Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-19
Extreme Simplicity Marks Fu-
neral OF States Former Chief
Executive at Jersey City.
BODY is THEN TAKEN BY
TRAIN TO M0RRISTOWN
Newark's Respect Is Shown in
Closing of City and
County Offices.
tFtom a stan corresponaent.l |


JERSEY CITY, Jan. 19-Following
services which were simple but i'm
pressive the body of former Governor
George I. Werts was borne today from
his late home, 275 Union street, this
city, to a hearse in waiting. and the
funeral eortege, OF not more than half
dozen carriages. proceeded slowly
through the streets of this city to the
Lackawanna depot, In Hoboken. where
the body was placed on a train for
Morristown.
At the Jersey City home the strict
est privacy prevailed, 1t was the wish
of the family of the late governor that
there be no display. There were q
few floral offerings from very near
friends of the family. The Rev. Jesse
Joralemon, rector OF Grace Protestant
Episcopal Church, conducted the brief
and simple service of the Episcopal
Church. A choir sang softly Nearer
My God, to Thee" and Lead Kindly
Light" the casket was closed and the
family entered the coaches in waiting.
The only mourner, aside from the
family, was Joseph II. McMasters, who
was private secretary to Mr. Werts
when he was governor.
On the arrival of the funeral train at
Morristown the services were more
elaborate. 1t was in this city in Nor
ris county that the former governor
was best known, and 1t was here that
he obtained his first start In his great
public life. Profound sorrow was iii
evidence on all sides.
The train was met by the pall-bear-
ers, former Governors John W. Griggs,
and Franklin Murphy and former Vice.
Chancellor Henry c. Pitney, Chancel-
lor Mahlon Pitney,, State Treasurer
Daniel S. Voorhees, and the personal
staff which attended Mr.. Werts while
he was Goverss-..
There was no demonstration at the
Hoboken depot OF the LacKnwanna
railroad when the body was taken
from the hearse TO the baggage car.
No one but the immediate members of
the family accompanied the body on
the regular train, which left Roboken
at 1876 p. m. There. were only six in
the party.
At Morristown the mayor and other
city officials, with all of the members
of the police department and a num-
Der of civic bodies, escorted the re-
mains to the cemetery, where the cas-
ket was opened. SO that friends in
Morristown could view the remains
The Rev. I. M. B. Thompson, pastor of
the Morristown Baptist Church, which
the Werts family attended when they
lived in ~orristown officiated.
Among those at the services in Nor
ristown were former Senator Michael
T. Barrett, of Newark, and Colonel
George Pfeiffer, of Camden; County
Judge Alfred e. Mills, former Assem-
blyman Joseph RICHTER Mayor Theo-
dore Ayres, of Morristown; former
Mayors Reed and Quayle, Alderman
Louis H. Sturgus and City Engineer
Edward H. Howell.
The active bearers We're Chief of Po-
lice ]. S. Holloway, Sergeant john Nor
rison and Patrolmen Meeker Mesler,
Naughton. Ross and Young of the Nor
ristown department
During the funeral services in Nor
ristown. between and 4 o'clock this
afternoon. all the county and city
offices in Newark. were closed as a
mark of respect. The city clerks
office was open only for the granting
of burial permits. Flags are at half
mast on the public buildings.