The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-03
RUDELY CURIOUS
Were Many who Witnessed the
Last sad Rites Over the
REMAINS OF MRS. BOWERS
Yesterday Afternoon, but Hundreds
We're Moved by True Sorrow by tho
Unfortunate Death of the Young
Woman-Thc Scenes at the Home
and Grave Were Afrecting-A Large
Concoursc Of People Attended.

The exercises attending the fu.
neral OF Mrs. Harry Bowers, Sun
day afternoon, were very impress
i've, and an unusually large concourse OF
people assembled within and without
the home of the deceased's parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. Joseph Bero, 1915 Jacob street,
from which the funeral secured. Keen
sympathy for the afflicted relatives was
shown on the countenances Of the many
friends of the family and few within the
house were not overcome by emotion.
Curiosity, however, attracted the lar
ger portion Of the vast crowd on the
street outside, which was made up for
the most part OF the fair sex, and this
curiosity asserted itself to the point Of
Intrusion on the grief OF the afflicted.
The dead girl lay In cream plush
covered casket In the parlor. She was
dressed In white and above her folded
hands were the tributes Of flowers from,
friends. At the head of the casket
stood q little table. which was mass OF
floral tributes. accompanied by the
cards of the senders. The remains
were viewed by hundreds and the little
parlor walls echoed to many sob OF
grief. Sympathy that came from the
heart told Its mute story aside from
kindred expressions ofIsorrow.
The services were conducted in q
room to the rear OF the parlor by Rev.
r. r. Bigger. of the Third Presbyterian
church, and Rev. s. P. Crummett, OF the
Wesley NJ. E..church. assisted by the
Third Presbyterian church choir. Both
reverend gentlemen made fervent pray
ers, invoking Gods grace and comfort
on the scrrowing ones In their afiliction.
During the prayers and the tender
hymns there were many moistened eyes,
while the grief of the parents and Mr..
Bowers was singularly touching.
The house was damned with people,
and at the conclusion Of the services.
Undertaken COoey dismissed the crowd
that the family might have the final
leave-taking alone. Shortly afterward
the hearse drew up to the door, and the
crush OF young girls and women on the
sidewalk to get closer required all OF
Officer Meyers attention. But when
Mr.. Bero led out his weeping wife, fol-
lowed by Undertaken Cooey, supporting
the arm of Mr.. Bowers. passage for
them to their cab was almost impossi-
BILE through the narrow avenue OF Eas-
ter millinery. This morbid curiosity be-
came disgraceful as the family entered
the hack. Young girls and their elders
of the same sex massed around the We
hicle and so far lost their sense OF the
fitness Of things as to press their faces
against the glass doors and peer In on
the sorrow Of the bereaved "Oh, wish
was foot taller" exclaimed a woman
to the rear Of the struggling mass, when
her searching eyes failed to see any
thing on which TO gloat. Necks were
craned from adjoining windows. and the
curious throng extended for some dis
lance up and down the street.
Happily, this was not true OF all. True
sympathy was extended by hundreds Of
friends. The long line o: vehicles fol-
lowing the hearse to Mount Zion. the
place of interment, testified to the es-
TEEN In which Mrs. Bowers and the
family was held, and it was shown in
other respects. The unfortunate affair
has evoked many expressions OF sorrow
and sympathy for the Bero family and
the young husband, and similar intrus-
ions of outsiders often occur on occa-
sions In which there Is great public in
terest.
The, funeral services began at the
house at 8 O'Clock and lasted over an
hour. The last rites were paid in the
cold sunlight at Mount Zion, and very
affecting were the scenes as the casket
was lowered to the grave. The pail
bearers were all young men, Messrs.
William Kahn, John Rennard. Charles
Vogley. Henry Yeager. Frank Woods
and Ben Spe!del
In Saturdays Intelligencer 1t was in
advertently stated that Rev. Mr. Bigger
performed the ceremony uniting Hnrry-
Bowers and Maggie Bero. The officlat-
ing minister was Rev. C. B. Graham, o.
the North Street NJ. r. church.