Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-13
THOUSANDS AT
THE FUNERAL OF
CAPTAIN AUBLE
LOS ANGELES M0URNS AT
BIER OF OFFICER
HIGH TRIBUTE PAID MEMORY OF
THE DEAD
Scottish Rite Cathedral Thronaed
with Friends of Decedent and cItl-
zens DESTROYS Of Expressing
Their Great Sorrow

The body OF Walter II. Auble, late
captsin of police. was laid to rest yes
terday afternoon at Inglewood ceme-
terry in the presence of thousands Of
men and women who knew and loved
him In life. and a whole city mourned.
promptly at the stroke of o'clock
as the organ in the Ecottish lite ca
thedral pealed forth a dirge OF sorrow
Tor the death of this man, men, wo-
men and children In Los angeles I'M
covered their heads and bowed in SUBJ
mission TO the will of Him who giveth
and taketh away. and from every lip
went up prayer of peace and rest
TO the immortal soul of the man who
had died at his post of duty.
In the factory, In the counting room,
the. store. office, the busy mart of
trade. iE the home. ON the public
street and In the highways and byWays
OF the town the people paused in their
daily occupations and for one brief
moment paid silent tribute to the char
acter of the dead official, who had
given his life that the law might live.
Tribute Spontaneous
Never was there more spontaneous
action, never was there more united
movement to do honor to the mortal
remains of any man.
Kings and potentates, princes and
rulers have come and gone in the his
tory of the world and people have
bowed down and worshiped and cried,
THE king is dead; long live the king"
In yesterdays final tribute of love
and respect to Los Angeles dead po-
lice official there was but one cry sent
forth, echoed and re-echoed from
street to street and place to place, "a
good man is gone; may God rest his
SOUL"
The funeral of Capt. Auble was by
far the largest and greatest outpourlng
of the people Of Los Angeles on any
other like occasion.
Vast as is the main auditorium of |
the Scottish Rite cathedral, Ii was en-
tirely inadequate yesterday afternoon |
to hold the great concourse of people |
which poured forth to pay the last !
tribute Of love and respect to Walter
Auble.
The hour of o'clock was fixed upon |
as the time for the funeral services |
but long before that time thousands Of /
men, women and children had gathered I
in front of the building at 929 South |
Hope street TO witness the obsequies |
over the mortal remains Of the dead |
officer.
Within the auditorium Of the ca
thedral seats were provided for the !
family and immediate friends of the |
dead man, the members of the lodge of |
Master Masons TO which he belonged, |
for his fellow officers in the police de- |
partment visiting police officers, mem |
bers OF the local fire department and |
city officials, fraternal members of /
other branches OF Masonry and secret |
orders with which the dead was affiIi- 4
ated. and last the general public.
The capacity of the building alone ,
limited the number Of those who were
present, at and took part in the SER
Vices Within the great auditorium
were gathered more than 1000 persons.
h., rfva cfar IN fIaf.
glare OF the sun, were more than twice
that number unable to gain admission.
Body Lying In State
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
doors Of the chapel at the Bresee un-
dertaking parloTs were thrown open to
the public, and from that hour until
a few minutes of 1 o'clock the people
poured in and out to take last view |
of the earthly remains.
The body lay in heavily-embroid-
cred and brocaded coffin in the center L
Of the room, and from the time when
the doors wera opened until they were
closed Just before the time for the fun
eral services nearly 5000 persons came
and tool; last and loving view of the
dead officer.
Shortly before 1 O'Clock the guard of
honor, consisting Of officers Richards,
McClain. ]. A. Miller and Burch. in
formed the public that the coffin would
be closed, and a short time afterward
the body was removed to the Masonic
cathedral.
There the coffin was placed on the
stage of the cathedral In the post Of
the altar At The head of the body
cleaned the eight-pointed star. signi-
flying eternal life.
At the left side burned the symbol
ical candles, representing the trinity.
To the right was the wreath signify
ing Immortality.
Everywhere we're floral emblems
from the friends and fraternaI assoc
ciates, the fellow workers and citizens
who knew, honored and respected the
dead.
At the. head Of the coffin was the
and square Of Masonry. At
the foot a pillow OF inmortelles, with
the inscription MY Work is Done"
70 the left Of this was ES open book