Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15
Honor Memory
of Buffalo Bill
DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS IN
FUNERAL PROCESSION
$4,000 PASSED CAsKET
Scouts in Attendance-In the Cortege
Was Colonel Codys Horse, Rider
less, With the PIainsman's Pistols
Hung From Saddle Horn.

Denver. Col, Jan. 1.-THE west to-
day paid honor to the memory OF
Colonel William T. Cody (Buffalo BID
while the body of the man who had
done SO much to make her cities pos
sible lay in state beneath the huge
dome of the capitol, from the f1agpole
of which the Stars and Stripes floated
at half mast.
Troopers Formed Lines.
Troopers from Fort Logan formed
lines in the rotunda of the capitol
through which passed the governors of
two states, delegations from the legis-
latures of those states, officers of the
United States army, members of fra
ternal organizations of which the fa-
nous scout and plainsman was mem
Der, veterans of the Grand Army of
the Republic, women and thousands of
children.
Indians Among the Mourners.
Not the least conspicuous among
the mourners were a handful of old
Indians and former scots-those who
had been youths in the famous wild
west show which bore Colonel Cody's
pseudonym
On Colonel Cody's breast were pin
ned the badges of the Legion of Honor
and of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. The casket bore the inscrip-
ton:
Colonel William F. Cody, Buffalo
Bill"
Colonel Cody's body was brought
into the capitol at $50 o'clock this
morning. When the doors of the
building were thrown open the crowd
poured in At IL o'clock, the hour set
for the closing of the casket, the crowd
still was coming.
Public Held Back.
The public was held back while the
the family was Johnny Baker of
New Rochelle, n. Y, who was with
Colonel Cody in his adventurous en-
terprises for many years.
Following the family a delegation of
Knights Templar from North Platte,
Neb. passed the bier. Afterwards
came deleaation of-former cowboys.
Goodbye, Bill"
Goodbye. old pard,'' Goodbye, BILL"
they said as they passed.
The guard of honor at the casket
included delegations from the Colorado
National guard. the Pioneers society.
the Elks and the Grand Army of the
Republic.
The public was again admitted at
1910 O'Clock for twenty minutes
Line More Than Block Long.
A line extending more than a block
chance to enter. 1t was estimated
that $4,000 persons passed by the
casket.
From the capitol the funeral process
sion passed through the downtown
streets, led by city policemen. Be
hind was the caisson on which rested
the ca sxet.
Distinguished Men Present.
Among the distinguished citizens of
this and other states in the procession
was Julius C. Gunter governor of Col
orado; John B. Kendrick, governor Of
Wyoming; Edward Howard, lieutenant
governor of Nebraska; the secretaries
of state of Colorado and Wyoming;
legislative delegations from Nebra ska,
Colorado and Wyoming, and Ell1s from
Kansas and New Mexico.
Col. cody's Horse RderIess.
Bringing up the rear of the cortege
seventy cowboys walked. Two of them
led Colonel Cody's horse, Mckinley"
riderleSs, and with the plainsman's
pistols hung from the saddle horn.
Several Thousand at EIks' Home.
Several thousand persons followed to
the Ellxs' home, where the funeral
services were held.
The body will be placed in a rock
hewn vault at the summit of Lookout
mountain at Golden.