The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
ELOQUENT EULOGY
impressive Services Held Under Aus.
pices Of Yellowstone County Bar
Association at Coliseum - Rev.
Fritsch Delivers Funeral Address
Brother OFFICERS Pail Bearers.

%IuuOId4- 6Okv4NVo OVSAE AAS J0SOy
late Sheriff James T. Webb, were
held, 1t is estimated that between
1920 and $500 persons were in the
auditorium and as many stood out
side on the sidewalk unable to gain
entrance to the building, owing to its
limited seating capacity.
Men and women of all vacations
and every walk Of lie sat side by
side, paying silent tribute to the
memory Of q fearless omcer who gave
his life in the performance Of his
duty.
The Coliseum stage was beautifully
decorated with white bunting and pot
ted plants. Every detail Of the SER
vice was impressive in the extreme.
A procession headed by the men,
bers Of the Billings police force and
the Second Regiment band, formed at
the city hall and escorted the body to
the Coliseum, marching to the strains
OF q funeral dirge played BY the band.
Brother Attends Funeral.
The only immediate relative Of
Sheriff Webb attending the funeral
was his brother F. M. Webb, whose
home is in Oregon, and who arrived
in Billings yesterday morning to at
tend the services.
The six pail bearers selected
from among the sheriffs from Mon
tana and Wyoming, who were In the
city to attend the funeral. With the
brother Of the deceased and the
members Of the family Of Under sher.
III Hubbard, they occupied seats d.
rectly in 'front.' Of the rostrum, which
were draped on the backs with long
black streamers.
Service Opens With Music.
On the stage were seated members
OF the Bar association. city and coun'
y o~ficials, the male quartett@ and
the ~of1ciating clergyman. 4.
Directly in back Of the pain bearers
were seated deputy sherins who
served under Sheriff Webb and bacl
OF these the members Of Mckinley
post q. A. r.
An appropriate selection BY the
band opened the services at the rinA
and this was followed BY the reading
Of the Twenty-Third Psalm by Rev
Samuel Fritsch, Of the Congregations
church who conducted the services.
A male q~uartette consisting Of H. G
Brown, E. e. Esselstyn, Ira L. Whit
ney and George Hays sang "Abide
With Me" and Rev. Fritsch offered q
prayer.
Attorney o. F. Goddard on behalf
Of the Yellowstone Bar association
under whose auspices the funeral ser
vices were held, delivered an eloquent
eulogy to the deceased.
Well Selected Text.
Rev. Fritsch delivered the funeral
address, taking as his text the sen,
fictitious account of the death Of King
David as referred to in Acts 1886
latter he had served his own genera
ton by the will OF God he fell on
Sleep"
Nearer Ny God to Thee" sung b.
the male Q~uartette and a benediction
ended the service at the Coliseum
and the funeral cortege formed fol
the march to the grave. headed by the
band, closely followed by the city and
county ofacials and the members o,
Mckinley post Of, the g. A. R. and
members Of the Yellowstone Count,
Bar association who attended the ser
vices In a body.
"6aldy" Follows Hearse.
Immediately following the hears,
and led by Deputy Sheriff Matlock VA.
Sheriff Webb's horse Badly" carry
ing an empty saddle decorated viii
white roses
Hundreds OF citizens and admirer,
Of the deceased marched in the DIG
cession following the mourners. Ca,
riages bearing many more citizen
and extending for many block
brought up the rear Of the long prt
cession.
The floral tributes were the MOI
beautiful and profuse ever seen /
Billings. There were wreaths Will
out number and an extra hack wa
required to transport the flowers I
and from the Coliseum.
After the funeral corteee ha
reached the grave. a short service va
held before the body was lowered
ito ANAL resting place.
Eulooy.
The eulogy delivered by Attorns
Goddard during the services follow
Fellow Citixens-We have asse,
bled here to perform the last s,
rites, and to pay our tribute of l
spect to the memory Of Sheriff Web
Who met . tragic death ct the han,
of aeruel and abandoned wretch n