Show DAYTON H ENACTS SILENT TR CROWDS GATHER AT STATION AS TRAIN WITH BRYANS BRYAN'S BODY STARTS NORTH Body Lies In State In Washington Prior To Final Resting Place In InFamous InFamous inFamous Famous Arlington Cemetery On Potomac Dayton Daton Tenn Leaving Leaving behind a s sorrowing little Tennessee town whose citizens almost to the last man woman and child gathered to witness the departure a train with two special special cial cars attached bore towards Wash Washington ington on the n tema remains n of William Villiam Jennings Jen Bryan The simplicity and lack of ceremony ceremony cere core mony moray which at the request of Mrs Bryan Brayn marked the reverent placing of the bronze casket in its car served served ed cd only to emphasize the depth of ol feeling with which Dayton saw the thelast thelast thelast last of its champion Around the little railroad station before the train pulled out at about 9 o'clock ware re gathered the simple folk of oC the Tennessee hills hUls whose cause the Commoner espoused They came camo to say a last hushed farewell leaving the town quiet and deserted All 11 91 11 nn 1 e u. u AA u U U I of the day were laid aside for fora a while as everyone came to watch the funeral train depart In the car where the bronze casket cask cask- et la lay In simple state was was the widow I I and Mrs Ruth Oven Bryans Bryan's daughter daugh ter and Major Reginald Owen her husband and a few friends Next to I this car was one carrying newspaper men Previous to the departure the casket cas cas- ket had been taken from the pleasant little shaded maple cottage where the Bryans lived during luring the Scopes trial and where the Commoner died and carried to a railway crossing three blocks awa away I The special cars were brought tc this point because the railroad sta tion at Dayton sits on l land nd higher than the main street and l tears fears hat had been express expressed d there woul would be some difficulty taking the bod body up up the hill Friends of Bryan yan who ha hail ha follow tollow ed ell him hinn in his last fight for forunda unda which taxed his st to the breaking point acted as a ai es cort while townsfolk of Dayton Daton fath fathered ath ath- ered at the crossing and anti other at the station awaiting for the de deliar- deliar are ar ture 1 Mrs Bryan refused to see the tea tea- ear tures of her hor husband in death dread I ing a collapse She was led into tho ho he little parlor where whore the bod body la laj lal at her own request but she kept f her eyes on the floor I wont won't look at him until the v ry ry last she said I feel feol that l if I looted looked at him now I would break down nd I I 1 must prevent thyself myself doing that I 1 dont don't want to look at him til they close the casket for the last last time l Bearing up with calm fortitude fortitude the tho widow was taken back to her w eel I I chair in another room |