The Princeton union., 1896-01-02
= Remains
HARRY T. HAYWARD.
H.
Destination, Chicago.

Ihen they would glance swiftly and know
ngly at. each other and realize that the
mysterious box enclosed all that was NOR
"a OF the late Harry Hayward, the MUIR
ierer OF catherine Cling. The news of the
arrival OF the body soon spread through
the depot, and every man who could leave
ais post for moment came to view the
box.
The object Of so much attention arrived in
Cnlcago from Minneapolis this morning at
3:SO O'Clock over the Milwaukee. It was
aItea from the train and placed upon the
Truck. Ihen 1t was taken into the base
nent baggage room, placed upon the ele-
vator ana lifted to the main baggage room
lnd wheeled out on the sidewalk.
Taken to the Cemetery.
Inere 1t rested for some fifteen minutes.
wnen tall and portly man entered the
Tor the transfer Of the body to the suburban
train OF the Milwaukee, which runs to
Graceland cemetery from this city. This
man was N. F. Warner, a Minneapolis un.
dertaker, who was in charge of the BODY
ana Its cremation He passed through the
St%lcket % gate and waited. He began to grow
impatient, and the hour for the train to de.
part was drawing near, when all at once a
renewed look was seen to :overspread7 his
race, and DR.. Thaddeus Hayward, and Harry
Hoodseil, cousin of the dead man, an.
proached and all exchanged glances, and
then 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
tnree men boarded the train sand sat con-
sersing in a low tone during the trip.
-, When the train stopped at the entrance
TO the cemetery the cart on which the cof
hns are placed was showed up and the box
lifted out. The station master and two at
tendants 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 tes
When the little chapel, beneath which !.
the crematory. was reached the body was
carried to the basement. where are the
huge furnaces. There were to be no serv
Ices or prayers. The attendants unscrewed
the lid OF the outer box and the coffin was
lifted out. It was covered with black cloth,
and on the silver plate was engraved:
~+--@ "At Rest"
The lid Of the coffin was removed and the
little group pressed closer. Through the
glass was seen the face of young man.
handsome even in death. The eyes were
closed as naturally as though in sleep,
but the mouth was partially open giving
a weird expression to the lower part OF
the face. The forehead and side of the
head were darkened, showing where the
physicians had examined the brain. Tears
came to the eyes of: the brother and cousin
when they looked at the clay-like face, but
except for the moistening Of their eyes
for a moment neither gave way to his
emotion. ~ ..a. .-. -. s.<
Young Goodsell asked for lock OF
Harrys 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 sombel
black, -casket was lifted to the trusses. the
oven doors were opened and two. attend
ants hastily pushed the corpse into Its
little group who had been watching alb
stractedly stood for few moments without
uttering a word and then as II by one
accord separated about the cemetery tc
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 2 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 ir
an urn and given to the dead mans brother
DR.. Hayward.
Undertaken Warner took charge of thu
ashes which were placed in a stone re
ceptacle and returned to Minneapolis.