Evening star., 1946-02-24
Nearly 1000 Attend
Rites for Col. Kelly,
Former Police Head

Col. Edward J. Kelly, who died less
than month after resigning as sup
erintendent of police, was buried
yesterday in Glendale cemetery after
funeral services in st. Paul's Church,
Fifteenth and v streets NV.
Nearly 1000 persons were crowded
into the church or standing outside
as the Rev. Cornelius Dacey, the
pastor. solemnized requiem high
mass.
Scores of persons filed by the gray
casket in the Hines Funeral Home
at Fourteenth and Harvard streets
NV. for a last look at the veteran
policeman. Many were police pen
sioners. Older policemen recognized
men who had retired from the de-
partment 20 years ago.
Form Guard of Honor.
Rockies from the Police Training
School and a delegation Of uniformed
firemen faced each other as guards
of honor in front of the funeral
home.
The funeral was conducted with
simplicity from the time the casket
was closed and covered with a spray
of red and white carnations and lilies
until muted taps were sounded at the
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Inspector Milton
D. Smith, Inspector Clement P. Cox,
Capt. Charles j. P. Webber, 1t.
Thomas j. Sullivan, Sergt. John F.
Ryan, Corpl. Lewis Peters, Detective
Sergt. Timothy Fitzgerald and Pvt.
P. F. Thorne.
There was no marching. The
police band, which played hymn
as the casket was carried into the
church, was driven to the cemetery.
The roomful of flowers was trans
ported to the graveside in closed
cars.
Captains Direct Traffic.
Police captains directed traffic
along the route in tribute to the
son of a policeman who grew to
be head of the department. Twenty
seven motorcycles preceded the pro-
cession. There were more than 100
automobiles in line.
Mrs. Kelly and Col. Kelly's three
sisters, Mrs. William F.. Barrett,
Miss Alice Kelly and Mrs. Harry
Reed, and Inspector Robert j. Bar
rett, Col. Kelly's nephew, and
Detective Sergt. Jack Baker, Mrs
Kelly's nephew, were in the family
cars.
The curb at places was lined with
colored persons as the procession
leaving the church turned into
street
Commissioners John Russell
Young and Guy Mason were among
the many District officials in at
tendance.
The Right Rev. John M. McNa-
mara, auxiliary bishop of Washing
ton, attended the funeral. Father
Dacey was assisted by the Rev.
John Burns of st. Paul's Church
and the Rev. William Kelly OF ST.
Martins Church. Among the other
priests in attendance were the Rev
John P. Gallagher, S. j.. and the
Rev. Lawrence Kelly, S. j., Of Holy
Trinity Church: the Rev. Robert
S. Lloyd of Annapolis and the Rev.
Aloysius O'Connor of Bowie, Md,
and the Rev. David Burke and the
Rev. John j. Murphy, S. j.
Successor Heads Delegation.
Maj. Harvey G. Callahan, Col.
Kelly's successor, headed the police
delegation. He was fianked by In
spectors James Beckett, John H.
Fowler, Ira E. Keck, Oscar j. Let
terman, Clarence E. Tally and
Walter Thomas.
There was a delegation from the
Baltimore Police Department, the
FBI, the White House Police, the
Park Police, the Secret Service and
the Navy Shore Patrol.
Civic organizations also were
represented. among them the So
ciety of Oldest Inhabitants, the
Society Of Natives, the District Bar
Association and the District Med
ical Society.
At the cemetery the Police Band
played Holy God We Praise Thy
Name" and Pvt. Lawrence Mason
of the Traffic Department sounded
muted Taps" on his bugle.