The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
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md ar TUE CHURCH.

NIAny Natlsnalaties Rsureseneea IN me
Marching l1ae-Chlnsse ssnd . Dele.
gnti0n-Well Known Stca - PAIL
bearers Tribute Co agaa Caehoale Faith
All oreeds races and ColOrs were rep
rosentsd at the funeral OF MAgistrats
Daniel 2. Finn. which took place ysstsr-
day from his home az 5sa Broome street.
Among thus- at the funeral were China
men. negroes. TurkS. ArmeniAns. Syrians.
Greeks and Italians. 40 many men and
wOmen gathered about tho house that
the police had much trouble making room
for the funeral procession. Capt. O'Con-
nor of the NAcdougAl street station had
fifty patrolnen aud twelve mounted po-
licemen on hand. and they were needed
II was 10 o'clock when the procession
started Tor old ~. Peters Roman Catholic
Church in RArclay street Mrs Finn and
h"r seven children followed the comm
from the room who're u had been repoeing
~ = mess ~ flowers.
Tn" pallbe6TVE were Big Tim
sullivan supreme Court Juatices
Giegerich and Downing. J,letice- WAu-
hope lynn and O'Dwyer Of the City
CouTt, Judge Eo-tsr OF General Sessions.
Justice Ieil~r Of Special Sessions, Presi-
dent John Fox Of the Democratic Club.
In the PROCESSION thEt started for this
church were most of the City Magistrates
Of tue First and SECOND divisions. thu
court clerks. Justices from the Munici pal
Courts snd other rD-n prominent IN the
that walked were Firo Commissioner
Waldo. Fire Chief croker. Deputy Police
Commissioner Reynolds ~ BrOokiyu and
eX-Borough President AheaTn
The Huron Club. the TAmmany district
"a
were also delegations from the TamnIany
executive coInhlities' and from the On
IseOBg Tong Of Chinatown. with Tom
Lee, The ttular Mayor Of Chinatown. 1T
its head
The Chinese delegation was a large
one Then came The United CoLored
DEN oCrRCN. several hundred strong. The
P"ter i sherry Association sent "a dele
CATION. and 60 Gid the Catholic ChIb
The catholic Historical Society Sas repre-
sentesi. as was the RovAl ArCanuIn. The
bcns~olent Order Of Eagles turned out a
large bOdv
When the procession started down
town the line Of carriages and the walking
mouTners and the Gro wds on the side
walks were great that traffic had to
De stopped AZ several points along the
route FOR nearly two hours. The pro
Cession passed the rooms of the Huron
hub at Hudson and spring streets The
clubhouse vas draped IA mourning
when The PROCESSION got 20 ~ Peter .
there was ANOTHER crowd waiting for 10. /
Again the police had their hands full IN
making "A lane through the mass for the
fLners parry. The mounted policemen
and iOo patrolmen had marched q, the
head Of the parade and after a time they
cleared way Tor the mourners 70 enter
the church.
Mgr Mclean, the pastor. Oficlated al
the last -s'rviCe-. assisted by the Rev
Fathers Nnonsn. Leonard and binesn.
Mgr Nc1'san IN ms grafton spoke Of
the strong religious feeling that MAgis-
trate Finn had displayed.
y remember one OF the DIVERSIONS
during his at sickness when I admins.
tered communion tn hun. said the clergy
u~n He was feeble. but not withstand
ing Sat he jumped out - bed and got
cpwn on tbs knees IN great humility TO
receive the CommuuioLL-
TIE clergyman said that Finn vas one
81 ~ old sto,'k whose faith WAs strouE
and whose virtues shOne oct IA q vsrv
active l''e
The mtarrrent was in Holy Cross Gene
rerv ~ larbusl