The Washington times., 1920-06-16
WIDOW At GRAVE OF
SLAIN WHIST KING"
Eleven Relatives Witness Burial
In vaIIeau Cemetery, Near
Ridgewood, NJ.

NEW YORK. June I6.--Three closed
cars with curtains tightly drawn iot
lowed slowly yesterday afternoon ne
hind a large black hesrse TO the Val
leau Cemetery. two miles in the coun-
try from Ridgewood. NJ J. In the
center of the graveyard. the body or
Joseph Bovine Elwell was iAid a.
rest.
Upon the csskets head rested q
large wreath OF pink roses. a last
remembrance of his aged mother and
father. Another wreath OF crimson
roses on the opposite end or the
.casket bore no card.
Since the receipt OF the second
wreath two days before Elwelis
friends and relatives had wondered
who sent II. Perhaps II was the
anonymous message OF the estrsnged
wife. four years separated from the
dead. Perhaps IL was the gift OF
another woman or a man friend. No
one could say.
Thus the vail OF mystery followed
Elwell to the grave. Five days
efforts OF the city's best analytical
minds have scarcely scratched the
surface OF the mystery.
RELATIVES ONLY At GRAVE.
Eleven near and close relatives
gathered for the burial rites. The
Rev. A. ID. Ball. pastor OF the Ridge
wood Methodist Episcopal Church.
dropped a handful OF earth upon the
body, saying:
ashes TO ashes, dust to dust"
Beside the grave were Mr.. and Mrs.
John s. Elwell, the turfman's father
and mother: Mrs Elwell. his widow;
her ffteen-year-oid son Richard; her
sister: Grace Elwell, the turfman's
sister: his brother and sister-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Elwell, and their
thirteen-year- -old child, and Elwelis
married sister and husband.
No tears were shed, no outcries
were heard. At one time during the
brief ceremonies the aged mothers
body dropped. but she quickly recov-
cred poise and stood erect She Is
eighty years old, tall and straight.
Her health has been falling since the
death, two years ago, of a daughter,
Helen, so that II was necessary, there
fore, to stimulate her with narcotics.
She spoke only when the body OF
her son was being let into the grave.
Turning to the minister, she said:
I'm sure the Lord has been mighty
kind to me today to let me see Joe
buried.
As they moved away the father
looked again at the grave, saying
softly:
Some day ! want to be, put right
there beside Joseph and Helen. or
between them IL i can"
WIDOW EMBRACES HIS MOTHER.
The service concluded, the little
group motored back to the parental
home provided by the dead son. The
widow, her son and her sister re-
turned to New York. On the porch
before leaving Mrs. Elwell embraced
her husbands mother. The boy also
caressed his grandmother. The father
escorted them to their automobile.
Friends of the society favorite were
kept in ignorance of the burial hour
Many sent flowers. however.
Mrs. Elwell, the widow, was dressed
| in deep mourning. Her son, the only
child OF the turfman, wore gray suit,
the right sleeve encircled by wide
band.
The widow with her son and her
| sister arrived at Ridgewood shortly
after / o'clock and went Immediately
| to a cafe for luncheon. Word rapidly
spread that the wife of the slain man
| was in the restaurant, and a crowd
of curious persons gathered to peer
| inside. The curtains of the place
| 6nally were drawn,