Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-10
SOrrowing Friends Assemble at
H0me of Robert
Davis.
GRIEF STRICKEN CHILDREN
AMONG THE MOURNERS
City Dons S0mber Garb in Honor
of MemOry-Funeral Ar
engagements Incomplete.
IRON . star correspondent

JERSEY CITY, Jan. 10.-How wei
beloved was Robert Davis is to be
seen plainly today in the city of his
home. At the little Grove street home
where the dead leader lies the door
swings necessarily to admit the men
and women who were his friends and
wish to pay the silent eulogy OF their
coming to the friend who had been q
friend indeed. It was said of a
martyred President that children loved
him, and 1t may be said of Robert
Davis that the little ones of his "
city loved him so we'll hat they are
! sending flowers already to his bier.
Whole City Il in Mourning.
The entire city is in informal mourn
ing. Nearly every distinguished man
| within the State has either called at
| the house or sent his tribute OF sor-
row. Flags are at half-mast and the
municipality is preparing to make for
NAL expression of its grief over the
untimeIy passing away of its most re-
spected citizen.
Family Nearly Frustrated.
Mrs. DAVIS and the four sons of the
lead leader are upon the verge of pros
tration. For forty-eight hours before
the end they had remained within quick
call of the bedside. They are SO utter
" grief-stricken hat they have been
unable to consult with friends, and
only general arrangements have been
made for the funeral
The services will be held at St.
Peters Catholic Church, at Grand and
Van Vorsh streets, Thursday morning.
The solemn high mass will be sung at
10 o'clock by the Rev. Edward j. Nc
Grath, long a friend of Mr.. Davis. and
pastor of the church. Burial is to fol-
low / IN the Holy Name Cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers announces
this afternoon include friends OF Mr.
Davis from every part of the State
They are former United states Senator
James Smith. jr., George w. Young
Thomas Fallon, Representative Eugene
Kinkead, Stephen M. Egan, Congress-
man James Hamill, Edward l. Ed
wards, George T. Smith. Joseph Flo
ramo, DIR. G. w. King, Walker O'Marra,
George w. Henry, John +. Boyle, Judge
Robert Hudspeth, Judge, Blair, of the
Hudson Special Circuit Court; George
F. Crosby, the Hudson county clerk;
James Hennesy, chairman of the u
ty committee: Joseph Perlmutter and
Samuel F. Maggie.
Touching Evidence of Love.
A touching evidence of Mr.. Davis's
hold upon the affections of his home
people came just after his death had
been made known.
The members of st. Peters confer
ence of the Society of St. Vincent do
Paul had long been beneficiaries of the
dead leaders generosity. They adj
journed a meeting of their organization
and went in a body TO the home, where
they stood with barred heads upon the
piazza. Michael Hart, the president of
the society, said Jersey City would
never know how generous had been Mr..
Davis in the cause of religion and
charity, and Treasurer William II.
Norton added:
"He did not want the ones he helped
to know he helped them. He did not
say things; he did them. His death
casts gloom into more households than
would the death of any other man I
know in this community"
Many Send Condolences.
Among those who called or sent con-
dolences were former Senator James
Smith, jr., ex-State Senator Robert s.
Hudspeth. George PlalEesley an old
friend; = P. j. Sullivan, Judge John
Queen and hundreds of others.