The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
MOURNING WINFIELD.
Obsequies of the Dead Law
yer to Be Held To-
morrow Evening.
COMMUNITY DEEPLY SHOCKED
Prosecutor Erwin Formally An
nounces the Sad News in
Court Warm Tributes.

The arrangements for the burial of the
| late Charles H. WINFIELD who died yester-
| day morning at his home in Greenville,
| from heart failure, have been completed.
The body will be brought down from its
presenting resting place in the sitting
room on the second floor, tomorrow after
noon and will be placed in the parlor on
the first floor, which is in the southern
corner of the house. Mr.. Winfield will
| be laid to rest in an evening dress suit.
The casket will be of red cedar, covered
with black cloth. Ebony bars will be
| placed on the casket, which will be
trimmed with ball moulding. The interior
will be lined with white satin. The in
scription on the plate is to be an ebonized
| one will be:-"Charles H. Winfield, died
March 9. 1885, age 6S.''
| The funeral services will be held in
the parlor tomorrow evening at eight
| O'Clock Rev Paul D. Van Cleef, of the
Barrow Street Reformed Church; Rev. ].
c. Allen, of the Greenville Reformed
Church. and Rev P. Pockman of New
| Brunswick, will officiate.
The interment will take place in the
family plot at Plainfield on ( Saturday
| morning. There will be no pail bearers
and only the immediate relatives of the
| deceased will accompany the body to it's
final resting place. Undertaken Speer
has charge of the funeral arrangements
and the body will be taken to the depot
at the foot of Danforth avenue and placed
on board car of the Central Railroad.
The precise time has not yet been de-
| cided upon. ss
The news of the death of the late Prose
cutor yesterday caused a shock to the
community. 1t was wholly a surprise as
| none expected such sudden ending.
Resolutions of coincidence Were passed
last evening by number of clubs in this
city and will be sent to the family of the
deceased. Many such messages have al
ready been received by the family and
many prominent people paid their re-
spects to the dead man yesterday by
calling at the house. Police Commissioner
John P. Feeney was among the first to
call.
Prosecutor James s. Erwin appeared in
the General Sessions Court, the only
court which was in session yesterday af
ternoon, and made a formal announce
ment of the death of his. predecessor,
Charles H. Winfield In making a mo-
tion to adjourn out of respect for his
memory, Mr.. Erwin paid warm and
feeling tribute TO Mr.. Winfeld's worth
and ability. He said, in part:-''May it
please the Court now officially inform
the Court of the death of the late Prose-
cutor of the Pleas, Mr.. Charles H.
Winfield. While Mr.. Winfeld's death
was not unexpected, owing to his illness,
his sudden demise must come as a Sc
we're shock to those who knew him so
we'll and regarded him so highly. In
formally notifying this Court of his de-
cease, l would respectfully offer the sug-
gestion that this Court do now adjourn
as a fitting tribute to the memory of
Mr.. Winfield and I further desire that
| this suggestion should be accepted as a
motion, and that this Court make an or
der that the Court do now adjourn, to
show it's respect for Prosecutor who,
during his encumbency, filled the office
with so much distinction"
The motion was seconded by Lawyers
Joseph Smith and Isaac Goldenhorn,
who paid glowing tributes to Mr.. Win
field.
1T is with peculiar sadness" Judge
Hudspeth said with tremor in his
voice. that the Court is informed of the
sudden death this morning of Mr.. Win
| field, the late Prosecutor of the Pleas of
| this County.
while his death was sudden it was not
unexpected as he was known to be alarm
| ingly ill for some time past. Notwith-
standing his illness and the intimations
| from his sick room of its probable fatal
| termination the death of Mr.. Winfield,
! coming as 1t has, is appalling in its sud
| denness 1t is, indeed, fitting and proper,
under the circumstances, that this Court
| should adjourn at this time out of re-
spect to Mr.. Winfield's memory, and that
| formal entry of the Courts action should
| be made in its minutes. and it is so
| ordered.
| Eat this particular time it is inappro-
pirate, owing to the abrupt notice re-
ceived by the Court of Mr. Winfields s
death, to take other action that it has
| done, but shall defer further considera-
| ton of the matter in anticipation of for
NAL and appropriate proceeding and
action on the part of the Courts and
bar of this County which will undoubt-
| edly be taken at a very early day.