The Washington herald., 1907-09-24
HITCH IN CREMATION
Trust Company Asks Mrs.
Carriers Body Be Held.
MRS. WHITE SENDS FLOWERS
Wife of millionaire, Near Whose
sick Room Woman Committed Sui
eide, Sends TFibute-SimDIe Flu
neral Rites HeId-S. p. c. L. Work.
erS Only Attendants at Services.

New York. Sept 23.-FuneTal services
were held over the body of Mrs. Mar
garet Carter. who killed herself in the
home OF John Jay White, jr-, last Friday,
in the chapel Of the stephen Merritt
Burial Company this afternoon.
The cremation. which had been an
nounced to follow the services, was, how
ever. postponed until Thursday or Friday.
Rev Stephen Merritt, who read the
service, explained that the Lincoln Trust
Company, the custodian OF Mrs Carriers
will. and administrator Of her estate, had
requested that the body be held few
days
The officials Of the trust company would
not explain why the request was made
Nor could any reason be assigned by
representative Of the Merritt Burial Com
pany. It is believed by several Of these.
however, that the trust company wishes
to give a chance 10 any relatives the
woman may have TO come forward be-
fore the body IS cremated. The viii pro-
vides for cremation. il was learned II
has also developed that the trust COM
pany is not anxious 10 act as admins
traitor. the woman's estate being small
and will probably ask the Surrogate to
appoint some one else.
VIII Provides for Cremation.
Before the announcement Of the Rev
Stephen Merritt. it was not known who
had made the arrangements for the
funeral, nor in whose custody the will
a. Tr g.
that on Saturday the day after the
shooting. a Mr. Knox, who announced
himself as a representative Of the Lin
coin Trust Company. telephoned TO the
burial company that Mrs Carter had lett
her will in the companys possession.
naming it as administrator. and had
asked him personally 90 see 10 IL that She
be crematcd. besides providing for ii in
the document The funeral arrange
ments were made after consultation he
tween Mr.. Knox and Manager RadCl!ff
of the Stephen Merritt Company Mr.
Radclin learned only at noon yesterday
two hours before the funeral by another
telephone message from Knox. that the
trust company wished the cremation
postponed.
About twenty-five persons listened 20
the Rev Mr.. Merritt read the funeral
service Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. Among them were several rep
reseHtatives Of the Bide-a-Wee Home for
Animals. in which Mrs. Carter was in
terested
Mrs. White Sends Flowers.
Other mourners were persons who
had been acquainted with the woman
through her interest in animals. There
was a profusion Of flowers. among them
being a large bouquet from Mrs. John
Jay White, IT.. in whose home the suicide
took place; Dr. Paul Faber, who is in
business at Wall street. and who
warmly admired sIrs. Carter fo- her
work in relieving animals, and from sew
eral other women interested with her in
the Bide-a-Wee Home. There was no
sermon.
Mrs. Carter's cOlored maid. who was
the only person in New York who knew
anything of Mrs. Carter's past life ac-
cordiug 10 her acquaintance, said that
there was no truth 81 the report that
the woman was Of noble descent. and an
heiress, who had given her estate to
male cousins. The maid said that Mrs
Carter had made remarks which showed
that she had come here from France
about fifteen years ago because her
parents, who were not Of high rank, had
lost what money they had