The sun., 1918-07-11
PUBLIC PAYS LAST
TRIBUTE TO mitchell


candles---aii set where such decorations
and emblems had been placed In respect
for Gaynor, just at the foot of the main
stairway. In the Mayors Office his
Honor, In company with the members
OF the Board OF Estimate and their
Honors. the Aldermen. talked in groups.
very sabdued Two files OF young in
fantrymen from the Twenty-second
United States Infantry at Governors
Island stood rigidly at the right and
left OF the flight of steps leading from
the plaza to the main entrance Of the
hall
stiffness Marks Approach.
AS the hour OF o'clock approached
all OF the people in and out of the
building grew very still, for word had
come that the funeral procession, which
had left the mothers home at 4:10
p. NJ. was drawing near. At two min
utes to S a single motorcycle policeman
whirled from Park Row into the plaza In
front of the hall. Three Of his COM
rades followed, and after them a COM
pany OF twenty men awheel.
Southwark in Park Row a troop OF
police cavalry. the tanks Of their big
bay horses white with lsther. trotted
steadily and wheeled at sharp COM
mand into the plaza. Immediately
after them rolled the black funeral car
and then came a dozen motor cars
carrying men that had served the city
with Mayor Mitchell. his chief lieutenants
and his closest friends--Robert Adam
son, Theodore Rousseau. George Nc
Aneny, George V. Mullan. Lamar
Hardy. r. A. C. Smith. among others.
As the funeral car neared the City
Hall steps Lieut.. William Kennel, body
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New York. led Mayor Hylan and the
other members Of the City Government
to the curb of the sidewalk directly In
front Of the main entrance. and there to
one side OF the carpet Mayor Hylan, with
| Charles l. Craig. Comptroller Alfred
| F. Smith. President Of the Board OF AL
| dermen Frank L. Bowling. President Of
| Manhattan: Edward Riegelman. Pres,-
dent Of Brooklyn Henry Bruckner, Pres
| ident of The Bronx Maurice f. Connolly.
| President Of Queens Calvin f. Van Name.
| President of Richmond. and Joseph
| Haag. secretary of the Board Of Est.-
mate, together with s!xty-seven mem
bers Of the Board Of Aldermen. received
the body
| salute to the Dead.
At that instant too, as Lieut. Frank
| r. Shucker Of the Twenty-second Infan-
| try. L. S. A.. with eight sergeants. lifted
the coffin from the funeral car. the
mounted policemen holding their horses
on the south side OF the plaza saluted
with batons, the hand OF every officer
and man in the service of the nation
| snapped to the visor of his cap and every
man in the uniform Of the city came to
| attention.
| II was also Just then that the thou
sands gazing from the streets and from
the windows OF the buildings overlooking
| City Hall Park uncovered their heads
! All sound OF movement In the streets died
away Probably in all the history OF the
city there was never minute freer
from the sound and stir Of traffic and
| the noise Ct tongues.
The eight sergeants shouldered the
flag draped coffin. upon which rested
Major Mitchers officers cap. and Mayor
Hylan and his associates turned toward
the steps. leading the way for the dead,
| The bell in the tower began to toll. Prob
ably more than one person recalled at
that instant the manner in which the
| late Mayor left the hall on New Years