Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-15 | Page 2 | Cody's Superior in Indian War Buried

CODY'S SUPERIOR li IIM IIR BURIED Captain Hugo Deprezin Is Laid to Rest With Military and Masonic Honors. Captain Hugo Deprezin, a hero of two wars, first mayor of Eureka, Utah; the appointee of President Roosevelt to the post mastership of that city and prominently promi-nently identified with the Mitsons and Elks, was buried yesterday with Masonic and military honors In Calvary cemetery. Captain Deprezin died at Holy Cross hospital Wednesday, after an illness of four mouthy, his death being indirectly due to wounds received in battle. Horn in Germany, he came from a lighting family, his father having a commission as captain in one of the. kaiser's favorite regiments, where the deceased also received re-ceived a military training. At the beginning begin-ning of the civil war Captain Deprezin landed In New York and immediately enlisted en-listed in the union army as a private in the One Hundred and Nineteenth New York volunteers. Deeds of valor on the battled elds won him merited recognition and he soon received a captain's commission. commis-sion. This rank he carried when appointed in the regular army at the close of the war, and when he entered service in subduing the Indian rebellions. It was during the Indian war that he saw service ser-vice in the Black Hills and had the distinction dis-tinction of being William F. Cody's (Buffalo Bill) superior officer, and the two fought side bv side throughout the war. Coincident with the death of Captain Cap-tain Deprezin is the fact that Buffalo Bill, his comrade, died on the same day. They were fast friends. In 1RRS Captain Deprezin married Miss Ella c.il'son at Fort Cnion, X. M., went to Colorado and eventually settled in Eu- reka in 1SSI. When that city wes incorporated in-corporated in be was elected mayor without opposition, served two years and was re-elected in 191S. His interests in mining properties In the Tintic district were many. ne is surviveu ny nis winuw, uvu daughters, Mrs. James P. Driscoll and Mrs. P. J. Donnelly, and four grandchildren, grandchil-dren, John. Deo, Patrick J. and Miss Ella Donnelly. The funeral services, held at the Masonic Ma-sonic temple yesterday, were conducted by the Rev. Elmer I. Goshen and C. C. Griggs, grand master Mason of Utah. The Knights Templar, Utah commandery No. 1, acted as an escort to the grave. The casket was wrapped in an American flag, the remembrance of the Elks. Captain Cap-tain Deprezin was a comrade in Max-well-McKean post, G. A. R., and many of the members of the post accompanied the remains to their last resting place.