Evening star., 1933-03-03
|R|TESFOR WALSH
| PLANNED B MONDAY
State Funeral at Capitol Ar
ranged TentativeIy-Roose.
:.
welt May Attend.

After q conference with President
elect Roosevelt this afternoon. members
Of the family Of Senator Thomas J..
/ Walsh announced arrangements were
being made for q state funeral Monday
at the Capitol.
After the services there, the body Of
Senator Walsh, who died early yes
terday aboard q train In North Caro-
lima while on his way here with his
bride, will be taken to Helena, Mont.
/ for burial Services will be held from
| st. Helenas Cathedral there, and the
| Senator will be buried in the family
lot in Helena beside the grave OF his
| first wife, Mrs. Eleanor c. Walsh, who
| died in 1917.
John Walsh, brother Of the late
! Attorney General-designate, said ar
| rangements for the state funeral here
Monday were tentative and that nothing
definite would be decided upon until
| the sergeant at arms Of the Senate
| could be consulted. It was not known
whether the body would lie In state
In the Senate chamber or in some other
part Of the Capitol.
] Roosevelt Is Caller.
| Mr.. Walsh said President-elect Roose-
welt had expressed a desire to attend
the funeral, and that the services prob
ably would be held in the forenoon
Monday to accommodate him. The
body will leave Washington late Mon
day for Helena. probably arriving there
early Thursday
The time of the services in Senator
Walsh's home city will depend upon
the arrival of the party from Wash
| ington. Mr.. Walsh said this party
would consist of members of the i'm
mediate family and probably a dele
cation from the Senate.
The President elect, accompanied by
arrived at the Crescent Apartments,
where Senator Walsh made his home.
shortly before o'clock. They re-
mained about 20 minutes. Mr.. Walsh
said the call was entirely informal,
such as one neighbor would pay to
another under the circumstances.
He said Mrs. Walsh. who had been
confined to her bed, was able to re-
| ceive President-elect and Mrs. Roose-
welt and appeared comforted by their
visit. The widow. he told reporters,
still was very much upset, but ap-
peared in better condition than when
olAc diliVeQ ldSL ulgNt.
Friends View Body.
In q flower banked room in his
apartment. at 1861 Crescent place, the
| body OF the Senator rested today while
| friends, high and low, came to pay
| their respects to the memory of the
man they had honored and loved.
Overcome with the grief and shock Of
her husbands sudden death. Mrs.
Walsh was confined to another room
| in the apartment under a physician s
| care. She suffered slight heart at
tack yesterday, but physicians said he:
condition was not serious. They en-
phasized, however. her need of COM
! plete rest and quiet.
| Throughout the city. the death o.
| the distinguished Senator had cast its
| shadow across the gay pageant planned
| for the induction of a new President.
Mrs. Roosevelt announced she would
not attend any social functions ar
ranged for the Inauguration of her
husband, including the inaugural ball
and the inaugural concert tonight. She
| will. however. keep engagements Of a
strictly oficial character.
| Thousands stood In silence last night
as the train bearing the BODY Of Sem
ator Walsh rolled slowly into Union
Station.
Notables at Train.
! The body was met by a group of
! notables headed by Senator Burton K.
/ Wheeler, colleague of Senator Walsh.
and Senator David I. Walsh of Massa-
! chusetts, representing the Senate
| James Roosevelt was there for his
father and Col. Campbell Hodges the
White House military aide, represented
! President Hoover.
Friends of the family and OF Mrs.
/ Walsh were present. These included
Breckenridge Long. former Ambassador
to Cuba; Patricia Mencia Of Washing
ton, friend of Mrs. Walsh: Leandro
Rionda and Mr.. and Mrs. Rafael Ca
! brera, relatives Of Mrs. Walsh's daugh-
| ter-in-law.
| John Walsh, John Wattawa, a nephew
| and Washington attorney; Father
James H. Ryan, rector of Catholic Uni
versity. and Mrs Henry W. Keyes, wife
of the Senator from New Hampshire,
joined the party at Alexandria, Va.
j. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Justice
Department Bureau Of Investigation
| and two of his agents also went aboard
and had charge of the detraining.
From the train the body was taken
to the apartment. Mrs. Walsh, obvious
ly under deep emotional strain. retired
almost Immediately under her ply.
sician's care.
Mrs. Charles Gudger, daughter of the
Senator, who met her at the station
Senator Wheeler and Senator David I
Walsh accompanied her to the apart.
ment, along with other friends.
Widow Quiet on Trip.
Mrs Walsh, who was Sonora Nive.
Perez Chaumont de Truff1n before hel
marriage in Havana Saturday, recov.
cred her compoSure to some exten
during the trip from Rocky Mount
N. c., where the body was prepared
for burial. She was administered oc.
casional sedatives.
The widow was alone in her drawing
room except for her Cuban maid, while
Edward S .Conroy, agent of the Bureau
Of Investigation. kept vigil outside. Mrs
Walsh was not disturbed during her tril
until after the train left Richmond al
8:45 pm.
As Mrs. Walsh boarded the train a
Rocky Mount with Dr. M. A. Pittman
who had attended her, and Capt
Charles J. Gudger. son-in-law Of Sena
tor Walsh, supporting her on either side
she appeared composed
Noting news photographers snappini
her picture, she slightly bowed he
head.
However, the widow again became
hysterical when she walked down thu
narrow Pullman aisle to the drawinl
room reserved for her. Some eigh
hours earlier in a similar drawing room
she had awakened to find her HUSBAND
dying on the floor. He succumbed al
most while she and colored porte
were lifting his body into the berth
For few moments Mrs. Walsh con
tinued in, highly nervous condition
as DR.. Pittman bade her farewell. bu
shortly after the train left Rock,
Mount she became quiet. Her rest wa
disturbed by sick spells. She had re
tired to bed.
Capt Gudger went ahead Of the trail
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