Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1920 — MANY PAID LAST RESPECTS TO DEPARTED JURIST [ARTICLE]

MANY PAID LAST RESPECTS TO DEPARTED JURIST

The remains Of Colonel Edwin P. t Hammond arrived in Rensselaer Thursday afternoon and were taken to the court house where they were permitted to lay in state for one hour, - that his many friends here might view them for the last time. ; Many passed by the bier of the noted jurist, and among those who I came to pay their last respects to the man whose name is closely and fondly associated with the history of Jasper county were many of the older generation who knew the Colonel first as a lawyer in this city and later as a soldfer during the bloody struggle between the north and the south. Many of the old soldiers were numbered among those present. American flags and bunting were conspicuous in the corridors where , the remains lay, and a picture of the deceased, the property of the G. A. R. of this city, as he appeared ■ in the early eighties, was displayed. The relatives who were here for the burial services were the wife of the deceased, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin, and daughter, Virginia, of Chicago, Miss Eugenia Hammond, of Chicago, and Miss Nina Hammond, of Lafayette. Friends of the deceased, who came to pay their last respects were the Messrs. Stuart, of Lafayette, law partners of Mr. Hammond, Wiliam Nye, of Lafayette, and Malcolm Sims, Miss Clifford and Miss Casey, of Chicago. Many members of the Tippecanoe county bar accompanied the remains to this city. —o— Attended by. a throng of relatives and friends from many parts of the state, the funeral of Ooi. Edwin P. Hammond Thursday morning at the family home Oft South street was an impressive ceremony. The service was conducted by the Grand Anny of the Republic and the ladies’ auxiliaries of this organization after which the Rev. Albert C. Dudley conducted the Presbyterian funeral service. Dr. Dudley’s sermon was a beautiful tribute to the life and Works of Judge Hammond. The members of the bar and of the patriotic order attended the funeral in a body. The floral offerings were numerous and of exquisite beadty. j Thursday afternoon the body was (taken to Rensselaer, being escorted ;by the members of the family and a committee representing the bar association. The body was laid in state in the Jasper county court house for a short time, many persons passing by the bier. The burial was in Rensselaer cemetery. —Lafayette Journal.