The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27

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 Diamonds remains were held at the undertaking parlors of Shaw Undertaking company until Thursday morning, when the Hebrew society of Birmingham laid them to rest in Emanu-El cemetery. hay ing paid for the lot, the funeral expenses and conducted the funeral, refusing aid from the boarders and management of the hotel where Dimond had been a guest It was the usual Jewish way of caring for a stranger of their creed and nation ality, quietly, but comfortably putting the body back into mother earth from whence it came, after all efforts to To- cate his loved ones had failed.
 Dr. George w. Sweeney a learned min ister of the Christian church, now SUD- plying the pulpit here until the First church can secure a pastor, Is 8 guest of the Empire hotel, where he met Di- mond, and conversed with him often on former visits of Dimond to Birmingham before the last one when he was taken ill, resulting in his death. He told tho story of the lonely man, who had suf- fered intensely, to an Age-Herald re- porter:
 "A very peculiar, suffering, lonely little fellow, but game to the very edge of the grave, and never a whimper from him. A few days before his death I went away from the hotel for a. few days, and as 1 was leaving he came up to me on his ca nes, suffering from acute rheumatism, and asked me if I was leaving, to which I replied that I would be back in a few days He thanked me for the cheer he said I had brought into his life, and told me that he did not think that he would see me any more, and We said good-by. I thought he meant that he would be gone when I returned, but I afterwards learned from his physician that he was actually dying then. Three days later I returned, and he was dead at a local hospital, where he had been taken from the hotel in dying condition"
 T have travelled around the globe twice, and I have been in every land on earth practically, and I have never seen case that was as pathetic, or a man who was more kindly, humble and self sacrificing than this game little Jew, with his pain racked body, at times almost unable to stand and talk to you, but al- ways smiling and inviting friendship, but never asking anything The man seemed to be yearning and longing for something, and I guess now that 1t was friendship, companionship, for when I talked to him, which was very frequently, he always showed delight, but never seemed to ex- pect consideration from anyone.
 The Jews of Birmingham when noti- fled of the mans death, which was to all of us unexpected, came forward nobly as they always do, and took charge of the funeral arrangements They furnished the grave and lot, and we were making up purse to pay the undertaken for his services and a coffin, when we were notified by the Hebrew society that they would stand all of the expense and asked us to let them do so, which we did"
 q will never forget that lonely inter- ment of that lonely little fellow, in a secluded spot in the cemetery, not a flower, not song, not little child, just few men who had seen him a few times, and whose hearts were touched by his untimely end. I was asked to offer prayer, as the rabbi was Ill and unable to attend, which I did and 1t was heart appeal to our Maker to take him back where there was no suffering, no friend liness, no agony of want for companion- ship but where everything was serene and beautiful to the man of sorrows or earth. who had borne his lot silently, pa tiently, and apparently welcomed the homegoing."