Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-03
AN ELEMENT
Of SADNESS
ABOUT THE FUNERAL OF MR..
AND MRS MARSHALL THIS
MORNING.
DEATH RELUCTANT TO
SEPARATE AGED COUPLE.
The Casket Buried Under a Wealth of
Floral Offerings-Verdict of
Corners Jury.

"A funeral procession this morning
vending it's way to St. Patrick's church
led many people on the sidewalk to
pause n inquire. Little heed is usually
given to funeral procession in this
camp, because of their frequency. and for
the reason that sudden and calamitous
deaths are far from being rare. But
there was an element of sadness about
this one which could excite the stoniest
heart and kindle affection in the breast
of q stole. 1t was a spectacle which
could easily move the muse of a melan-
choly poet and make his song of requiem
blend tremendously with the death an
gels act in summoning two aged people
to the great beyond almost Simultaneous
ly. 1t was the funeral of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Marshall, who died. locked in
each others arms, on Thanksgiving
night.
Coming down Washington street, the
two hearses, one containing the aged
husband and father and the other all
that remained of the old partner Of, his
joys n sorrows moved alongside each
other, suggesting the thought that even
death was reluctant to separate the aged
couple. When the entrance to the church
was reached and the caskets removed to
the altar railing, a wealth of floral offer
ings was disclosed, one magnificent
piece surmounted by a love with out
stretched wings attracting most attten-
tion. The church was nearly filed with
friends of the family and those drawn
thither by the remarkable and even ro-
mantle occurrence.
Solemn high mass was sung by Father
De Siere. His assistants We're Father
Callahan, deacon; Father Harrington.
c,,h-Innnon. JNathoy. NTp(,lNnn coma
bearer: Father McQueeney, master of
ceremonies; William McGovern, thurifer
bearer; Frank Walker and John Duggan,
acolytes. Mrs. Rooney presided at the
organ, and Mrs. Donneliy sang two solos,
one of them being that sweetest of all
funeral songs, Nearer My God to Thee
AT the conclusion of the mass, the fun
eral proceeded on its way to the Catho-
lie cemetery, where the last solemn
rites were repeated.
The pail bearers wer~; Chas. McDon-
aid, James Berry, Jans<l Leyden, VIM.
Harrison. Geo. Broderick. j. A. CAVITY,
Peter Kelly, c. A. Lindsay, John Layton.
JOS. Crotter, M. G.. McSherry and p. S.
Harrington.
At the inquest held on Saturday night
at Sherman's, Coroner Brown Presiding,
the principal witnesses testifying were
j. w. AlafSNdll, son OIL the oiu COuIit,
and Mrs. Marshall, his wife; John Dow
ems and his wife, the latter being a
daughter of the deceased pair, and a
painter named Hastings, who had been
engaged in painting the room on he af-
ternoon OF the day on which the old peo-
pie died.
The testimony ELECTED from the rela-
tives was conclusive proof that the aged
father died from old age and natural
causes, N the mother, awakening and
finding her partner in death's embrace.
tainted from the effects of the shock and
was too weak to recover from Its effects.
The father was So and the mother Il
years old.
Hastings, the painter. did not think the
fresh paint had n connection with the
of the two persons, saying that
there We're no poisonous ingredients in
the paint.
The jury rendered a verdict of death
from natural causes.