furnace was opened, the
plate on which the remains rested was
Withdrawn and the dust TO which he had
been reduced was gathered up. placed in
an urn and given to the dead mans brother,
DIR. Hayward.
Undertaken Warner took charge OF the
ashes which were placed in a stone re-
ceptacle and returned 10 Minneapolis.