Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-25
CHIEFS BODY BORNE
3BY FRIENDS TO TOMB
Hundreds Hear Last Rites for Late
Head of Omaha Police
Department.
RESPECTS PAID BY HIS MEN
Long Lines Of PolicamsR and Fire
men Form Part OF Long Pros
cession from Late Home to
the Church.

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Funeral services, brief but impressive,
were held for Chief Of Police John ].
Donahue at o'clock yesterday morning
at st. Peters church, Twenty-eighth and
Leayenworth streets, Father Mccarthy
officiating. ta
Fully $500 friends, hundreds OF whom
were policemen, fremen and city offl-
cials. filled every seat in the large church
while the aisles, choir loft and entrances
we're massed with those who were un-
able to secure seats
Long before the hour for the removal
OF the body from the home to st. Peter
church people began to arrive and when
the body was borne from the house be-
tween two long rows Of patrolmen an
enormous crowd had arrived The as
semblage was made up OF almost every
prominent business man In Omaha, CIVIC
organizations, members Of the CONNER
cial club, knights Of Ak-Sar-Ben. fire
men, patrolmen and plain citizens were
moved by one wave Of grief as the somber
black casket was carried to the hearse.
Entire Force AtNeMuss
Every member OF tie Omaha police de-
partment, with the exception Of six, who
were needed to guard the downtown dis
trict were present under the charge or
Lieutenant Thomas Hayes. Over half or
the fire department under Chief Salter
lined the opposite side Of the street and
Police Chief Briggs Of South Omaha at
the head of his entire police and detective
department. marched to the residence, and
followed the long procession TO the
church.
In the house. lying among bower OF
roses and flowers of all kinds was the
casket with the cover thrown back so
that those who wished could take last
look at the man whom they loved during
life.
At exactly 8 o'clock County Attorney
English called for the active pallbearers
and simultaneously the heads OF the hun
dreds of citizens were barred as the body
was carried from the house. The patrol
men formed two long lines and stood at
attention while their dead chief was
carried away.
These same big patrolmen. whose duty
1t is to guard the citizens OF Omaha and
who are supposed to be immune from
grief, broke down as their friend and
chief passed between them. Big tears
rolled down the cheeks of brave men,
and many turned their heads as soon as
the casket had passed
From the home the procession moved
to the church. The long line was headed
by several platoons OF Omaha police and
firemen. The hearse followed by the
active and honorary pallbearers came
next.
Men Stand at Attention.
Arriving at the church the patrolmen
formed two lines on either sides Of the
entrance, while the flremen lined the OPP
posite side of the street. The carriages,
forty-five in number, drove between the
two lines, while the patrolmen and fire
men stood at attention.
High mass was said by Father Mccarty
and he blessed the body with prayers in
Latin. Father T. H. Devlin, Jesuit. Of st.
Joseph's hospital, translated the prayers
into English. Father Devlin then delivered
short talk in which he -likened life to
a mad and wild dance over precipice,
during which the dancers fall. one by
one, over the embankment. "The dance
is stopped for q while" said Father Dew
lin, while the dancers peer over tho
side to see where the body has gone. and