Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-26
MOURN TOMBS ANGEL
Funeral of Mrs. Rebecca Foster, Friend
of New York's Untortunates'
PERSISTED IN HOTEL HORROR
Would Have Escaped Had she N"'
Returned to Aid Wo"a" WI"
Was Too Ill to walk
without Help.

New York, Feb. 26.-Maly Clergy iiic"
and Others interested in charitapi'
work. justices, judges and lawyers
/ from the courts, representatives VI 'ne
city's Oldest aristocracy, criminals ana
paupers paid tribute during the DAY III
the Calvary Protestant Episcopai
church to the memory of MIS-. hepecca
SaIome Foster. the "Tombs Anger.
whose useful and beautiful He was
brought to an end in the Park Avenue
! hotel fire.
The services were simple but lin'
pressive. The church was croWueu'
| but there were no idle curiosity seek
| ers. All gathered there were sincere
mOuruers for the dead woman, WHOSE
| last act was one of herOsm, self sacfl-
flee and comfort to another, as all her
life had been. She persisted trying ~
| get back through the flames to Il SICK
woman who was too i'll to walk Will
out aid.
The rear of the church was crowded
with the poor unfortunates whom MIS-
|
the sincerest mourners of all, ana many
were overcome with their simple ana
| unreStrained grlef.
As the white supplied choir boys
singing Peace, perfect peace. III II
clear childish treble. moved SLOWLY
down the aisle sobs were heard on eV-
cry hand
Marie Bnrberis Token.
Marie Barber, the girl who killed her
faithless sweetheart and whom MIS-.
Foster cheered and strengthened
through long trial and finally secured
her acquittal. was there She had
bought a little bunch Of flowers. ana
this was placed at the altar, together
with the beautiful wreatlis ana set
Meces sent by the more fortunate.
apple Mary" who sells cakes. can
dies and fruits in the criminal courts
building. was there sobbing as II hef
heart would break. She. too, had felt
the comfort Of Mrs. Fosters help ana
kindness and had lost at once her best
friend and customer.
Former District Attorney Phi!hlh
was there. and so were District Attor-
ncy Jerome and all his staff. Judges
Newburgrr. Cowen. Foster and Re
corder Golf of the board Of general SOS
sions and attaches were there, ana SO
were Justices Blanchard and Hnsdale
of the supreme court.
Ot.:ers Who Were Preset.
Barlow S. Weeks. Alexander Had
don. Rev. John Chamberlain of st.
AIMS, DR.. e. w. De Lyon Nichols. for
mer chaplain Of the department of
public charities and correction: Ber-
nard NJ. Davis. Judge Davenport, l..
c. Edwards, Major General and Mrs.
Charles f. Roe, w. r. Mclaughlin,
John T. Faure. William Foulk, Bayard
FouIk Mrs. G. p. Huntington. the as.
sistant rectorS of st. Georges church;
j. L. Wendell. Colonel Elbridge L.
Gerry. Justices HolrOok and Wyatt of
special sessions. Charles Z. SHINES.
Captain George Lynch, Edward +.
Carroll. eX-Assistant District Attorney
Byrne. Mrs. O'Brien. matron of the
Tombs: Warden Flynn of the Tombs
Vernon VI. Davis Henry S. WEIGH.
Charles S. Hankinson of the Society
For the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails, Colonel Robert Townsend, Cap
tain w. II. Rickett of the supreme
court, Chaplain Monroe of the Tombs.
eXAssistant District Attorney LIE Bar
bier, |. Stuyvesant Chanler, Rev. ].
Brockelhorst Morgan, Rev. Robert
Quenelle, canon of st. John the Di-
vine cathedral; all the Interpreters of
the courts of general sessions, the So
ciety For the Protection of Jewish
Prisoners, represented by f. w. Bloom.
ingdale, Henry Bulge, Henry solomon
and Samuel Henneberger. and all the
officials Of the courts of the criminal
court building We're also among those
present
The service was conducted by Ray
Ernest NJ. Stires of 81. Thomas and
Rev. Lewis Parks minister Of CAVIAR,
church. Neither delivered nuogy. Til,
choir Of fresh boy voices sang ;Th,
Will Be Done" ami For All Thpil
Saints Who From Their I.abors Rest
The body was taken lq Woodlu WI
cemetery, whefe Il was land away il
the family plot beside that of the sol
der husband whose memory she SC