| Show I Riot At Bier of Beau Girls Fight Over Privilege of Depositing Deposit-ing Floral Tributes at Head of Mans Casket Meriden ConnAt the funeral of Mathew Hare a beau of Danbury several sev-eral young women fought savagely in the room where tho body lay ready for tho funeral Each of tho girls claimed the right to have her floral offering placed at the head of tho casket and is a result the flowers wore destroyed hair wus pulled and faces scratched until neighbors Interfered and stopped tho contestants Annie Arthur started the trouole When she reached the hare home to pay her last respects she found another an-other girl there who had placed a bouquet at the head of the bier Miss Arthur threw the offending flowers onI I the floor nnd stamped on them tIn aroused the other girl who retaliated in a similar fashion and then they resorted re-sorted to calling nines and pulling hairWhile While they were fighting threo mere girls each of whom thought she wan the particular one to bo awarded the post of honor entered tho room and the lighting became general It fans developed that Hare paid attention to them all and that none of the girls knew that there was anyone else being considered |
