The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-08
REMAINS OF FAIR
 AND WIFE ARRIVE
Steamship St. Louis Brings
 Oyer Victim of Accident
MRS. VANDfRBILT AT DOCK
Remains Are Removed and Placed In Palace Car Ben Wyzls, Attached to a Chicago speeIal--No
 Display by Relatives.

New York September 7.-In a specially per deck of the steamship St. Louis. which reached her dock today, were the bodies of Mir. and Mrs Charles L. Fair victims of an automobile accident in France. The chapel was draped heavily in black, caught up with broad bands or white ribbon, and rare floral offer1ngs were banked around the bier in great profusion. The caskets were consigned by Henri de Oeernoil to Hermann Oei- richs. They were removed to the Grand Central depot and placed on the palace car Ben Wyzis. which was attached to the Chicago special. It was not known to the passengers of the ship that the bodies were on board until noon on Fri day. when the ship was a little more than twenty-four hours from Sandy Hook In some way the news was spread through the saloon dining room while the passengers were at luncheon on that day and created intense excitement From that time until the ship reached her dock great interest prevailed among the pas- sengers and many applications were made to Captain Passow for permission to view the mortuary chapel, but all were refused
 Even after the ship was docked and the easkets were removed from the pier the American line officials refused to allow any one except the immediate relatives who came to claim the bodies, to enter the chapel. It was after o'clock this morning when two plain black hearses with closely drawn curtains drove on the dock, followed by an ordinary public car riage. In the carriage were Mrs. Her mann Oelrichs and Mrs. William K Van derbilt, Jr., sisters of MT. Falr. They were met at the pier by agents of the New York Central railroad and by Col John Jay, who attended to the details of having the bodies removed from the shin to the lower floor of the pier where they were placed in the second cabin waiting room. It was asserted by the quarter master who stood guard at the gang plank that William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.. was also on the pier and was on the shin at the time that the bodies were taken off, but if so he did not join the other members of the family in the waiting room, nor did he go with them from the pier when the bodies were taken away.
 An undertaken from Trinity chapel LOOK charge, and in the presence of the two Sisters, the plain pine boxes which formed an outer covering for the cas- kets in shipments were opened Inside this were wrappings of heavy lead her medically sealed. This was opened and the caskets removed. Each body rested in plain casket of maple unpublished and unadorned with trimmings of any kind save four broad bands of silver which were bound around each shell and riveted in place.
 The caskets were borne in the hands of dock laborers, called from the gang who were already bringing out cargo from the ship to the waiting hearses. Six to each casket. dressed in blue jumpers and overalls, the picture of these sturdy workmen acting as pall- bearers was only another striking com mentary on the utter lack of display which marked the entire reception of the bodies.
 Neither Mrs. Vanderbilt nor Mrs Oel- rich would give any information as to the final disposition that would be made of the bodies. The hearses, however left the pier about o'clock followed by the single carriage containing Mrs. Van derbilt and Mrs. Oelrich. They were driven direct to the Grand Central depot where the caskets were placed in the palace car Ben Wyis Later they were removed from the car and taken to an undertaking establishment but shortly before the departure of the special they were returned to the private car and placed side by side in the rear section. On that containing the body of Mrs. Fair was a large cross of white roses, on the other an ivy wreath