New-York tribune., 1918-07-10
At Request of Widow. No
Tickets to Cathedral
Will Be Issued
Body Now Resting
At Home of Mother
Will Be Taken to City Hall
This Afternoon to Lie
in State

Mitchell rested last night in his
mothers home. Yesterday was dedi-
Gated to the private grief of two women
the ex-Mayor's mother and his
widow. To-day the whole city will
mourn.
The train bringing the body from
Lake Charles, La, arrived at the Penn
sylvania Station yesterday morning at
':13 o'clock. An hour later the flag
draped casket was borne up the steps
and into the home of Mrs. James
Mitchell, at 447 West 162d Street.
Only intimate friends visited the
Mitchell home during the afternoon and
evening, and few fingered. The casket
Will remain in the quiet, darkened
front room until o'clock this after
noon. Then it will be taken to the
City Hall. There i'll the fower-banked
corridor, not far from the executive
Offices, it will be given over to the last
tributes of sorrowing public.
Plans for Funeral
The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock
be borne on gun carriage and es-
oorted to st. sPatrick's Cathedral by a
great civic and military cortege. Twen-
ty-fve military aviators will hover over
Fifth Avenue, showering roses to the
pavement and "mourning" their en-
gines as the Flying Corps last farewell
to its own.
At the request Of Major Mitchel's
mother and widow tickets will not be
issued to the Cathedral. While there
remains vacant place in the nave any
man or woman CT child appearing at
the doors will be admitted. A small
space only will be reserved for mem
bers Of the family and close friends.
rive in New York with the body. The
coffin came on the first section of train
No. 162, and she followed on the sec
ond section, which pulled into the sta
ton at 9:15 o'clock. Accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Rita Cooley, and by
Mrs. Don Barber and Mrs. Lamar
Hardy, she was escorted from the train
by friends who were waiting to meet
her. She was heavily veiled when she
passed through the station, and there
was no attempt at intrusion by the few
persons who recognized her.
One Thousand at Station
From the station Mrs. Mitchell went
directly 20 the residence of her late
husbands intimate friend, Lamar
Hardy, 276 Riverside Drive. Later she
was driven to the home of her mother
in-law
When the first section of the train ar
rived with the former Mayors body Il
crowd Of thousand OF more persons
was waiting outside the station. No
military reception had been planned
but there was a notable sprinkling of
khaki and naval blue in the gathering.
A small group of old friends stood by
the track on the lower level and took
charge of the body when the train came
in. Among these were Mr.. Hardy
Theodore Rosscau, the Mayors secre-
tary during the Mitchell administrations;
Justice George V. Mullan, Robert Ad
amson, George A Bell, the Rev. Joseph
II. Smith, of st. Francis Xavier Church,;
Mrs. W. B. Meloney and Mrs. Mullan.
While 9rainhands formed a silent
line, with their greasy caps crumpled in
their hands, the casket was lowered
from a forward coach and carried to
the baggage room. There it was en-
folded III a huge American flag. 1t was
then borne to the station entrance and
placed in waiting hearse.
Every man in sight instantly had his
hat off Traffic in Seventh Avenue was
stopped for the time. There was the
briefest hush. and then was heard the
closing hearsc door and the click of the
catch.
"Six months away from home and
now he's back" muttered a man in the
crowd. They say he knew he would
never see New York again. But he
went, anyhow"
The police escort Of ten motor cycle
patrolmcn, under Acting Lieutenant
Johnson and Sergeant Mclaughlin,
mounted and started in Thirty-tirst
Street toward Eighth Avenue. In
spector John O'Brien's car fell in be-
hind and the hearse followed. Six
other automobiles nosed into the line,
and the little procession was under
way.
The procession proceeded up Eighth
Avenue to Fifty-ninth Street, east to
Broadway, thence north to 161st Street,
to St. Nicholas Avenue and then to 162d
Street and the Mitchell home
The file of automobiles, the hearse
and its motor cycle escort drew much
attention on it's way northward. The
majority of pedestrians on the side
walks, however, did not realize the
meaning Of the cortege until it was too
late. Those who understood forgot
lIclI O"u du dlA , W pay CIclT ldSC re-
spects to New York's late soldier-ex-
ecutivc. Heads were bowed and hats
snatched off in almost every block, and
passing military men halted at atten-
tion by the curbs.
Chauffeur Pays Tribute
In Columbus Circle a taxicab driver
stopped his car in the middle of the
streaming traffic, jumped to the pave
ment and removed his cap. He violated
a dozen separate and distinct traffic
regulations by his act, but policeman
on duty near by looked straight at him
and had no word of rebuke.
few neighbors had gathered in
162d Street when the party arrived.
Like the earlier crowds, all stood silent
and kept in the background as the
double police line formed from the
curb to the steps of Mrs. Nitchel's S
residence.
The attendants carried the coffin up
the brownstone steps and the front
door was opened by Charles D. Purroy,
Mayor Mitchel's uncle, who was fire
chief during the administration of
Mayor Strong. The coffin was taken
inside and the escorting party returned
TO the station to meet Mrs. Mitchell.
When the coffin is taken to the City
Hall this afternoon it will be carried
up the steps between lines formed by
Mayor Hylan and the entire personnel
of the Boards of Estimate and Alder