The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-26
GAYN0R IS BURIED
THOUSANDS ATTEND FUNERAL
OF LATE MAYOR OF NEW YORK
BUSINESS is SUSPENDED.
SERVICES VERY IMPRESSIVE
Body Inferred in Family Plot At
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn
Honorary PaIlbearers Include For
mer President Taft.

sands were held in check by the po-
lice the funeral cortege with the body
of the late Mayor William ]. Gaynor
passed down Broadway, lined with
bare-heaGed throngs, to Trinity
church, where Bishop David II. Greer
officiated at services that were as sim
pie as they were impressive.
All morning the body of the late
mayor lay in state in the main cor
ridor of the City Hall while steady
stream of visitors passed through.
When time for the removal of the
body TO Trinity church came City
Hall Park was crowded. Police re-
serves held back the crowds while
the funeral procession formed. In
the cortege there were scores of civic
organizations and practically all OF
those men who only a few days ago
marched to City Hall and cheered
William J. Gaynor as he, from the
steps of the old building, accepted an
independent nomination for mayor.
Business in City Suspended.
All business practically was sus-
pended for an hour while the services
were in progress in the famous old
church Assisting Bishop Greer was
Rev L. E. Holden, pastor OF the
Episcopal church at st. James, l.. l.,
in which town Mayor Gaynor made
his summer home. Rev. Dr. Franz
Page, of Culpepper, Va, n init
mate friend of the late mayor, also
aided in the services. Doctor Page
who is brother Of Thomas Nelson
Page, the author. was one of the last
of Mayor Gaynor's friends to talk to
him before he sailed. Doctor Page
was formerly pastor of st. John S
Episcopal church, Brooklyn, which
Mayor Gaynor frequently had at
tended.
The funeral process sion was solemn
and impressive. Eight active pail
bearers were chosen, four from the
police department and four from the
rank and file of the fire department
bore the casket. They were followed
by twelve honorary pallbearers.
William II. Taft, Mayor Ardolpf
l.. Kline, Supreme Court Justice Mar
tin ]. Keogh, Herman Ridder, jacob
SchifT, Robert Adamson, r. A. c
| Smith. James Creelman, Archibald r
| Watson. Edward NJ Grout, Police
! Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
| and John d. CrimmOns. Lieutean
/ William Kennel, who has acted a:
police guard of all mayors since
Mayor Strong, walked before The
| caSket.
Vast Throng at the Church.
| Outside the church at Wall street
and Broadway a vast throng hat
gathered. The financial district, il
the very heart of which is located
famous old Trinity church, had sus
pended all activity. Instead of the
usual hurrying crowds, it seemed
that every man. woman and boy hat
gathered about Trinity church.
Trinity church held about 500 PEG
pie when the services began. All o.
the justices of the supreme court o
| Manhattan and Brooklyn, all tht
members of the board Of estimate
board of aldermen, the heads Of The
various city departments and tht
members of the citizens committee
of 100 on funeral arrangements, Were
present
The members of the public service
| commission and members Of all pub
lie commissions appointed by the late
mayor attended in body.
100 Policemen in Line.
Inspector Max Schmittberger ha(
charge of police arrangements. I'm
der his command there were LOO
policemen, drawn from precincts il
all parts of the city. This force con
sisted of 40 captains, $50 lieutenants
800 sergeants and 1000 policemen.
After the ceremony the procession
reformed and crossed Brooklyn
bridge to the Borough hall, where i
disbanded. Burial was made in the
family plot at Greenwood cemetery
Brooklyn. and was attended only By
members Of the family.