The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-13
BRAVE OFFICER
RESTS IN TOMB
0bsequies of Sergeant John
Henry Johnston Stately aEl
Beautiful.
UNIVERSAL 0UTP0URING
OF GRIEF AND SYWpATHY
Rev. Father COrc0ran Pays a
High Tribute to Character
of Departed.

Stately and beautiful. bearing cvidenc
OF the respect in which was held
bauntlcss officer and n beloved comrade
the funeral of Police Sergeant Iohl
Henry Johnston who died July S al ST
Marks hospital as the result Of a woun,
Inflicted by elmer l.. Dewey, was he'll
yesterday morning at ST. Mary's cathe
drai.
Possibly never before has there beer
greater evidence of public grief and sym
pnthy for the death OF an officer who wa
killed without provocation and at hi
post OF duty. When the long funeral cor
teSe slowly moved up Main street yes
terday morning 10 the dead march from
Saul, a cloak of gloom overspread The
business district and the results of thu
lace tragedy were wildly before all who
saw the sad procession.
More than 500 persons viewed the body
OF the departed officer In the pariors of
the O'Donnell undertaking establishment
before the funeral train was formed. Ow-
rades who wished TO look upon the SER
geant for the last time the departure of
the cortege from the Undertaking par
lors was de:dyed about fifteen minutes.
In Solemn Procession.
The funeral procession was led by
Montgomerys band of thirty-two pieces.
Four mounted patrolmen followed the
band. They were III. A. Calton. d. VI.
Crowther. A. "A. Barker and j. A. Con-
yers.
The auto patrol wagon followed the
mounted patrolrnen and carried the floral
feur o. c. Brown. who was accompanied
by. Motor Patrolman Henry Potter. Mayor
John $. Bransford and Chief OF Police S.
mobile
Following the mayor and chief of police
was a plat OF forty patrolmen In full
uniform and wearing white gloves Above
the badge of each was a bar of crepe.
Sergeant n. P. Pierce commanded the
platoon Following this Assistant Chief
commanded twelve members of that or
ganization- There was large number OF
knights OF Columbus and Modern Wood
men and also employees of the city. The
next in line was Judge J. NJ Bowman. ac-
companied by attaches of the city court.
Four pallbeaIers. comrades of Sergeant
Johnston. marched ON either side of the
hearse They. were Sergeant ]. J.. Rob
erts. Acting Sergeant Joseph Bush and
Patrolman William Hilton, bailifi OF the
court; Ben D. Seigfus. Emil Johnson.
William II. Carey. Thomas Simpson and
c. W, Olson.
Hold Impressive Services.
The family of Sergeant Johnston fol-
lowed the hearse. The funeral procession
was about two blocks in length. Upon
arrival at the cathedral the cortege dis
banded The Rev. Father William H. |
Sorcoran. with Sergeant Johnston during |
MS last minutes, celebrated solemn re-
mad charge OF the musical numbers OF the |
service. Regardless OF the fact that the |
choir had disbanded for the summer no |
Pnins had been spared In rehearsing for |
the event. To Chopins funeral march the |
casker was carried into the cathedral by
comrades of the dead officer.
the olfertory was Cherubinis "veni
Jesu' by anartettc composed of Mrs.
Gorinne Harris Hammer. Miss Alice
Miss Alice Farrell sang Brownies 10,
Salutaris." after which the choir sang
MS she GeGsSorian end ,n r,,s Stabet Mater Nearer
number. sung by the quartette Albert
Press accompanied the organ on the
The Rev. Father Corcoran and the
altar boys performed the Catholic rite
at the burial ground in Calvary ceme-
tery The eulogy OF Father Corcoran In
part was as follows;
Blessed are the dead who dfe In Tho
Lord. Strong as a diamond. tender as
a mother. brave man gave his life for
ms MS ,i DUTY, Loved by his family, admired
ii anu honored by his friends. he might
haye Is,,, nved Tor years and attained the
highest position In his department
Dearly beloved In Christ there is one
tnlhE lhat Is absolutely certain In this
universe OF ours, and that one thing IS
neath. There Is one sorrow that finds
heart and that one sorrow is sorrow for
inc dead. Neither human prudence nor
human t,.n powers can stay the execution OF
tHat reaper Riches cannot bribe death |
poverty Is not beneath its notice. and so |
II comes TO pass that all men die. Death
causes bitter pang In the human heart
put IL has most bitter and characteris-
tlc sung In IT when II forces itself un-
cSpectedly on one In the full bloom OF
NE; IN the spring OF manhood IL has
a bitter sting when II suddenly and
SneNpectedly carries away the father of |
his children. the husband of his wife and |
the brother OF mis- brothers and sisters
IL was as a thunderclap this morning
= week ago when the news OF the shoot
n,s lng reached the streets when public
officer was stricken down In the fear
less discharge OF his duty
III was his faith that made him un- !
dergo operation after operation, That
helped him In the closing hours OF life I
and can truly say In the words of Saint J
raui; ! nave fought a good fight have T
Iinlshcd my race. / have kept the faith a
ano now remains for me n crown of Jew I