The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-28
HUNDREDS AT
The FUNERAL OF
EDNA DINSMORE
Pastor LaSheS Practice of Pa
rolling Degenerates Like Bissell.
Four Little Girls in White Act
as PalIbearers.
THOUSANDS viewed The BODY
Hymn That She Liked Was
Sung by Church Choir.
Pastor Compares Tuesdays
Tragedy With That of the Cross

whole city mourning for a little
dead child is the condition in Topeka
this afternoon. A small, coffin borne
by four young girls in white was the
spectacle witnessed by more than a
thousand people, when Edna Dins-
more was carried out TO be buried. The
funeral was held at the Second United
Brethren church, Sixth ana Leland
streets Two hours before the time
appointed for the funeral service, the
church was filling rapidly, and By
1880 the house was packed, except
for the pews reserved for the family
and immediate frit nds. After the
church was filled the people stood
outside. Within the building, the ros-
trum. was banked with flowers. A
e flower pillow of lilies and roses bore
the little dead girls name in flowers.
Thousands OF people viewed the
corpse as IL lay in state at Shellebar-
gers undertaking establishment this
morning. A steady stream of people
went in ana out all forenoon. Never
was "a public man in this city more
deeply mourncd than this innocent
e child victim, a sacrifice to the MOlOch
OF personal lust, carelessness and in
difference.
Crosby Bros Give Stroud.
The child's shroud was the gift by
she Crosby Bros. store. il was a dress
sOf swiss and lace. Il was drawn up
over the neck to hide the marks on
the flesh, and the bruised places on
tho arms and wrists were covered with
little bows of white tuIle. The
tscratches on the face were well COW
Acred, except for one spot more deeply
.Jnarked than the rest The dark. au-
tburn hair hung il the accustomed
curls over the shoulders. and at the
sides OF the face were white ribbon
-bows- A large bouquet of Easter
allies rested on the tiny white coffin
9The child was dressed and the flowers
arranged by a committee of women
IRON the Good Government club, in
Guiding Mrs F. 2. Lindsay. Mrs H.
w. Foster. Mrs. Lee Monroe and Mrs
Emma Sells Marshall. The beauty
of the little face cannot be forgotten
by those who saw it.
-Four Girl Pallbcarers.
~ The pallbearers were four Young
girls in their early teens, two of them
rom the Wesleyan and two from the
United Brethren Sunday schools
ECnice Burbank and Mary Cooper
represented Edna's friends Of the Yves
Ieyan school, which she has been at
tending the past two years and Kath-
crime Fisher and Goldie Osborne were
the pallbearers from the United
Brethren Sunday school, where she
mad been a pupil previous to the time
the family moved from that neighbor-
hood. The four young girls were
dressed in white.
The music for the service was fur
uished by singers from both congre-
cations. Face to Face" a song that
Edna liked was sung. and the other
hymns were Asleep in Jesus" will
There BE Any stars in My Crown
and safe in the Arms of Jesus"
Denounces Such Paroles.
A short address was made by the
Rev. Martin L. Robey, pastor of the
Second United Brethren church. He
spoke from the text TT Is Not the Will
81 My Father That One of These Lit
tie ones Should Perish. He spoke
briefly of the care, training and pro-
lection of children, and he denounced
the practice of turning loose onto the
public by parole or pardon, a man of
known criminal tendencies and prac-
1ices. He also referred to the habit
some young men have of accosting
women on the streets, as leading to
crime.
Compares to Christ's Death.
... The Rev. T. J. Pomeroy. pastor of thu
Wesleyan church. also made a short
address He compared the tragedy of
the cross with the tragedy of the muir
der committed Tuesday. Both vic
tins. he said, were guiltless. both
suffered by the cruelty and sinfulness
Of man. Both crimes are calculated
70 awaken in us realization of the
aWfulness of sin. and to greater watch
fulness." He offered what consolation
y cc",H to the parents and friends OF
the child
Ihe General was attended in a body
by the school children who new the
murdered girl. The Good Govern
ment club also went in a body to the
service.
Take Body to Mother
Mrs Dinsmore. Edna's mother. haC
not sufficiently recovered from the
shock of the death to attend the fu
neral. So the body was taken home
for the mother to view. Mrs Dins
more is in a serious condition but i
IS hoped that she will survive it, Per
haps the worst ordeal she has We
faced came when the coffin was open
ed and she gazed for the first tim,
since the murder on the face of he
dead-and the last time. The under
taker and his helpers carried the cot
fin into the room where the stricken
-nnother lay. knelt by the side of tn,
bed so she could see her daughter
She raised herself on her arm, leaned
over and kissed the childs face The1
they carried the body away to tn,
church. The crowd at the service wa
Try quiet. and what demonstration
was made. was very subdued
A State Journal reporter this morn
ing presented Mrs. Dinsmore with tn
gift of s25 which was sent by Senate
b p Waggener of Atchison Il Ger
fainly thank you" she said. ''Yol
have been very good to me. 1 an
thankful for everything that every
one has done for me. They have beel
most kind" then adding, but m
money can bring back my little girl.
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