Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-28
FUNERAL OF
'rAkMANY HALL
LEADER TODAY
Many From All Walks Of Life
Mourn Passing of Charles
F. Murphy, Tammany Hall
Leader For Many Years
CBv The Associated Press)

NEW 1Okh, Apfli -N.--Al llN anu ma
ton today mourned Charles +. Murphy
and hcnored him in death STEW have
been honored in TIE metropolis in living
memory.
From the teemng East Side, from the
station, from the manifold walks Of life
of the greatest city in the world. there
came TO the Sicr Of tn Tammany chie.-
tain in his modest East 18th street home
and to great st. Pstrick's Cathedral in
Fifth Avenue. men and women united IL
their grief
Mr. Murphy had b,en man of the
people and had remained m East der
in his heart even into the pinnacle Of
his power and it was his people Of the
East Side, who By thousands, eNpr ssed
their great grief today. Among them
were laboFers with whom he had work
ed. women and children to whom he had
been fri nd in need. and the men whom
he had helped to rise TO power in the
city and state.
EofiN lnl& CIoNNc o. Nbth
crs hurrying through East Side streets
stopped and turned their 81 ps to East
nth street, there to pay their last re
spects to their friend and leader. The
streets near the unpr. tentious home
soon after daybrcak were crowded. l~
they seldom have been. with solemn rr-
spcctful multitude
Before the house, siXty-five policemen
kept the crowd in ORDERLY lines a. the
men 6xQs&amcn silently filed into The
house and passed the mahogany coffin.
1Teds oe poorly dressed shop
\Ek5, latorers, carrying their
ked into the darkt ned room.
in prayer and rcsumcd
Deir way. StuyVkpt Square Park was
filled to capacity~ First and Second
navenues were crowds
At $3.50 the doors Of the Murphy home
IRE closed to all but relatives ~ init
i. friends and an hour later the cas-
was borne down the brownstone
ps on the shoulders Of the pail bear
y police detachment snapped % q
salute. while the onlookcrS bar
cir heads. Honorary pail bearers
iovernor Smith, Mayor Hylan. Gov
Silzer Of New Jersey. Mayor
4 Jers City. Scnator Copeland
off cials o. the state. city, army
navy.
he crowd parted. The silence was
broken only by heavy shuffIing Of thou
sands Of feet and the clicking of XVI m-
cras.
At s cond Avenue and 23rd Street. the
column halted TO allow the mouracrs to
fall in at the rear. The sidewalks were
lined several persons deep.
Throughout IN length Of the Avenue
to 23rd. along that thoroughfare. and up
Fifth Avenue 20 the Cathedral traffic
had been suspended. Fifth Avenue VA.
hSshed. Scores Of thousands stood hc IN
bcarcd as the procession pas q. At l5th
Street. Governor Smith and his stat.
pd the pall-tearcrs lift their motor
cSrsv and. fell III on foot behind the
hcarse. At the ntranccs u cross streets.
south of the Cathedral delegations from
polit cal societies and organizations af-
filiated with Tammany Hall. stood in
military array.
In and around the Cathedral. police
estimated $4,000 persons had gathered.
5000 occupying very availgb bic inch o.
space in the majestic Gothic structure.
As the SOLEMN requiem mass was held
inside, the crowds outside bowed their
heads in prayer.
A thousand police lined tn. route of
the cortege TO Cavalry Cemetery in
Queens.