The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
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THOUSANDS MOURN
BUSINESS HALTS
FOR SLAIN PRIEST

SiC ilOlih2 VI lC 49,
lifting their barred heads to the gloom
ing skies, solemnly chanted De Pro-
funds. Sweet-faced, brown-garbed Sis
tiers of St. Francis we're mex in line,
followed by black-garbed Sisters of
Charity with children from their
classes. The Catholic societies, num-
bering hundreds of members, were next
in line. They were followed by the
mourning thousands to the burial
ground.
In the crush along Twenty-ninth
street a number of persons had narrow
escapes when they attempted to cross
the ice on the Morris Canal. One boy,
Willie Delaney, was rescued by Police
Sergeant Sautter after he had fallen
through the ice.
Church Dressed in Purple.
+ The interior of st. Bonaventure's
Church, where the solemn mass of re-
QUEEN was chanted, was CARRIED in the
purple colors denoting sorrow and abb
negation. Early in the day the faith
full from all parts of the city began
arriving at the edifice, which is located
near the shadows of Carrot Rock on
the south and sequestered on the north
by he Ramapo range of mountains,
and known as Stony road.
Great Assemblagc of Priests.
Bishop O'Connor arrived with a re-
tinue of priests early and entered the
Franciscan monastery, which skirts
the church on the east. and remained
there until the final ceremonies began.
Priests from Newark, the Oranges,
Jersey City, Hoboken. Trenton, Eliza
beth n other cities and towns
through this and other States we're
within the altar railing when Bishop
O'Connor took his sea on the gospel
side of h main altar.
In accordance with the rules of the
order, the chanting of the mass was
lone by the brown friars, numbering
forty, and the plain Gregorian chant
was followed. Father r. Edward
Bleeke was celebrant of the mass, as
sisted by the Rev. Father Joseph,
pastor of st. Bonaventure's, and former
classmate of Father Leo: Father
Damian, o. f. NJ, ofCallicoon; Father
Anthony, o. F. NJ, Of st. Stephens's,
Croghan, n. X: Father Hyacinth, o.
F. NJ, of st. Francis's. N. Y, and
Father Eusebius, o. F. M, of Denver,
Colorado.
Dean McNulty's Tribute.
The funeral grafton was delivered by
Very Rev. Dean McNulty, pastor of
st. Johns Church. His first words
We're. 81 am the way, the truth and
the life. If any man come after Me.
let him renounce himself and take up
his cross and follow Me-" Dean Nc
Nulty said:
tsyrI.a rod ,,r;Sef -u-hAca Vap,nifTc lie
here before us listened to the call OF
the Divine Master and followed it tc
the letter. In the prime of life he bade
adieu to parents and friends in order
to embrace the religious life in the
Franciscan Order, He dedicated him
self to Gods service, taking the vows
of poverty, chastity and obedience.
Obedience, that virtue which we all
!! find so hard to practise, he cheerfully
observed. 1t mattered not whether he
was sent to labor amongst the friendly
people of Paterson, the sanity people
of Macopin, or the hustling people of
Craughar, he went cheerfully on his
mission.
"In these various fields of labor he
did splendid mission work. He estab-
lished schools and carefully watched
the education of the young.
"a few months ago when obedience
sent him to far off Colorado he severed
ties of friendship which attached him
to his congregation and set o u for
his new field. Young in years, rich in
merit, he has run his race, has reached
the goal and earned the crown which
the Divine Master has placed upon his
brow.
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pen in this world without Gods per-
mission, and had He so willed it the
bullet of the sacrilegious assassin
would ave fallen harmless on the
floor of the sanctuary.
speaks of widespread Grief.
Father Leo followed the voice of
God across the ocean into the vine
yard, and labored as a good soldier of
Christ. Now his work is done, his
crown is upon his head. The Francis
can order merits our sympathy in los
ing such a worthy priest, and we regu-
lars and seculars have lost a model.
But our loss is his gain. The people
of this country from end to end are
touched with sorrow on account of the
sacrilegious murder of a sanity priest.
The entire people of this city are great
ly grieved.
Secs Lesson I'm Tragedy.
"Were 1t needed, there is not a
single society within its limits which
would not publicly join the Catholic
societies in the protest against the
crime. Our Catholic societies merit the
thanks of the clergy for their united
protests.
What lesson ought we to learn from
this sad event.? Our societies ought to
labor to counterfeit the evil lesson
taught by anarchists and socialists.
Instead of dinners and euchres, let us
have lectures on moral topics. Let us
be able to answer and to convert the
wild labor a~gitators. We meet them in
the workshops, on the street corners
and elsewhere. They are our brothers
and let us labor for their enlighten-
ment."
Dressed in His Robes.
The body of the dead priest lay in
the centre aisle before the main altar
at full length, and in his brown robes
and with the purple and orange col
ored stole, his hands clasped on his
breast, his face bearing a natural de-
piction of peace, was viewed by every