Evening journal., 1913-09-22
IMPRESSIVE
FUNERAL FOR
8 DEAD MAYOR
All New York MOurnS William
Jay GaynOr as He is Borne
to Grave
FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT
LEADS THE PALLBEARERS
By The United Press.

by Inc Unltcu ITebh.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22>-whiie for
mer President Taft and Ardblph
Kline led the honorary palIbearers on
each side Of his catafalque and 1o0.-
900 citizens. barsheaded and SILENT
lined Lower Broadway and itsf adjaS
cent streets. the city today didfhonof
to it's late Mayor, William Jay Cay<
nor. Thousands on thousands Of peF<
sons stood uncovered before the Oit1
Hall today when at 1910 o'clock tha
funeral procession started ana In the
plaza $50 police, massed In q scaid
body, stood al salute as the romalna
OF the Mayor who at all times stood
frm for them, we're borne out Of tha
building where he had been ghg
chief.
The first sign Of the procesaionl
came 10 the waiting throng standing
on the plaza still wet with rain wheu
1.-THE honorary pailbearers, two and
two, issued from the black draUed
portal. They took their appointed sta
tions on each side Of me funeral. oar,
and then borne by Ave ffremen ana
Ave police. the coffin followed and
was at once raised to the top OF the
vehicle. The coffin was covered bv
the Mayors flag, the Stars and
stripes and on II lay floral tokens
sent by his widow and children.
These we're the only flowers the cas-
ket bore.
The departure from the haii WAS
most impressive All around the
, plaza, as the cortege moved of to-
ward Broadway. the thousands stood
, in tense silence. There was not
. movement; hardly a sound Only
! the low-toned orders OF the police
: captains and the shufie OF the slow
moving feet Of the marchers broke
the strange stiffness which smothered
even the usual roar OF the citys
heart.
Turning into Broadway, the cor
q tege passed southwark down the great
4 artery OF the metropolis through
! solid ranks OF humanity while high In
a air the giant Woolworth building and
4 the other skyscrapers showed every
Il window black with heads The roofs
Of Of the post ONCE building and the
ID other lower structures in the vicinity
" we're iammed TO the copings.
g. All the way down Broadway until
d Trinity church was reached, the
police lined both ourhs. shoulder to
r shoulder. while 1900 Of their fellows.
D. thirty platoons, marched in the pa
y rade. The church was reached at
11.07 o'clock.
'eI just az the procession swept by St.
y Paul's, the chimes rang out their tones
d in unison above the heads of the silent
A. throng. The ringing of the bells break-
Is ing in on the stiffness was too much for
Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Q who had been stiffiy supported for
IS months by the dead mayor despite al
It attacks and who reekoned Caynor one
" of his dearest friends. Marching be-
Ie hind former President Taft, Waldo had
N with difficulty restrained his emotion
s, but when the chimes sounded, two
tears rolled down his cheeks end he sob
le bed openly. Among the thousands whit
'r watched Waldo's grief, one street
r sweeper freely sympathi5ed. Cranini
IN over the shoulder Of a big policeman
20 tears running down his face, he crie'
out; Il don't blame you, Commissions
A good mans gone"
=. Every head along Broadway 40
de blocks around old Trinity church wa
r. bare % the coffin was borne within Il
he walls. The services there were plsnne
te TO last about one hour At their con
"a clusion. the procession was to reform
ng cross the Brooklyn bridge INTO shs lee
mayors home borough and procsed h
Greenwood cemetery for the intermen
which was not expected to Be accom-
w plished until between two and thre'
o'clock this afternoon.