The times., 1899-08-28
THE CURTAIN OF DEATH.
Scenes at the Funeral of an EIope-
ment Victim.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-There was a
striking contrast between tokens of deepest
grief at the funeral of Josephine Engel,
fifteen years old, in her parents home,
1898 First Avenue, and the wrath shown
at that of John Lindauer, on Friday, when
crowd cursed his body.
Lindauer abandoned his family and
eloped with the girl some weeks ago. Their
bodies were found with bullet holes in their
breasts, at 150th Street and River Avenue,
last Wednesday, Lindauer had shot the
girl, with her consent, and then killed
himself
From 1900 to 5000 persons gathered
about the house long before the hour set
for the funeral yesterday. So dense was
the crowd in and about the stairways and
that it was almost impossible for anyone
to reach it in the regular way.
So eager was the desire to look upon the
dead girl that hundreds of persons ascended
to the roofs of the houses at 1891. 1897,
and 1895 First Avenue and went down
through the skylights to the place where
the body lay. This continued until the
congestion was SO great that it was i'm
possible for any more to enter
Having expected a large crowd, Mr.. and
Mrs. Engle had the body in its white flower
strewn coffin taken to the apartments Of
Gregory Moser, across the hallway from
theirs, where there is more room. A per-
sistent rumor that priests refusal TO Of
ficiate at the funeral had prompted the par
ents to renounce Catholicism could not be
verified. The coffin and, flowers were sup
piled by members of the cigar firm for
which the girl had worked, as her parents
still do.
Two Bohemian bands, one on the top floor
of the tenement and the other on the side
walk alternately played the music. OF sor-
row, which had very depressing effect
on the crowd. The mother, father, and
sisters of the dead girl went into paroxysms
of grief threw themselves on the coff1n,
| and imprecated the memory of Lindauer.
They were repeatedly removed, with dill
Guilty. b
Just before the body was taken down
the stairway, Jennie Seller, sixteen years
old. of 335 East Ninety-seyenth Street, who
had been close friend OF the dead girl,
| entered the room with wreath OF forget
me-nots. Laboring under deep emotion,
| she passed the coffin with her head turned
| aside, and gently laid the wreath on 1t.
| Then she looked at the face, fell on the
coffin and sobbed as though her neaft Wouid
| break.
/ Meantime the crowds increased. Many
took flowers and garlands, but they could
/ not get to the top floor of the tenement
with them, and placed them in carriages
until three were filed Some persons who
never saw the girl in life and knew of her
tragic death only through the newspapers
carried flowers to her in death.
1t was with difficulty that special de-
| tail of men from the East 104th Street
police station opened way for the car
Tiages through the crowd which pressed
4 around the white hearse, from which the
parents and sisters of the dead girl had
to be moved by gentle force. Mr.. and Mrs
Engel both tainted. Six policemen were
needed to force a way for the coihr
| through the crowds on the stairways.
AS the parents and sisters entered thf
/ first carriage the band on the sidewalk be-
gan a requiem. The horses became start
| led and started to run away, but Bicycle
! Policeman Fogarty and Policeman Shee-
han, of the East 104th Street station
seized the brides, while the crowd scat
tered in fear.
After goingsup First Avenue to Ninety
sixth Street the procession returned by
Second Avenue and Ninety eighth Stree
and repassed the house, while the bant
played again. Then the carriages moved
! TO Ninety second Street and over the ferr,
to Linden Hill Cemetery, where the bod!
was buried.