The record-union., 1896-10-26
The Governor, State Officials, Military
and Citizens Attend It.
Ceremonies and q Funeral
Grafton by General Evans-A Dem
yer rlan Sees His Wife and Five
Children DrOWn-Six Prisoners
Escape From the Louisville Jail
Two Pittsburg Safe-Crackers Are
Betrayed to the Officers by an Ac-
COmpliCe.
cOnplice.

MACON (Ga.), Oct. 25.-The remains
Cf eX-Speaker Charles F. Crisp We're
Inferred in Oak Grove Cemetery in
AmericuS this afternoon at twilight
The funeral train bearing the body
of Georgia's dead statesman left At
lanta at 1880 a. M, arriving at At
Gus, his home, at p. m. The caSket,
placed in a special car, under a guard
of honor, had a full glass front so that
his familiar face and form could be
viewed by those who loved and hon
ored him in life and now revere his
memory in death The massive caSket
as enShrined in the Silken folds of a
United States flag, while floral tributes
Of love covered the walls of the car
and We're piled in very available space.
In the same car, in a closed apartment,
were members of the family. At vari-
Gus stations along the route people
tkronged by thousands and We're per-
rcitted to take last look at their de-
Parted friend
The remains were accompanied by
Governor Atkinson and staff, delega-
tiCns from Atlanta and other cities of
the State, members of the Georgia Bar
Association, Hon. Hoke Smith, ex-Sec-
retary of the Interior, ex-senator
Walsh of Augusta; congressman
Charles Bartlett and d. G. Black, ex-
Congressman Barnes, a military escort
c commissioned officers of the Fifth
Georgia Regiment and several hundred
citizens contributed by the towns wher-
ever the train stopped.
When the train arrived at Americus
the entire population Of the city had
gathered at the depot. The vast as
81 mblage stood in silence with uncov-
cred heads to show their respect and
grief for the dead. The tolling bells Of
the city added to the solemnity of the
occasion.
The casket was conveyed from the
special car to the hearse, which was
drawn by four black horses, each led
by a sabled groom.
The Americus Light Infantry and a
delegation of forty citizens preceded the
hearse, and the procession started to
the Methodist Church. The buildings
alcng the line of march were draped in
mourning.
At $3.50 p. m. the funeral service be-
e n. The deep. mellow tones Of the
organ pealed forth a funeral dirge while
the people were assembling in the
Shall Sleep, But Not Forever After
reading appropriate passages of Scrip
ttire and Offering prayer, General Glenn
ent A. Evans delivered a funeral ora
tic n. His tribute to the deceased was
inpre;sively touching AS a comrade
In arms in Virginia and a close friend
in time Of peace, he knew we'll the
worth and character of the man he
eulogized. His reference to the emf
nence Mr.. Crisp attained in his Con-
gressional career was free from any
display Of fulsome laudation. but told
in that simplicity which always marked
the even tenor of the life of the man
Georgia mourns No higher tribute
ct rld be paid a national character nor
is there one who more justly deserved
it.
The remains were then convened to
the cemetery. Dwellings along the
route were draped. The procession
passed by the house in which the Crisp
family dwelt years ago. Friends had
placed large arch over the gateway
on which were the words: His old
home" People lined the sidewalks from
the church to the cemetery