The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-15

one of them, all this was changed.
Several lynchings occurred, and rough
| treatment was a common incident.
| Everyone in Richmond was interested
in the thrashing administered to a
| sturdy young copperhead, near Eaton
| by Charles Larsh, man Of eighty,
| and a veteran of 1912.
! 1t was not until April "a, that Gov
ernor Morton returned from the Wash
J ington ceremonies, and announced
! that the funeral train would pass
through to Indianapolis. Instantly the
town prepared fitting ceremonies to
receive the train.
Scores Of people who are yet living,
and who as young men and women or
+ children, formed part of the vast
throng that woke at o'clock to the
tolling of the bells, and went down to
the station to pay the last rites of
respect to Lincoln, hold the passing of
the funeral train through Richmond
among their dearest memories. Ben
jaInin Johnson, young man at that
time, recorded the entire occurrence
in his diary.
Many other members of the elder
generation remember some OF the
events of the night, but their memo
ries have dimmed in fifty-four years,
and very few remember much except
the crowd and the feeling of oppres-
sive sorrow that prevailed throughout
the entire throng.
At II o'clock on the evening of Sat
urday, April 20, Governor Morton and
his staff arrived in Richmond, stayed
a few minutes, then proceeded east
ward to the state line to meet the fu-
neral train The gubernatorial party
accompanied the train across the
state, conducted the ceremonies at
Indianapolis, where the body re-
NAMED all day Sunday, and went to
the Illinois state line as a guard of
honor.
AT two o'clock on Sunday morning
last says the account in the Palla-
dunn, of May 6, 1865, 1.-The bells of the
city were tolled as signal to the peo-
pie that the mortal remains OF Presi-
dent Lincoln were about to arrive
here. In very few minutes, almost
the entire population of the city filled
the open space in the vicinity of the
railroad station where the funeral cor
tege was to halt. A special train had
arrived here shortly before midnight
bearing the governor, officers of the
state government members OF the
legislature, the military authorities,
clergymen, and members of the press,
which went forward to meet the fu-
neral train at the state line.
Pilot Engine Arrives.
"At 3 o'clock the pilot engine ar
rived, followed in a few minutes by
the train bearing the remains Of the
President, and, amid a silent, weeping,
uncovered assemblage of thousands,
and the notes of bands of music, the
funeral car halted by the side of the
passenger depot. The train consist
ed Of nine cars, all draped in en- |
blems of sorrow, the car containing |
the remains of the President and his |
son, Willie, being next to the last car.
"A committee of ladies of our city, |
consisting of Mrs. S. r. Lippincott, |
Mrs. Mamie Vaughn, and Mrs. Annie |
E. Vaughn, had prepared two beauti- |
full wreaths of flowers, which, by per- |
mission obtained of General Hooker,
were deposited on the collins of the |
President and his son. The larger |
wreath bore in black letters. on a |
badge of white satin, the motto:
'oh, Lincoln, friend of liberty,
A nation mourns in grief for thee
"The other wreath was of spring |
flowers in honor of Willie Lincoln, |
and bore the sentiment: Like the |
early morning flower, he was taken
from our midst
AT the west end of the depot, OPP
opsite the warehouse of James McKin-
ney and son, an arch was erected, |
spanning the railroad track, % feet
wide and 80 feet high. The pillars
were gorgeously decorated with flags |
intertwined with evergreens and or
namented with red, white and blue
lights.
Tableau is Staged.
cat the base of the arch a staging |
was thrown across, on which was ar
ranged coffin, trimmed with black
velvet, by the side of which a young |
lady, Miss Mary McClelland, repre-
senting the Goddess of Liberty, stood |
weeping, while on either side were
two boys representing soldier and
sailor.
above this tableau the arch was
raised. supporting Flagstaff bearing |