The Washington times., 1913-04-14
SIMPLICITY MARKS
MORGAN FUNERAL
Financial Leaders Of World Pay
Last Respects to Former
commander-in.chief.

NEW YORK, April 4-with the
Stock Exchange closed. police guarding
the streets about the Morgan home. and
hundreds of financial leaders Of the
world suspending business to pay their
last respects to their late commander
in-chief. New York paused today. while
the body of ]. Pierpont Morgan was
taken through the streets in an. ordin-
ary horsedrawn hearse to st. Georges
Episcopal Church. where funeral ser
vices were held
Before the funeral. a squad of traffic
policemen closed the block from Park
TO Madison avenue. on Thirty-sixth
street. fronted by the Morgan residence
and library. No traffic was permitted.
and admission to the street was by
card only.
Body Taken To Church.
At s:15 the flower-covered casket was
taken from the red room OF the
marble library, carried to waiting
hearse and the trip to St. Georges
Episcopal Church, where the funeral
services were held, was made quietly
and quickly. Members Of the Morgan
family in carriages followed the hearse.
There were no services at the library
before the start was made for 81.
Georges. Extreme simplicity marked
the departure for the church. A horse
drawn hearse of the usual type served
70 carry the late financier's body to
the church. The family entered horse
drawn livery carriages. such as might
be used by the family of a man of
modest means. The body was carried
from the library to the hearse by en-
ployes of the undertaken In charge Of
the services.
There were eisnteen carriages follow
ing the hearse from the library to the
church. j. Pierpont Morgan, jr., his
mother leaning on his arm. was the
first to leave the Morgan home. Her
bert L; satterlee and Mrs. satterlee,
q daughter of the late ffnancier, fol-
lowed and then came other members OF
the family ana intimate friends. The
trip TO the church ended at 9:5S. At 10
o'clock the doors were closed.
Services in the Church.
Leading the procession down the aisle
of the church was the vested choir Of
men and boys. Following were the
clergy who conducted the services and
their assistants. They were:
The Revs. Thomas E. Calvert, John
+. Hamaker, and John F. Scott. assis-
tant minister of ST. Georges Church:
Carl Reiland. rector of St. Georges;
Ri. Rev. William Lawrence, d. D.,
bishop of Boston, and the Rt Rev.
Chauncey B. Brewster, L. D., bishop
OF Connecticut, and the Rt. Rev. Davis
H. Greer, D. D., bishop of New York
Following the casket came the honor.
AIRY pallbearers and the family
The services began as soon as the
coffin was brought into the church with
the chant from the tfirty-ninth and
ninedeth Psalms, Lord, let me know
IS
The hymn "Asleep in Jesus then
was sung. The services were compieted
The lesson from chapter XIV of the
Hymn Lead Kindly Light Greed
md prayers.
Solo "lnvary." sung by Harry Bur
leigh, baritone of St Georges choir.
The benediction.
The recessional hymn For all Thy
Saints who from their labors rest"
Honorary Pallbearers.
At the close of the services the body |
vas borne from the church by the fol- |
owing, acting as honorary palibearers: |
George S. Bowdoin, Lewis Cass Led |
} ard. Robert W. DeForrest, Henry |
Fairfield Osborne, United States Sena- |
.or Elihu Root. Joseph H. Choate. Rob- |
srt Bacon, George F. Baker. DR.. J. w. |
Markoe, Elbert II. Gary, Seth Low, and |
Martin S. Patton.
The procession went directly to the !
Grand Central station where a special |
rain was waiting to take the body and |
'uneral party to Hartford, Conn. The |
lervices at Hartford were private, in
erment being in the family mausoleum
n Cedar Hill Cemetery.
seating only l.500 persons and the num-
Der attending the late financier's fu-
neral was strictly limited to this num-
Ter. seldom In the history OF New York
iave men representing such power in
he world Of finance and art been gath
vas represented by Marquis Confal-
,neri, the Italian ambassador at Wash
ngton.
Just beyond the lines a crowd of
we're orderly and merely sought view
4 the funeral party. Throughout the
district hundreds were
,e-ched on roofs in an effort to get a
,limpse of the procession. At the
-ying In Hospital. near by. white
cof. This hospital was endowed by
ir. Morgan.
in the north gallery of the church
'ews were reserved for the servants
mpIoyed in the Morgan home and
brary the crew of Morgan's private
acht Corsair. and the servants from
'ragston and Highland Falls.
Great Crowds Line Streets.
Crowds lined the streets as the body
as taken from the church to the sta
ion following the funeral services The
Id ia shioned coach horses ambled up
iadison avenue at a slow trot In an at
empt to make up for lost time. The
roceedings had run behind schedule,
8 II had been planned to have the spe-
ial train leave for Hartford at HIS
clock. and II was after that hour
hen the services at st. Georges ended.
Arty was conducted to the special gate
here the train waited. The concourse I
ad been roped off diagonalIy to pre-
ent the crowds from pressing in too
osely on the mourners and funeral I
uests. "
The funeral train was of seven cars,
a baggage car. coach for the
,rvants. three parlor cars, and spe-
al funeral car In the rear, In which .
le casket was placed. This car was a
erfta bic bower Of red roses. and in the
.nter was an ebony platform for the
INN. which, too. was completely hid
IN In closely woven pail of Amert-
In Beauties. The train was a half
'ur late in getting away. =
Organizations Represented.
Among the organizations represented (
sre: r
Chamber Of Commerce, Metropolitan v
IT Museum, American Bankers Asso- {
alton, Trinity College, Columbia Col {
&c, New York Yacht Club, Public I
brary, Metropolitan CLUB, New York !
ock Exchange, Union League Club. n
ternatiopal Mercantile Marine Com.