The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
CLING TO THEIR DEAD.
Family of Col. IngersOu 10th to
Surrender His Body.

surrender HIS Body.
NEW YORK, July 25-The funeral Of
the late Robert G.. Ingersoll took place
this afternoon from Walston, Dobb's
Ferry, where he died on Friday last. No
clergyman was present to conduct the
services, there was no music and there
were no pallbearers. The body lay on
soft cot in the room where he died. 1t
was enshrouded in white, and just one
red rose placed on the breast. About
the cot were banks of floral tributes sent
by friends, wreaths and punches of BIOS
SONS.
The services were held at 4 o'clock
Mrs. Ingersoll sat beside her dead, and
beside here were her daughters, Mrs.
Walston H. Brown and Miss Maud In
gersoll. They were both much agitated
and wept almost continuously Mr.. and
Mrs. c. P. Farrell were present and
Charles Broadway Rous, Col. Ingersoll s
oldest friend, occupied a chair by the
side of the bier. There were some forty
others present, and they remained stand
ing throughout.
The intense silence was broken by DR..
John Clark Ridpath, who, in voice full
of emotion, said:
My friends: 1t Is a very sad duty to
read in the presence of the dead the last
poem written by Col. Robert Ingersoll
entitled, Declaration of the Free CThis
poem Col. Ingersoll had read and altered
in some of its parts only a few hours be-
fore he was stricken DOWN.
Maj. o. J. Smythe, who resides In
DObb's Ferry, and who was a close per-
sonal friend Of Col. Ingersoll, then with
out preliminary words, read another ex-
tract from Col. Ingersolrs writings, en-
titled MY Religion"
DIR John Elliott Of Nouv VorIr he
funeral grafton delivered by Col. Inger-
soil over his brothers dead body This
concluded the short and simple services.
Nearly all present then took a parting
look at the dead and passed out. After
they had done so Mr.. Rous arose from
his chair, and as he is totally blind.
passed his hand over the face of his de-
parted friend, and said:
Perhaps he is better now. No one
can understand it."
Mrs. 1ngerson said to him:
1.-THE colonel wanted you to put your
hand upon his heart" and, suiting the
action to the word, she directed his
hand to the left breast Of the deceased
Mr.. Rous asked what she was going to
do with the remains.
81 can't give him up" she said 81
can't put him in the ground. I can't bear
to think of it. We're going to bring him
The body will probably be taken to
Fresh Pond Long Island, on Thursday
for cremation, but this arrangement is
subject to change.
During the morning there were many
visitors to look upon the face of the de-
ceased. Among them were several old
colored servants Of the family who had
come from Washington, and took four
days off and paid their expenses to pay
honor to their benefactor. Among these
were two former buffers of the family.
One old man, who was baggageman on
the railroad, came from down on Long
Island; others came from Chicago, SYRIA
cuse and Buffalo.
Many additional kilograms of sympathy
were received today, one of them being
from Gen. Miles. Floral tributes were
received all the morning, and there were
two rooms full of them.
A photograph Of the body was taken
this afternoon, just as 1t lay, surrounded
by these flowers. 1t took three-Quar-
tiers view of the face,