New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
GRUBER HONORED
BY HIGH AND Low
Political Friends and Foes,
Judges and Pedlers at
Colonel'S Funeral.
WHITMAN, ODELL AND
SMITH, PALLBEARERS
.,.ovalks Lined with Bare
loaded Throng, Followers of
Republican Leader.

HeUlU4lAdil Law
a.. funeral Of Abraham Gruber was
"a yesterday afternoon. There was
vacant seat in the Fourth Pres
- =. Church, West End Avenue and
.l..,c-ffth Street, when the simple
,.,.,l service was read. Even the
ak was throngcd with friends Of
81. dninutiyo lawyer, politician and
80. who came TO pay a tribute to his
emory. .
n would have done the heart Of
.r,io,sl Abe" good could he have seen
M, gathering. Charles F. Murphy,
inst whom he hurled many an cpl
~. favored with his keen, cutting wit.
:, score Of political campaigns. was
...ninent among those who came to
.,nrn Tho city has known few Re-
.,slieans more ardent than Gruber.
"a vide was the dead mans acquaint-
80. that the church held not only Su-
.,.ne Court justices, statesmen, poll
..,ns Of past and present affluence,
,.,l.rs. business and professional men,
H., men from the East Side. gray
I'D and bowed. who had known the
aS,loneI" in his early days. Pushcart
der some who had known his phi
L.,,bropv. fingered on the sidewalk, re-
T.;ons scruples barring them from en-
.Sy;no the church, content 70 wait bare
iss5sd until the funeral procession left
The church.
Whitman Pallbearer.
he gathering was non-partisan,
"a was the service non-sectarian.
rverv religion was represented, as were
IN nolitical creeds. Predominatlng,
iovsver. were the less influential fol-
iorsrs of "Abe" Gruber, who sustained
I'M In the leadership Of the nth As
.er,bly District and caused the failure
~ tho yearly onslaughts 70 dislodge
Kim that were features of practically
.rery pre-elect'on campaign. =.
Governor Whitman made a special
in from ALBANY 70 att1nd the funeral
ND holm bear s!e coffin from the altar
b.. Tho harrsc. Ex-Governor benjamin
b 03o'i m.lchec behind him. Tnomas
+ Smith. secretary of Taumauy Hall,
rss another yal.bearcr. 4 complete
rst included Frederick ). Tanner, Re
r1blcsn State chairman; Justices Co
tr's7. Posalsky and Giegerich; Will
sm ] Tlvnn. chief Of the Secret Ser
..cs. REPRESENTATIVE William 8. BEN
.s- William VI. X. Olcott, William II.
R,-vr~e and Terence J. NcManus, the
',..'-tree Colonel Gruber's law part
-o-s. John ". II. Grim, Judge julius
n Vsyer. of the Federal Court; Emil
Flcrs. Charles T.. Heydt. Walter W.
i--..r John J. Lyons. Joseph L. New
5rrgcr Charles a. Reed. Frederick R.
Tcombs and William A. Young.
The Pos DR.. Merle 81. CrOiX Wright,
,t-he Lenox Avenue Unitarian Church,
Ina the Pew. Dr. Edgar ". Work, pas
or Of the Fourth Presbyterian Church.
'ri,iated no the service. In compliance
wi.h a request made by Mr.. Gruber
shortly before his death Friday, cello
SOLOS, PLAYED the "Miserere' from I'll
Trovatore'
Clubs Send Delegates.
Clubs and organizations OF which the
lead man was q member sent delega-
lions 10 the church Among them were
representatives Of the Riverside Repub-
lean Club, of which Colonel" GruDer
xss the leading member for twenty-five
years The State Republican Commit
zee sent Chairman Tanner and Lafay-
Ute 3. Gleason, secretary; Merton r.
Lewis, Jacob A. Livingston, George
Wsnmaker. John F. Yawger Moses NJ.
Mckee. John j. Lyons and Alexander
Brough
Flowers we're sent BY hundreds Of
individuals and societies. over the
coffin was draped Z curtain Of vioiets
AID white roses.
Among those in the church were
Job E. Hedges, Sheriff elect Alfred r..
Smith, Justices G. L. Guy and Fred
triek Z. Crane, Charles o. Mas,
Abram J. E.sus, John McCuilagh,
James l. March. a. Ludden, William
Hslpin, Jacob Samuel, Martin Bourke,
John Shea, Frederick Higgins, Justice
Francis 3. Delehanty, Alfred Steckler,
Benjamin Fox, Thomas T. McAvoy, DR..
frederic. l. Marshall. Harry 2. Spen-
Ter, Justices John Ford and John W.
Cor. Borough President Marcus Vi.
Marks, Warden Thomas ". Rock, OF
tie Ludlow Street jail; Secretary Of
State Francis II. Hugo, Assistant Sec
rotary Of State Edward King, Magis-
rate Frederick p. House. Moses Gross
nan, Edward Lauterbach, Frank K.
Bowers, Public Service Commissioner
William Hayward. Representative Dan
!. R.ordan, Magistrate J. N. deuel.,
John F. Mcintyre, Ezra P. Prentice,
General Nelson P. Henry, Coroner l..
Feinberg Justice Alfred r. Page, JUS
ice Clarence j. Shearn, Lemuel b.
2aigg, Il. Linn Bruce, Judge William
l Wsdhams. Henry A. Wise, ex-United
sSates District Attorney, and Joseph
shlum
Burial was in Cypress Hills Gene
,sry. Colonel" Gruber leaves a widow
iEo anr. I'D @ danphtnr