The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
Flags at Half Staff on All Public Buildings and Many of Private Owner ship Mourning Adopted By Acquaintances of Late Superintendent.
Preparations Instituted For Funeral Labor Organiza- tions, Societies, G. A. R.. and Other Bodies To Adopt Resolutions of Re gret.

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 A paI1, of gtief spread over the city today. caused by the death, Saturday night of Superintendent of Police Flu gene Birmingham testified to the far reaching influence of the officers friendship.
 Those who had worked under him, city officials. business men and oth- CTS who had come in contact with him, mourned him. Men, women and children, who had never seen the Bridgeport superintendent, but who, had heard of his kindly acts and felt as if they knew him, expressed their sorrow.
 Flags were at half mast on public buildings. the banks and otherNinsti- tutions. Mourning is being worn by close acquaintances of the superin-, fendent.
 Preparations W re instituted today for his funeral 1t will be one of the greatest testimonials by genuinely sor- rowing persons the city has ever seen.
 Headed by six platoons of police and officers. S4 members of the police de- partment, followed by barouches oc- cupied by city officials. including May or Wilson and police commissioners al platoon of hremen and platoon of guards of the Remington Arms & Am intuition Co., followed by the Wheeler & Wilson band, the body will be es- sorted to it's last resting place in the family plot at St. Michael's cemetery
 A delegation of 50 Italian citizens headed by Louis J. Richards, will fol- low the funeral procession. The Wheeler & Wilson band will he com posed of z5 men and drum major and all will wear black crepe on their left sleeves. In the march from the 41r ralP.sf tines church at 9:45 o'clock a. funeral dirge win be rendered. As the body is being borne from the church the augmented band will play Chopin's funeral march.
 The procession will be headed by Motorcycle Policemen Clifford N. Cor gar and Herbert Higgins in the fore ground on thetr motorcycles. Fol lowing them will ba Il.e two f1ag-bear- erss Doorman Charles N. Carnpana. and Policeman Edward c. Wheeler
 Following the hag-bearers will be the long procession under the com mand of Acting Superintendent Will liam IT. Anderson, with Sergeant James C.. Walker as aide. The first platoon of police, 12 men. will be headed by Captain John H. Redgate The second platoon will be led by Cap- tain John H. Began, the third platoon by Sergeant John M. O'ConnellN thu fourth by Sergeant James O'Neil, the fifth by Sergeant Thomas Flood and the sixth by Sergeant Edward c Wagner.
 In the six p1atoons of police will be: Policemen Andrew Coughlin. Hugo Fischer, Barney Glennon, William Halpin, Robert Simmons, Thomas Weller. Patrick Tierney, Joseph P. Collins, Martin Kelly, John 8. Bar ton. Martin Kane, John Dunn. Otto Kraft, Joseph T. Coughlin, John P. Curry, Albert D. Langham, Patrick Bo1ands George A. Washburn, Patrick Burns, Joseph Kelly, John A. Burns, Edward Daley, Simon Mccullough, Thomas Griffin, Samuel Gregory, Ed ward Cole, Harold Sherwood. Bartho--I 1ornew Sheridan, James HanIon, Har- old Beardswerth, John Cassidy, Rob- ert Tate, Charles Meyers, James Shee- han, Terrence Rogers, George SImp- son, Anton Herb. Edward J. McCar- thy, Fred c. Schultz, Thomas Small wood, John P. Keane, Thomas Walsh, Jeremiah Lavip, Thomas Malone. Ed win G. BulkIey, William Casey. James Connery. George Tobis, A. B. Watts. ] Dennis J. Sullivan, Edward Bolger. 1 Orsamus F. Bagley, Robert Egan, 1 Harry Howell, Wilhelm Lundberg, Thomas Began, William DalIwig, John Flynn, Alexander P. Hatch, Pe- ter Campana, John McGovern, Pat-' Kehoe, James Burns, Timothy Shea, John Mcclure. James Glennon, Jacob Grossman, John McPaddeDs Daniel | Ryan and Harry Green. i.
 The policemen, firemen and Rem ington Arms guards will assemble at police headquarters at S:So and march from there to the home or the oe- 1 ceased superintendent After the re- efuienn services are concluded inA St. | Augustiness the marchers will form in line on Washington avenue, east Of 1 Congress street 1
 The procession will face Park ave- nue. At the order of Acting Superfn- | tendent Anderson the march to the | final resting place will begin. The line of march will be west to West avenue, to Fairfield avenue, counter march t0 police headquarters and | eastward to Etratford avenue, to Con necticuh avenue, to St MichaePs ceme- | tery.
 The pail bearers of their late Su- perfntendent will be Lieutenants, | Charles H. SuckIey, John QuinIivan, Garry Sanger, George Co1ey. Frederick w. Webb and Philip B1ansfieId. There will be no honorary pail bearers.
 Rev. James B. Nihil1, P. R.. pastor of St. Augustine's church and a friend of the deceased for three decades will be the ceIebrant of the solemn high requiem mass. Rev. J. J. Kennedy of Bethel, former curate at St. Au- Rustine's. will be deacon and Rev. Robert J. Bowen, eurate at St. Au-l Rustine's, sub-deacon The master of ' ceremonies has not been selected
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