The sun., 1897-11-01
ENboF THE PUBLIC cEREMoNY.

The uafalque ut the City Hall In Breoklyr-
Crowds Eager to Touch It.
Itss 9:15 o'clock when the catafalque reach
cd y City Hall in Brooklyn. At 8 o'clock.
shor after word had reached tho police at tho
City ALI that the procession wss crossing
tho tdge and that Henry Georges body
wast pom Brooklyn soil, tho great new
bell vcr the City Hall began to toll
EvQytwenty seconds it sent it's sonorous
note nging out over the City of Churches,
whStby this time thousands upon thousands
Of pNrns had gathered to do honor to the dead
As F as 1880 o'clock the people had begun to
gatnpat the Brooklyn end of the bridge and
at Per points OF vantage along the line
OF Ah in Brooklyn. The broad, many.stepped
Btai ny in front of the City Hall itself was
croV 6i Mt even an earlier hour. and these all
reni led until the last Of the ceremonies was
end b
A tG Superintendent OF Police McRellar
and bluecoats had kept way open for the fu-
nerd recession. and cleared Washington street
OF tsey cars by turning the Dc Kalb avenue
carr lio Fulton street from the City Hall to tho
brid8t Tho broad paved walk in front Of
the pf Hall, between the stairs and tho foun-
qai1l ad been kept clear. and now as tho
runqt train halted for a moment at the north.
ern erance to this way, the police escort and
civiliss who followed it, under Col. Waring won't
clatteng across or their horses, breaking
intotb slow notes Of the big tolling bell with
the hbrp ring of ironclad hoofs on the pavement.
Hourhe leaders of the funeral horses forced
then nto wide-curved line and in solemn
ordfrhe fiower-decked catafalque was moved
forvPa until II stood directly opposite tho
cenfn Of the City Hall steps and close to tho
essten edge Of tho walk. Here it halted for
hui havn n
,wasf,5ecome just one Q, them again and in the
lasttaes of his funeral none should take part
,THeiallbearers formed in order to the right Of
the the k.aialq9e, and then the long line OF car
ihs Whn the 81 d SsP to
w6a arched from the Grand Central Palace.
but tliso numbered many hundreds. As they
mniGkd past the coffin uncovered high over
he bs tbsg
mnretns columns was like to the soldiers
funenl dirge Of flies and muffied drums.
thusiarebed past, and. as soon as Tho end Of
Hsnr sorEs the f1n body Of
home' at For. Hamilton. The flowers
which adorned the catnfalque were lifted
d@d the corpsc TWO carriage s load loads tS Of the
caliRarers. also followed the body, but tho
ers vac taken to Fort Hamilton in palace troll.
ley .an which Mr.. Tom johnson had in waiting.
=, Bh& and naked, the catafaloue now was all
thauws left of the pageantry OF the day. Its
howtE were gone, and nothing remained it's
iorntG splcndor except n circet of palm on
either siue and a few rosettes Of tho black
covdhg cloth. The crowd had been respectful
and @sy to keep in shape until this
tim4 but now, the body gone, they lost
rest FAINT, pressed through the police lines and
1llep every inch Of the space about the cata-
falqEe Toward this they pressed wildly. elbow
ing thsir way, Soon their purpose was evident.
As thF passed each person put out hand and
rubhisg i along the side of the bier which had
upheh Georges body. cried:
Ian put my hands on it il nothing more"
They passed by thousands for this purpose
and twas half an hour before the police could
get pace clear enough to enable the under.
takesb get away with the empty catafalque.
As tn crowd passed 1t, some members of It
tore !f bits OF the black cloth and others
carried of bits of the palms and rosettes for
keepelkes. Pair by pair the sixteen horses had
also ben disappearing, and now with only one
team attached the denuded catafalque disap.
pearsdand the public funeral of Henry George