The San Francisco call., 1909-03-27
CITY PAYS TRIBUTE
To ITS ATTORNEY
Oakland Pauses While John E.
McElroy's Funeral Takes
Place

Il OAKLAND, March 26.-With the rites
of the church of his faith solemnized
amid a concourse of friends, with bust
ness suspended and with the bells of
the city tolling in requiem, services.
over John E. McElroy, late city at
torney of Oakland and beloved citizen
of the place of his birth, were held
in circumstance of unusual expression
OF sorrow this morning at st. Francis
de Sales church.
( Early this morning relatives and in
innate friends, including the pail
bearers, assembled at the McElroy resi-
dence, 35l Lee street, whence the
funeral cortege moved to the church.
POLICE PLATOON AS ESCORT
At the earnest request of Mrs. Nc
Elroy formal escort was confined TO
platoon of policemen and of firemen.
Arriving at the church the coffin was
borne to the chancel by eight sergeants
of police, who were: Bert Curtiss, w.
H. McCloud. James D. Mulgrew, Thorn
wald Brown, NJ. J. Byrne. William f.
Wood, James Walters and Robert For
gle. The esteem in which the depart
ed commissioner had been held led the
officers TO request that they be per
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was assigned to them.
The honorary pail bearers, represent
ing the officials of the city, friends.
and organizations with which McElroy
had been identified. were Mayor Frank
K. Mott, City Engineer Frederick c.
Turner, Superior Judge John Ellis
worth. Robert NJ Fitzgerald Charles
McEnerney, DR.. J. L. Milton. DR.. H. f.
Sullivan, DR.. ]. NJ. Kane, John j. Nc
Donald Dr. o. D. Hamlin, Hugh Ho-
gan Sr., Vincent A Dodd, Frank Cerini,
District Attorney William H Donahue,
N A. Ball, chief engineer of the Oak
land fire department.
FLORAL TRIBUTES SUPERB
Many superb floral offerings to the
departed officials memory were set
along the chancel The coffin was COW
cred with a beautiful pail of exquisite
roses. In the sanctuary, besides the
priests who officiated at the solemn
bers of the Catholic clergy from the
eastside cities. In all the solemnity of
the ritual the prayers for the dead
were recited by Rev. Thomas Nc
Sweeney, pastor of st. Francis de Sales
parish, as celebrant Assisting. him
were Rev. Peter c. Yorke, pastor of
St Anthony's church of East Oakland,
as QS2COns IbCN. LII L
pastor of st. Josephs church Of Berke-
ley. as subdeacon, and Rev. William
Cantwell assistant pastor of st. Fran
els de Sales, as master of ceremonies.
FUNERAL ADDRESS BRIEF
Rev. Father Ncsweeney spoke briefly
to the assembled congregation Of
mourning relatives and friends.
During the service a choir composed
of Miss Luella Williams, soprano; Miss
Ruth Waterman, contralto; David
Manlloyd, tenor, and Frank Figone.
bass, rendered the musical service ac-
compartment to, the celebration of the
mass. Miss Elizabeth LcNally was
organist An Interpolation of Nearer
Ny God to Thee" by the organist was
peculiarly effective.
with the services concluded at the
church the cortege moved to ST. Mary's
cemetery, where interment took place.
TRIBUTES ARE PAID
The Alameda county bar association
met this afternoon in memorial serv-
ices for John Edmund McElroy, with
Superior Judges Ellsworth, Brown, Og-
den and Harris in attendance. Two
hundred members OF the bar and
county officials were in attendance,
paying tribute to the sterling worth
Of the late city attorney.
Briefly Judge Ellsworth, dean of the
bench of the county, stated, the pur-
pose Of the gathering. Resolutions
prepared by r. NJ Fitzgerald were
adopted
william R. Davis delivered a eulogy
to the late attorney, as did Judge
Everett j. Brown.
The chamber of commerce also
adopted appropriate resolutions on the
death of McElroy.
Mayor Mott will not take any action
as to a successor for a couple of days.