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Show Alexander Sutherland Is. Dead. Surrounded by his' sons and daughters, daugh-ters, to whom he had been both father fath-er and mother, Alexander Sutherland, an old Denver resident and a hero of the celebrated battle of Balaklava, passed away last week after a stroke of paralysis had rendered him helpless for two weeks. Without a single exception, Mr. Sutherland Suth-erland was one of the most historical characters in the country, having passed through experiences trying and blood curdling. He was? trumpeter of the world famous "Light Brigade" immortalized im-mortalized by Tennyson, and was the son of the captain of the guard who held Napoleon, prisoner on the island of St. Helena. He was one of the last five survivors of the battle of Baka-klava, Baka-klava, and rode into the jaws of death in the storming of the Russian battery on Oct.' 5. 1S54. Sutherland was born in London, April 10, 1S10, and was therefore on the threshold of a century. He served throughout the Crimean Avar and came out with few battle scars. His stories of trying times during the trouble were thrilling and never waning in interest. inter-est. Mr. Sutherland for some j-ears before be-fore his death resided with his two unmarried daughters. Miss Annie Sutherland and Miss Frances Sutherland. Suther-land. Three other daughters live in Denver. The deceased man was a devout de-vout Catholic and for years attended the old Stout street cathedral. The family now live at 624 Twenty-seventh street. The funeral took place on Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the Sacred Heart church. The casket was draped in the American flag, and the bugle with which he sounded the signal for the charge was buried with him. The funeral cortege was an imposing sieht. The veteran was buried with all military mili-tary honor?, and the sermon delivered by Father Edward Barry touched upon his historic career. |