New-York tribune., 1921-03-25
Archbishop of Baltimore
and Dean Of American
Hierarchy Passes Away
in Eighty-seventh Year
Last Words We're
Thanks to Clerg,
Body to Lie in State in
Cathedral From Sunday
Night Until Thursday
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

BALTIMORE. March "a. james
Cardinal Gibbons died at 1888 O'Clock
this morning, passing from sleep to
lifeiessness so quietly that even MS
nurse Bon Secours nun, could no,
pe sure that it was the end. She had
seen the change that betokened it. but
1T was slight, almost imperceptible
and five minutes passed before she was
sure he had died. He was in his eighty
seventh year.
Inc body of the Cardinal who was
also Archbishop of Baltimore and
primate of the Catholic Church in
America, will be placed in a niche in
the crypt under the high altar of the
cathedral here. A slab of marble
carved with an inscription in Latin,
IN the north wall of the crypt, will
mark the resting place of one of the
greatest American churchmen.
Above this vault, behind whose south
wall lie the bodies of six archbishops
OF Maryland, who preceded him, is the
sanctuary of the cathedral to which
Sarolhal Glbbons's parents brought
nm as a baby to be baptized, where
ne was consecrated Bishop, where he
was later invested as an Archbishop
and where, on June 80. 1889 he ., as. =
sumed the robes of the Cardinalats
Hat to Hang Above Throne
Ihere, too, stands the throne of
the Cardinal, and above the throne
above the white-walled niche in the
crypt beneath, will hang the Cardinals
hat, symbol of princedom in The
Catholic hierarchy. There it will hang
so long as the cathedral stands.
Cardinal Gibbons's last remembered
words from his deathbed were words of
'fection and thankfulness for the
services of his brothers in the Church
and gratitude for the peacefuIness of
his own death.
1t wasIast Tuesday after dinner. and
all the members of his household we're
IN his room. The Rev. Louis r. Stick
ney, rector of the cathedral, said:
your Eminence, will YOU rive us
your blessing 2"
Cardinal Gibbons smiled and in,
clined his head slightly. Then the FIVE
erriests-Father Stickney, the Rev. Eu
rene j.. Connolly, chancellor; the Rev.
Albert +. Smith, secretary to the Car
dinal; the Rev. William j. Hafey. as
sistant chancellor, and the Rev. Edwin
l.. Leonard-knelt down by the Cardi
rails bedside and he blessed them. AS
they arose he whispered:
What devoted and loyal house
hold! What noble, loyal priests!"
moment or two before Bishop O.
Z. Corrigan, Auxiliary Bishop for the
Archdiocese of Baltimore and Vicar
General, had stepped from the sick
loom. The Cardinal added, weakly:
There never was more loyal more
devoted worker than Bishop Corrigan :,
Refers to Manning's Death
There was silence for few mo-
ments, and then the Cardinal spoke
again:
How different sn end from Cardinal
Manning's!"
The household was reminded that
Cardinal Manning's last days were sad
dened by the forgctfulness of some of
those upon whom he had counted to be
his most loyal and unfaltering COM
panions.
These were the last recorded words
Cardinal Gibbons uttered
The Cardinal knew then that he could
not live long; that in fact he was dying.
Thereafter he talked little and only to
his nurse or his physician, DR.. Charles
ODonovan. On Tuesday night he
spoke to Sisters COLUMBIA, Ludovic,
Reginald and Clara, who were his
nurses, but not at length.
Father Smith came to see him early
Wednesday and asked him how he
felt
~ think have had a good day" the
Cardinal whispered. A little later he
lapsed into a coma, in which he re-
mained until he died.
The church's season of mourning
finds it mourning the death of the
(ccatInued m mana ntnsA