New-York tribune., 1922-01-06
PenrOse Buried
AsCuardsK Keen
Curious AWAY
Only ylmmediateF Family Mem.
bcrs Follow Hcarsc to In
terment Early in Morn.
ing i'll Philadelphia Grave
ALI Ceremonies Omitted
Respecting Senator's Wish.
Not Even q Clergyman
Is Taken to Cemetery
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. With sec
recy and haste, the body of Senator
renrosc, shaper of political dcstinies,
Us uHs p'aced IN Its grave early o-dny.
MS orders regarding his burial were
treated as were his commands in life
-1hcy were obcyed implicitly.
Fomp that ordinarily would mark
.hc cortcge of a man so we'll known
IN puollc llte, leader and confidant
~ ~ RESIDENTS. was unwishcd for hv
thls man. There was no funeral
service IN the house. No clergyman
went to the cemetery. Even politicians
Kept away from the gravesidc.
soon after 1870 o'clock this morning
Two mud -spattcrcd automobiles ar
rived ON the west side of Broad Street
T,u'n na OF spruce; From ,hem emerged
i'r. Charles h. Pcnrosc, Richard A. f.
fcnrose and Spencer Pcnrosc, brothers
OF thc Senator; his niece. Mrs. Andrew
van felt; his nephew, Boics Penrose
and Mrs. Spencer Pcnrose They pro-
cccdcd to the Pcnrosc home, near
BROAD street. on Spruce Street. The
ooor opened just wide enough to ad-
mt the members % the family A few
Hcmcnts later two automobiles fur
h'Shed by tho undertaken arrived near
enc enc other two cars parked on Broad
street DR.. Pcnrosc came out and went
toward the waiting machines.
SiX pallbcarers emerged and entered
the Penrosc home. Then Dr. Penrosc
waved his arms and hcarse appeared
from around a nearby corner.
me front door opened wide and the
Pa'ibcarers came out bearing an oak
and bronc coffin
The family, Leighton Taylor. the
senator's secretary. and Miss Mabel
I. Clcndencn, Senator Pcnroscs nurse.
and the pallbearcrs entered the
machincs- They drove rapidly to tho
south entrance of Laurel Hin Gene
terry, whore five special policemen stood
guard. few spectators were waiting
at tho cemetery gate, their curiosity
pl9ued by an armed guard, but fog and
ram prevented the watchers from see
ing the workhcn
iherc was a sort OF informal fare
we'll service at the gravcsidc. What
ever 1t was was simple, unconventional
and brief. The grave and burial plot
were devoid of flowers That was done.
according to a statement issued by a
representative of the family, to carry
out the Senator's frequently, expressed
desire for funeral as simple and pfi-
vatc as possible. Senator Penrose's
body was not crcmated, as ,hat Of his
father had been
The first hint, that the funeral
would be held to-day came when it
was learned yesterday that a grave
had been opened in the Pcnroso fam
ily lot.
heavy guard. it is said, Will re-
main around the cemetery until carly
tomorrow morning. Why the guard
remains so long could not be deter
mined.
The wll of the Senator was filed
late this afternoon. The entire estate,
ranging we'll up into the millions, was
beoucathed to the Senator's three
brothers.
No value is put upon the estate in
the will; indeed, a clause instructs the
brothers, who are named as executors,
not to file the usual inventory, as SEN
ator Penrose did not desire to make
public The amount of his worldly pos
sessions after he died.