The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-30

the train arrived, will be held Tuesday.
 At 8 a. m. guns started their bells of the churches all over the capital began tolling their message of national sorrow.
 At S:30, the rayol funeral train halted at the Leopold station, on the outskirts of the capital, to per- init King Leopold to take . motor car direct to the palace.
 Wracked by grief, a white patch across the left side of his lip and one arm in a black silk sling. he was unable to face the thousands of his subjects who stood in streets to pay homage to the dead queen.
 King Was in Stupor
 It was observed as he left the train that the fingers of the hand in the sling were bandaged. Leo pold stared fiXedly ahead and semeed not to know where he was or what he was doing.
 At the Care Du Nord the coffin was put into a motor hearse and, escorted by cavalry detachment, taken ,through the streets lined by the grieving people behind lanes of soldiers with rifles reversed.
 The crowds were damned almost unbearably along the route.
 Cardinal Van Roey, Archbishop of Malines; officers of the court and officials of the government re- ceived the body at the palace at 9:20 (3:20 0. rn., E.S.T.).
 King Leopold stood watching the coffin silently for moment and then retired to his private apart ment. His condition was pitiable'
 The coffin was taken upstairs to the second floor, to a small recep.. ton room, draped in silver and black, adjoining the grand ball room. A guard of honor composed of officers, including one general, quietly took posts about the gier on which the coffin was placed, to remain in relay until the funeral
 King Views Body Alone
 King Leopold sent word that he wanted to see the body. The cas- ket was opened, the guards retired and Leopold spent several moments in the room.
 Dowager Qucen Elizabeth, almost prostrate, and Leopold's sister Crown Princess Marie Jose of Italy, were en route from Naples by spe-- cial train. They were not expected before tomorrow.
 The three children of King Leo bold and Queen Astrid - Princess Josephine Charlotte, q; Prince Baudouin, Duke of Brabant ana heir to the throne, who will be fiVcc September z, and Albert. Prince ci Liege, IA months, stayed at Stuy' venberg castle. . King Leopold told members oi the court that he would tell tne elder children what had happened and that meantime they were no' to know.
 It was believed he might send them to the seaside 80 that the novelty of a special holiday would help assuage their wonder ana grief.
 Servants at the castle were able to restrain their tears only witn difficulty in the presence of the happy children who were sent tc bed early last night. and said theil usual prayers for the safety ana happiness of their mother ana father. Princess Josephine Char lotte asked several times: When Is mummy coming home" .,
 The queens funeral will be held Tuesday morning in the Cathedral of St. Gudule. Burial will be ir the royal crypt, where King Aloer' lies.
 The hearse will be the same a' that used for King Leopold II pe' fore the war.
 The radio broadcast will summon to the funeral all school children now on vacation. Premier Pa" Van Zeeland will broadcast an ora ton to the nation tonight.
 Tourists at Scene
 Kuessnacht, Switzerland. Angus 30 (UP) - American and Brit ish tourists crowded today around the spot on Lake Luzerne where Queen Astrid was killed, seekint souvenirs.
 Parts of the car, pieces of up | holstery and bits of the tree against which the car. struck ant the queen was thrown were sought
 Police began an investigation O the accident which occurred whei King Leopold, who was driving looked for a moment at a maj the queen was holding. and th' open Packard touring car swerve' from the road.
 The car was drawn from thu reed covered lakeside, in shallov water, and examined by experts. Resembling a human pincushion