The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-05
PENROSE LAID
TO REST WITH
GREAT PRIVACY

Philadelphia. Pa. Jan. 5s-Tho fun
eral of Senator Boise Penrose was
held this morning, the SAME great Sc
crecy that surrounded thei making Of
arrangements for the funcral being
maintained until the body of the po-
litical leader was lowered into the
brick lined grave in South Laurel
Hill cemetery.
No information was forthcoming
whether there We're any religious ser
vices at the house or at the cometcrT.
Newspaper reporters ware not admit
ted to the burial ground.
The fact that the body of the sen
ator would be buried today became
known late yesterday when the bu-
reau of vital statistics issued Il per-
nit for interment for January ) or
thereafter. The immediate family ol
Senator Penrose, who was bachelor.
consists OF three brothers. No infor-
nation was given out regarding The
funeral beyond the brief obituary no
tce that the funeral would be strict
ly private"
newspapers WdICn Eagerly
Newspapers that regarded the bur
ial of United States Senator Penrose
who had figured so largely in the po-
litical history Of the country as an
important piece of news. set a watch
on practically the same plan as death
watches are set on prominent per
sons who are believed to be dying. y
report that Senator Penroses father
was buried years ago at midnight in
order to avoid undue publicity, made
the vigil of reporters almost an all
night affair.
About 7:30 a. m. today, the three
brothers, Charles b.. Richard ard
Spencer. arrived at the Spruce stree,
home where the senator's body lay
and where he was born. Four auto
mobiles parked Il short distance from
the house about the same time. \
little later Charles Pcnrose, who is =
physician and had attended his broth
or, came out on the front step and
waved his arm. and. seemingly from
nowhere hearse approached the
house.
A few minutes later the body of the
senator was brought out by an un-
dertakers assistants and the hearse
followed by the four automobiles, sup
posedly containing the families of
the three brothers. started for the
cemetery.
heporters Not Admitted
Reporters who were on watch at
the cemetery yesterday were not adj
mitted today and the newspaper men
VINO followed the funeral party
through a steady rain to the last rest
ing place of the dead senator, were
warned that if they entered the ceme-
terry it would be at thir own peril.
Guards were stationed all around the
place. The funeral party was in the
cemetery about fifteen minutes and
left before . "A. m.
Thus was enacted the final scene
in the career of a man who could
have had one of the largest funerals
in the history of the city. Political
leaders from every county in the
state came to Philadelphia within the
last few days to do honor to the dead
chieftain and not one was invited tc
the bachelor home Of the senator
where many political conferences
have been held.
Close political friends said Penrose
hated pomp and ceremony and that
IT probably was his wish that he be
buried as simply and with as little
as possible. 1t is said to
have been a tradition in the Penrose
family, which is one of the Oldest III
the city, that all funerals OF members
be strictly private.