The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-21
NOW LIES BESIDE GEN. GRANT.
HIS WIDOWS COFFIN SEALED UP
~ TIE SARCOPHA0US.
Less Than 100 Persons Saw It--Oniy
Ulysses .. Grant. OF the Family. There
-Grants Bring the Body Here After
Funeral Services In Washingtou,

The bodv o! Mrs. Julia Dent Grant
widow Of Gen. Ulysses 8. Grant. arrived
in this city from Washington latc vest erda y
afternoon and was sealed up last night
n the sarcophagus In the Gran, mausoieum
m Riverside Drive. which was prepared
for it when the Tomb was built This
morning Gen. Grant and his vito are lying
In death. as they had planned. side by
side.
Whon tive funeral service ls held this
morning those who attend IL will see no
difference in the appearance Of the crypt,
except that made by tho magnificent a wers
brought from Washington. for. after tho
body was set in the sarcophagus. tho five
ton brown marble top. with Julia d. Grant
Gu, in the stone. was lowered INTO place
and the derrick and ropes which had been
ui,d by the mechanics we're removed.
II lad been p..nncd nom lllU frs, "
place the body in the Tomb last night. but
the fear that a crowd would be atracieu
ed those IN charge y! the ARA ngements
,u let tho public understand that thus wouio
b. done to-day The result of the strategy
w. all q at could have been wished There
w,ru 400 polio, men scattered on the roads
leading 10 tho Tomb IN case a crowd should
appear when the BODY was taken there
bGt few persons were present and the body
was put in place quietly and ex cd tiousiy
lh.s was wItty SID py lees ,i.an "a hundred
persons. lnolud hg tie guard OF homer
rom the l : Graft Post OF Brooklyn und
lh" rrmv officers VINO were assigned by
the commander of the Department OF the
Easi to accompany tie BODY.
The train which brought Mrs. Grant
iudy here from Washington yesto1a ay
loft that city NJ II o'olcck IN the nt rnl, =
a I 10 4.
in Jersey City at 4:aO O'Clock, II consist, q
of hall dozen cars, two II rhich were
given over entirely To the fun,ra! p ,rty.
I'm the first car of the train, nest 70 tie
engine, were the family and few intimpte'
friends who C. m, from Washington viii
them Tor Tomorrow services. Til, party
consisted of Gen. and Mrs. Fred ID. GRAFT;
vsses s. Grant. his brother. the sec, "a
son Of Gen. Grant; Yrs. Nellie Grant Sar-
toris and iss Sartoris; Ulysses 5, Grant. Sd,
Mss Grant. Alexander SHARP. I, ). \
Lewis S. Morey. U. S. A., James Casey Of
Washington. an old friend Of the Grant
family, and Miss Mary Cofey. an old servant
of the Grants. who was for years the per-
Snll attendant Of Mrs. Grant.
Mrs. Grants body v as in the second car
diaped in black. The car was literally
filed with floral offerings. The body was
entirely in arge OF the undertaken and
eight assistants.
ht Baltimore, fnllauc!phlas trenton ana
Other places " here the train stepped,
the nen on the platforms bareu their heads
when the train came in and didn't cover
again until It departed. There a. no other
demonsti alton than this.
In the Pennsylvania station In jersey
City when the train rot In ut $40 o'clock
thirty minutes behind time, there was q
great crowd Among those there to meet
the body were fifteen members Of Y. S.
Grant Post a27, Of Brooklyn, all OF whom
kaA fA,, \, a. kAo nd
up a guard Of honor for the body Senior
Nico.Commander John Muller WAS In com
mand The men selected from the post for
this duty were John Baker, George
Brash George F Tate, HERNIA Herman B smith h
schombelneier. c. B Crond. James r.
Garfield, William II. Baker. q. w. Topham,
", H. Bates. James X. Smith and August
Liprert.
Col. A. Noel Brakeman, Henry W. Hayden
and p. Tecumseh Sherman composed the
Reception Committee from the Grant Monu.
ment Association. As representatives OF
the Regular army there were present Col.
Barry, Acknowledgement Of the Department
Of the East and Ma jor Lttel.
Col Barry. Col. Brakeman and Messrs.
Hayden and Sherman received the Grant
family and escorted them down the platform
to an elevator. On the ground floor car
riages were In waiting.
Thousands Of people were in the station
marched down the platform and every
man barred his head, although many didn't
know what funeral party 1t was until after
tho family had passed out OF sight. The
railroad men had orders to tell inQuirers
that II was just a private funeral. This
had the effect Of T. aking many hundreds
OF people continue on their way who would
have stopped " look on had they known
that the funeral was that OF Mrs. Grant.
There was no delay IN moving the body.
tVkt nd akar sist N r. n %
the platform to the elevator. The q M
was plain black, with a silver plate upon 1t.
This VS. entirely concealed by the flowers.
The e, u from L. 5. Gran, Post marched
two railroad trucks l. AIDED with ioral pieces
When the elevator reached the ground
the coffin was carried past the car
riages OF, which tho members Of the Grant
party we're seated That was the last
Wow OF It that many Of them had or ever
will have. At the tomb Ulysses s. Grant,
who represented the family at the closing
Of the asrcophagus. SAW it again. The
rest had their last Jew as 1t passed by them
in the crowded station, the bearers winding
ga hercd there.
The momcat the coffin passed the doors
Of the carriages were cloeed and the drivers
drove o, to the Twcnty-third street ferry
boa which VAS held for them They didn't
leave the carriages on the boat, and when
they reached this side OF tho river drove to
tho Fifth Avenue Hotel, where they will
remain until after the services to-day.
The body OF Mis-. Grant was carrief.
aboard IN" Government steamer General
Meias and placed on stand draped In black,
which stood on tho forward deck The
veterans there gathered around II, and
dospite the long trip TO the Tomb and the
biting wind Tint was blowing. remained
there in the dark until the landing place,
tho recreation r!cr at West 10th street.
vas reached
At the recreation pier the coffin was
placed In hcf rise, two carriages were
filed with the flowers, two more contained
The members Of the committee from the
Grant Monument Associ7 ton and Ulysses
&. Grant, the only member of the family to
20 on Che Generrl Acigs. Behind these the
cu1rd Of honor lined up for tho march 10
The police arran aements were unusually
elaborate. Inspector Kane was In charge
and under him were eight captains six
tsen sefgeants, sixteen Toundsmen and
800 policemen squad or mounted men
headed the funeral procession and behind
hem came another squad OH foot After
them came the hearse.
Pcrfec, arrangements for the interring
~ tho hoiy IN tho sarcophag,is had been
.uaIp Ta" coffin was carried into the
crypt, ana after resting for a few minutes
on stands was placed in the sarcophaeus
derrick .itd,. been rlgg,d up ara the
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