Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-18
BOdy of the Dead Executive Lies
in State in Historic
Town Hall.
FLAGS PLACED AT HALF-MAST
Casket Rests on Catafalque
Brought from Westmin-
ster Abbey-Picked
Men on Guard.

L,verpool. Sept. l2.-The body of VIII
liam Jay Gaynor lay In state to-hieh, at
the foot of the grand stairway or the
town hall of Liverpool.
It was an unprecedented honor that
Liverpool paid the dead executive OF inc
American metropolis. for mayor before
had any one laiI in state in the historic
edifice. Covered with the stars and stripes
and with the British union jack drapcd
over It's foot, the castet rested on a
catafaldue brought here from WentrIin-
stcr Abbey, London, and on which las
reposed the bodies Of many of England
most famous men. It was last used at
the funeral of Field Marshal Lord VOL
seley in St Paul's Cathedral last March.
Candles in the great golden candelabra
from Westminster Abbey cast subdued
light M the wide stairway and over the
detail Of picked men from the Liverpool
police force who stood guard all night
about the catafalQuc. John Sutherland
Harmood. lord mayor Of the city. who Is
absent on vacation, had telegraphed the
city Officials to do everything in their
power in honor of the dead mayor of
New York and they carried out their in
structions in minute detail.
When the steamer Baltic. on board
which Mayor Gaynor died at sea last
Wednesday. locked at $50 o'clock
this evening the landing stage was
cleared of all persons except the hold
ers Of tickets. great crowd had as
sembled outside the dock gates. AS
soon as the ganEplank was run out,
Horace r. Washington, the L. S. con-
sui, accompanied by a delegation from
the White star line, went aboard the
ship. In the saloon Mr.. Washington
met Rufus Gaynor, son of Mayor Gay
nor, and expressed condolences on be-
half of himself and theIlord mayor of
Liverpoor.
ALL FORMALITIES WAIVED
Mr.. Gaynor readily assented to the
plans of the Liverpool civic authori-
ties for the lying Estate of his faith
err Acting on the request Of Mr.
Washington the port authorities
waived the formalities usual in the
landing of the leal from vessels and
the body of Mayor Gaynor in plain
deal coffin which was covered by an
American flag, was brought ashore as
soon as the first-class passengers had
left the Baltic
The tide was so high that it was
impossible for pallbcarers to carry the
body from the ship and the coffin was
let down to the dock through the bag
gage chute. Here it was taken in
charge by a London undertaken. sent
down to Liverpool by the American
embassy.
From the dock the coffin was carried
to the street where it was placed in Z
hearse drawn by four horses which wa!
followed by the lord mayors carriag,
occupied by Rufus Gaynor and Consul
| WASHINGTON. The funeral cortege, es
corted by squad Of mounted police
| made its way through n dense crowd o
quiet people who uncovered as the hears
passed to the town hall. The hearse wa'
| followed on foot by woman in deel
black who had at her side a little girl
The woman declined to give her nam
but said she was a friend of Mayor Gay
nors from New York.
The lord mayor of Liverpool's secre
tary. assisted by a delegation of civil
dignitaries, received the body at the tow
hall. When the coffin was placed on tn
catafalque one end of II was covered b!
a beautiful wreath of lilies of the vale!
bearing the following inscription: Deep
est sympathy from the lord mayor ant
citizens of Liverpool Shortly after
wards another wreath composed of Eas
ter lilies. was placed on the coffin. Oh
| the card attached to ii was inscribed
| THE condolences CT M and Mrs Horac
Leo Washington
SON LEFT WITH FATHER.
The hall where the body lay was the!
cleared and Rufus Gaynor wac left alon
for few minutes with his dead faith
er. Afterwards Mr.. Gaynor was takel
to e hotel by Consul Washington.
When Mr. Gnynor had left the building
1.-The coffin was removed from the dea
box and placed in massive fumed oal
casket. On brass plate on the cove
was the inscription:
William jay Gaynor
september, 1913"
Six policemen. who We're relieved ut in
tervai-, stood at attention around tn
casket all night and will continue thi
duty until the body is removed from tn
town hall at seven o'clock tomorrow
morning for the sad homeward voyag
On board the Cunard liner steame
Imsitania. The officials Of the line wer
busy all to-day preparing TO receive tn
casket of the distinguished dead. 1t wi
(bc placed on board a tender and trans
ferred to the Lusitania. on board whic
q special mortuary chapel has been pre-
pared on the forward between decf
Eight uniformed quartermasters wi
form the guard OF honor during the voy
age ana carry the casket ashore on tn
arrival of the steamer at New York.
Rufus Gaynor tonight was on tn
point of collapse from grief AMI anx
lefty and was unable to give furthe
details concerning the death of hi
rather He expressed deep gratitud
at the honors accorded the late mayo
, by the Liverpool civic authorities Nj
> Gaynor was informed by Consul Wash
= ington that the bishop of LiverpoC
had offered to conduct religious serv
Ices over the body here. but he de
cilnei with thanks, saying that hi
mother had expressed a wish that n
services be held until the return q
the body to New York.
PASSENGERS DIDN'T KNOW HIM.
| majority of the passengers o