The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-11
WHY THE BoDr WAS REmoyED.
Trinity Cemetery Authorities Objected to
the DIR. Houghton Monument.

! The remains Of the Rev DIR. George n
| HoughtOn. late rector of the Church NJ the Trans
! fguraton. were removed from Trinity Cemetery
on Thursday and renterrcd in Kensico Cemetery
! not because the extension Of the Boulevard LafAy
cite liz TO run through that portion Of Trinity
| Cemetery where Dr. Houghton was buried as
was reported several days ago but because the
friends of the deceased minister have becn unable
IN agree with the cemetery authorities on the
character Of the monument To he erected Al DR..
IIOuRhton's grave DIR. Ioughton died on Nov
H. 1898. After the interment in Trinity
Cemetery his nephews, the Rev. George c. Hough.
ton and the Rev. George H. Butler. together
with many Of the friends NJ the dead minister,
decided to erect a fine monument at the grave.
The design selected was a simple cruci6x. lie
fore this WAS decided upon friends Of DR. Houghton
made a tour 81 italian cemeteries with a view 10
hs rpc nT AZ bes .yptyinr tSe dead
faith and because he had loved II az an emblem.
Dr. lfoughton always had four crucifNes In the
rcctory 81 his church. and there IL one over the
altar of the Church 81 the TRANSPORTATION to day
which he placed there
The monument, which Ia Of Carrara marble,
II fourteen feet high and was made in italy. As
far ~ could he learned yesterday no objection
To the design was made by the authorities Of Trim
ity Cemetery when II WAS first submitted. After
work on IL had commenced, however, IL Ii said,
objections were made to certain features of IL.
Exactly what these objections were IL i'm.
Dr. Iloughtons friends refused TO change the
design in any way, and that the Trinity nuthoi.
ties remained firm In their determination not Ia
allow the monument TO he erected in the cemetery.
The only thing left IN do was 10 take Dr. Hough-
tons body IN some other cemetery and arrange.
ments were made 10 place II in kensico Gene.
terry
Roth DR. .Hough,on and DR. Butler. declined
positively yesterday To discuss the real reasons
for the removal Of DR. Houghton's body. The
Trinity authorities also refused to discuss the
matter, although one admitted that il IL was
trouble over the monument selected for the grave
4 friend OF DR.. Hough,on gave this version Of
the affair:
Il don't know the exact reason for the refusal
Of the Trinity authorities to allow the monu-
ment To be placed over Dr. Houghton's grave
] do know, however. that they did object to IL
and that that liz why the body was disn,erred
and reburicd at Kensico. There can he no oh
lection 10 the cross because there are plenty Of
them in Trinity Cemetery. This narrows the
objection down 10 the inscription which do not
know, and To- the figure Of Christ on the crucihN,
This figure was modelled from the who sang
Christ at Oberammergau. and my own opinion
is that that was the objection
The Rev. DIR. Morgan Dix when seen yoster-
day said
Il cannot discuss the removal Of DIR Hough.
tons body from Trinity Cemetery. but I will
say this: No monument and no inscription
on monument can be placed in the cemetery
unless y meets with the approval Of the author.
ties II the cemetery"
About two hundred Of the parishioners Of
the late DR. Houghton attended the services
at the new grave In kensco Cemetery on Friday.