The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-08
CERMAk BORNE
BACKBONE TO
SADDENED CITY
$4,000 at Chicago Station
Pay Impressive Tribute to
Martyred Mayor.
BODY TO LIE IN STATE
with Deepest Sympathy
Is Note With Flowers
From President.
BY ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN
United Press STAFF Correspondent

CHICAGO, March g. Under
somber skies, Mayor Anton Joseph
Cermak was brought home to the
city of his lusty youth and tri-
umphant manhood today, in a cas-
ket on funeral train.
The Illinois Central train bearing
the solid bronze casket, and men,
bers of the family and associates,
arrived at 10 a. m.
Massed wraith-like in the fog
stilled streets encompassing the
Twelfth street station were at least
$4,000 persons. Many had stood in
the chill morning air for hours.
Aboard the train were members
of the family and associates who
had been with the mayor most of
the time during his courageous
battle against death since he was
shot by Giuseppe zangara near the
automobile bearing Franklin D.
Roosevelt through Miami the eve
ming Of Feb. Is.
Daughters in Collapse
Seldom has Chicago seen such a
concourse of people as gathered TO
pay tribute to their fallen leader.
The crowd masSed about the sta
ton. People were lined ten deep
up Michigan boulevard, and over
flowed into Grant park.
AS the train pulled to stop
lamentations of those in the Pull
mans was audible in the big train
shed.
The first to detrain were two
daughters of Cermak, Mrs. Richey
Graham and Mrs. Helen Kenlay
Both were in collapse and had to
be borne by their husbands.
Next came the mayors favorite
granddaughter, Vivian Graham. She
cried out between sobs: ooh,
Grandpa. Don't take me away from
him"
Then from the baggage car in
which the casket lay, attendants
brought Fagin, Cermak's pet bull
dog.
Pet COaxed Into Auto
AS the dog was pulled from the
car it whined disconsolately. Plans
to place Fagin in a box had to be
abandoned, and he was coaxed into
friends automobile.
Sixteen Chicago aldermen bore
the heavy casket through an honor
Gordon of soldiers, sailors and Amer
lean Legionnaires. The caSket was
draped in an American flag and
bunting. A single floral piece of
Easter lilies was placed in the
hearSe.
Two fire trucks followed with the
flowers taken from the funeral car.
Among those standing about the
train was Policeman Thomas Flah-
erty, who helped arrest the assassin
Prendergast who shot Mayor Carter
Harrison Sr. to death in 1898. AS
the caSket was borne past, tears
came to his eyes.
Aye" he said, and why must we
have such freaks that kill good
menu"
Another was James Cermak, the
brother who was unable to go to
Miami. He gave way to grief and
fed from the crowd to a deserted
room in the station.
Body to Lie in State
Cermak's body will remain at the
home until $50 a. m. Thursday,
when it will be taken to the city
hall to lie in state for twenty-four
hours.
Thereafter, in cortege of prob
ably $4,000 persons, the way will
lead Friday to the Chicago Stadium
for public, nonsectarian funeral
services, to be followed by burial
in the Bohemian National cemetery
Evidence of a city in mourning
f1uttered in the flags at half-staf
in the purple and black bunting
that draped the city hall. Many on
the streets wore lapel buttons bear
ing Cermak's picture, Surmounted
by a mourning wreath.
Floral tributes filled the Cermak
home and the mayors Office at city
hall. They came from many parts
OF the country. A floral piece of
Gala lilies bore two cards. One was
engraved, THE President" The
other bore the name Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt" and on it was
penneo with deepest sympathy"