New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-26
CROWD CURSED A CORPSE.
DRAMATIC SCENE AT THE FUNERAL OF
THE MAN WHO KILLED YOUNG
WOMAN AND HIMSELF

most remarkable thing occurred at the fu-
neral. yesterday afternoon. OF John J. Lindauer.
twenty-five years old. who eloped August u
with Josephine Engle. fifteen years old. few
days ago they found dead together with bull
let's in their hearts. at One Hundred and Fifteth-
ST. and River-ave. AS the funeral party passed
out OF the house at No 1895 First-ave, a throng
OF from three thousand to Ave thousand persons
massed themselves in front of the house. When
the coffin was carried out the crowd hurled execra.
tons and anathemas the dead man. Such
phrases as dog" brute" murderer" and long
denunciations in Bohemian heard on all
sides. These were mingled with Kisses and oaths
To add TO the strangeness OF the scene. the Bohe-
milan band. which headed the escort Of eighty
cigarmakers. played sprightly air. For hours the
crowd had waited. The women were the loudest
and emphatic in their epithets. They de-
nounced the dead man in the most vigorous Ian
guage
Another feature of the affair was brought out
In sharp contrast Lindauer lived with his wife
and children on the fifth floor Of the tenement in the
rear In the front apartments lived Josephine
Engle with her parents. While the body OF Lin
dauer reposed in coffin OF black cloth in the rear
in the front the white coffin OF his vic
tim who at his instance, barred her breast for
the fatal shot. The mother, father and sisters OF
the girl hung over the coffin weeping and wailing.
Al o'clock in the afternoon. when the SOUNDS OF
the band were heard. the grief Of the stricken
mother and father great They glanced out
Of the window and then throwing themselves on
the flower strewn coffin gave way 10 paroxysm
of grief
MY God" almost shrieked the mother OF the
girl why do they allow this to have such
4 burial? HI should be dragged 10 the river and
thrown 10 the fishes. on. my God, will this he al
loved
As If in answer this appeal came the storm
~ excavations and denuncatons and epithets from
the crowds below. As the crowd began 10 curse
the dead their indignation became more inten-
sifed The eighty cigarmakers paid no attention
n the cries while a score or more Of policemen
prevented the crowd from tearing the coInh l'Oi'
the hearse. - Loa-sa
The policemen made way FOR the hear rs
through the dense crowd The carriages Hltu
slowly while the cries OF denunciauon continues,
Then the band began TO play, and the escor, "a
aigbfv ciearmakers fell in behind. The cries ana
the ieers Increased. the white and tear StaiH
face OF the mother Of the dead SRI aPPsSaileu
the window. The crowd worked itseH lhIo n
frenzy. $500, . -.-a ava went the
PROCESSION II turned into Second-ave' ana GOV, low
Second-ave 70 Ninety sixth-st thence 70 ~
ave and as is the Bohemian custom, PaSseIL 10 ~
house again The crowd that followed hau IN
creased II was with difficulty that wa! We
I'D Cor tho procession The jeers ana eNtCI a
tionS were resumed. Then the procession went 70
.ha ferry al Ninety-secOnd-st. Inc elgIIeH .
milan cigarrnakers did not go 10 Linoen mn cha6
cry where the body Inferred out IST ~.
headed by the band, TO the cIunrooh a. -'
,-ba crovv6 remained long after the funeral was was
over To-day the girl Will be ourleu. Ioi,ce we
will take place al o'clock and extra L F
cantions 70 handle the crowd will De TAKEN