Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-07
j0HNL. sullivan
TAKEN TO FINAL
RESTING PLACE
Hundreds Crowd Streets to
Watch Funeral Procession
Carry Ring Veteran to
Calvary Cemetery.

Boston, Feb. 6.-Final tribute to a
great champion was paid today when
the bordy Of John l.. Sullivan was
buried in Calvary cemetery. In the
crowds that lined the snow-hled
streets as the casket was borne from
the home OF Sulliyan's sister, Mrs.
Annie Lennon, to St. Paul's church.
where the funeral mass was cele-
brated, were scores of children bid
ding farewell to their big pal" whose
watchword was courage and who re-
galed them with stories Of kings and
presidents he had met.
At the funeral mass were men and
women from every walk of life.
Leaders of the temperance move
ment were there to testify to their
regard for the man who boasted that
his greatest victory was gained when
he conquered drink. Many were
there also whom the former cham
pion had helped in their hours OF
need, while neighbors journeyed from
his former home in Abingdon. where
he died suddenly of heart disease last
Saturday. Nor did the sporting fra
ternity forget their once great idol.
and they came in numbers from far
and near. The burial was in Calvary
at Forest Hills beside the body Of
Sullivan's wife.
Church Is Filled.
From the home Of Sullivan's sister
to St. Paul's Catholic church the
funeral procession proceeded through
streets thickly lined with people,
most OF them women and children.
On the doorsteps and in the windows
Of every house standing on the long
hill up Folsom street crowds watched
as the body OF the former champion
passed the scenes intimately associ-
ated with his boyhood days. There
was a tremendous jam about the
church and every seat in the build
ing was filled. with hundreds stand
ing in the aisles and at the rear.
More than half of the attendants
were women.
Ii was much like a big gathering
OF neighbors anxious to pay tribute
to the memory of an old friend.
James ]. Corbett. who wrested the
championship from Sullivan more
than score of years ago, was not
present. Corbett sent floral offer
ing and telegraphed his regrets that
he would be unable to come here for
the funeral.
The Pallbearers.
In his absence United States Mar
shall John J. Mitchell was substituted
as an active pallbearcr. The others
were former Mayor James M. Cur
lev. William Muldoon, Police Captain
James P. Sullivan, Daniel ]. McDon-
aid, Edward M. Curran. William
Hogarty, Clarence w. Rowley, John
Mahoney and Fire Chief William ].
Gaffey.
There were no honorary bearers.
Ushers at the church included men
who had been identified with some
OF the matches in which Sullivan took
part.
Among the old fighters sporting
friends at the church were "Yank'
Sullivan OF Syracuse, N, Y; James
O'Brien OF Troy, N. Y; Thomas Han
I ton, Chicago; William Hurd. Man
chester, N. H.; Tim Cronin OF Law
renee, Thomas King OF Gloucester,
/ and host OF lesser ring lights. Cal
! vim Coolidge. lieutenant governor. at
tended as the official representative
1f Sullivan's native state.
There was no funeral oration at
/ the church, as many had expected,
nor was the casket opened.
Hundreds of people who had been
/ turned away from the church fol-
lowed the procession to Calvary Gem
etery at Forest Hills, where multi
Jude waited in the bitter cold.
As the funeral party turned home
ward there was light furry of snow.
But there was not enough to leave
Its trace upon the grave where John
L. slept. .s-