New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-03

Throng Pays Last Tribute to
BROOKLYN Lawyer.

One who vas az the deathbed OF Edward
M. Shepard said that the last ineligible
words OF the lawyer We're May the Lord
give me strength to pass through the valley
OF the shadow OF death" Consequently one
Of the hymns al Sir. Shepard's funeral in
Holy Trinity Church. Brooklyn. yesterday
was The Lord is Ny Shepherd"
Prominent citizens crowded the church.
and Montague and Clinton streets in the
neighborhood Of the edfce We're so con-
gested that the police halted all vehicular
traffic until after the services. Flags on the
Borough Hall. on other public buildings and
on many business houses were az half-nast.
The Brooklyn courts adjourned for the
funeral
The burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.
where Nr. SheparG's body was aid beside
that Of his father. Lorenzo b. Shepard.
The services were conducted by the Rev.
John Howard Melish. rector % Holy Trim
fly. assisted by the Rev. Samuel d. Nc
Cornell. a former rector OF the church: the
the Rev. Waldo Adams Amos. assistant
rector. AMI the Rev z. NJ. Parrot. rector
OF ST. Jarles's Church at Lake George.
TIE pallbearers were George Foster Pes
body. A Augustus Healy. Henry F. Chap
man. Theodore r Miller. John II. Finley
and Francis Lynde stetson. The special
ushers were Charles Jerome Edwards and
William r.. Smith, Mr. Shepard law part
ner.
The trustees. the faculty and many OF the
alumni OF the College OF the City OF New
York, Of which Alr Shepard was a gradu-
ate and trustee. attended the funeral. and
there we're large delegations from the
Brooklyn Bar Association. the Brooklyn
League. the New York County Lawyers
Association. including Alton B. Parker.
Joseph F DAILY Edward Lauterbach.
Abram T. Elkus. L. Latin Kellogg. Arch
bald r. Watson. George Gordon Battle
Benno Lewinson. willis Bruce Dowd Dennis
spelissy. Rastus s Ransom and John
Brooks Leavitt. the Brooklyn Democratic
Club. the Kings County Democat.c Execu-
tive Committee and many other organiEa-
tons
Others at the funeral were Nathan
Straus. George McAneny. Borough Presi-
cent of Manhattan. Controller Prendergast,
Justices Stapleton. Kelly. Carr and Gleger-
ich. County Judge Norman :. Dixie Angus
tus A Van Wyck Edward Lazansky. SEQ
rotary Of State: Henry p. Molloy. County
Clerk: Herbert p Bissell. Lunacy COM
missioner Walter q. Burton. State Civil
Service Commissioner; Dr. ST. Clair Nc
Kelway. Mrs. McKelway and Miss Foster.
Representative James P. Maher. Patrick e.
Callahan. Assistant Corporation Counsel;
DR.. Charles II. Levernore, James Matthews,
Assemblyman Edward r. Terry. General
Robert T. Avery. Alexander u. White,
Frank Harvey Fields. Robert n. Roy, De-
L.ancey Nicol. Herbert L Brdgeman. !.
Grattan MacMahon, the Rev. William
sheafe Chase Thomas L. Fogarty, Dep
uty Commissioner OF Charities; Alexander
Mckinney. James Sheviin. John p. Frost.
B. s Ritterband. Frank Obern.er Edward
I. Graef. Theodore rockingham. John
Savarese Everitt Greene. Robert 3. Nc
Intyre. William .. Courtney. Herbert Par
sons. p. c. Savage. Ralph Z. Hempstreet,
Charles a. Kelly. Luther ". Emerson
Michael z McGoldrick, Peter 3. Hanson,
Alfred J. Boulton, John Schliemann. owen
F. F1nnerty. Andrew T. Sullivan. Edward
J. Byrne, Ali Peace. Jacob Neu, Edward
, Martin. Richard Ramsey Samuel Row
land, George J. 5. Bowling. George V. Will
Jams, Michael T Kelly and r. 4 Wilson