The Chicago Chronicle, Chicago, Illinois
Sunday, January 26, 1896, page 2
The remains of Bertram Allen Atwater, the young artist who met so tragic a fate in St Louis Thursday night, arrived in Chicago yesterday morning at 7:30 o'clock over the Wabash road in charge of his brother, A J Atwater, to whose home in Morgan Park they were conveyed. The funeral will take place this afternoon, and the last resting place of the unfortunate young man will be in the family lot at Mount Hope.
The funeral will be private in deference to the wishes of his stricken parents. A few intimate friends will go from Chicago on the Rock Island train, leaving at 1:15 pm, in time to attend the services which will be held in the Morgan Park Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock. Rev Mr Wyant, pastor of the church, will officiate. Interment will be by carriage to Mount Hope.
St Louis, Mo, Jan 25. - Bertram A Atwater, the young Chicago artist, was well known in St Louis and was exceedingly popular. M C Orton, at whose house he was to call on the night of the murder, was at the station, accompanied by his daughter, Genevieve, to whom the dead man was affianced at the time of his death. They were accompanied by a great many of their friends. The Ortons accompanied the body to Chicago and will attend the funeral.
Sam Foster, the negro who murdered Atwater, has made a complete confession in which he implicated "Cottonhead" Schmidt and John Schmidt. The latter, he said, fired two shots and he (Foster) fired two or three. "Cottonhead," according to the negro's confession, led Atwater into the trap.
Sunday, January 26, 1896, page 2
The remains of Bertram Allen Atwater, the young artist who met so tragic a fate in St Louis Thursday night, arrived in Chicago yesterday morning at 7:30 o'clock over the Wabash road in charge of his brother, A J Atwater, to whose home in Morgan Park they were conveyed. The funeral will take place this afternoon, and the last resting place of the unfortunate young man will be in the family lot at Mount Hope.
The funeral will be private in deference to the wishes of his stricken parents. A few intimate friends will go from Chicago on the Rock Island train, leaving at 1:15 pm, in time to attend the services which will be held in the Morgan Park Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock. Rev Mr Wyant, pastor of the church, will officiate. Interment will be by carriage to Mount Hope.
St Louis, Mo, Jan 25. - Bertram A Atwater, the young Chicago artist, was well known in St Louis and was exceedingly popular. M C Orton, at whose house he was to call on the night of the murder, was at the station, accompanied by his daughter, Genevieve, to whom the dead man was affianced at the time of his death. They were accompanied by a great many of their friends. The Ortons accompanied the body to Chicago and will attend the funeral.
Sam Foster, the negro who murdered Atwater, has made a complete confession in which he implicated "Cottonhead" Schmidt and John Schmidt. The latter, he said, fired two shots and he (Foster) fired two or three. "Cottonhead," according to the negro's confession, led Atwater into the trap.
The Chicago Chronicle, Chicago, Illinois
Sunday, January 26, 1896, page 2
The remains of Bertram Allen Atwater, the young artist who met so tragic a fate in St Louis Thursday night, arrived in Chicago yesterday morning at 7:30 o'clock over the Wabash road in charge of his brother, A J Atwater, to whose home in Morgan Park they were conveyed. The funeral will take place this afternoon, and the last resting place of the unfortunate young man will be in the family lot at Mount Hope.
The funeral will be private in deference to the wishes of his stricken parents. A few intimate friends will go from Chicago on the Rock Island train, leaving at 1:15 pm, in time to attend the services which will be held in the Morgan Park Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock. Rev Mr Wyant, pastor of the church, will officiate. Interment will be by carriage to Mount Hope.
St Louis, Mo, Jan 25. - Bertram A Atwater, the young Chicago artist, was well known in St Louis and was exceedingly popular. M C Orton, at whose house he was to call on the night of the murder, was at the station, accompanied by his daughter, Genevieve, to whom the dead man was affianced at the time of his death. They were accompanied by a great many of their friends. The Ortons accompanied the body to Chicago and will attend the funeral.
Sam Foster, the negro who murdered Atwater, has made a complete confession in which he implicated "Cottonhead" Schmidt and John Schmidt. The latter, he said, fired two shots and he (Foster) fired two or three. "Cottonhead," according to the negro's confession, led Atwater into the trap.
Sunday, January 26, 1896, page 2
The remains of Bertram Allen Atwater, the young artist who met so tragic a fate in St Louis Thursday night, arrived in Chicago yesterday morning at 7:30 o'clock over the Wabash road in charge of his brother, A J Atwater, to whose home in Morgan Park they were conveyed. The funeral will take place this afternoon, and the last resting place of the unfortunate young man will be in the family lot at Mount Hope.
The funeral will be private in deference to the wishes of his stricken parents. A few intimate friends will go from Chicago on the Rock Island train, leaving at 1:15 pm, in time to attend the services which will be held in the Morgan Park Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock. Rev Mr Wyant, pastor of the church, will officiate. Interment will be by carriage to Mount Hope.
St Louis, Mo, Jan 25. - Bertram A Atwater, the young Chicago artist, was well known in St Louis and was exceedingly popular. M C Orton, at whose house he was to call on the night of the murder, was at the station, accompanied by his daughter, Genevieve, to whom the dead man was affianced at the time of his death. They were accompanied by a great many of their friends. The Ortons accompanied the body to Chicago and will attend the funeral.
Sam Foster, the negro who murdered Atwater, has made a complete confession in which he implicated "Cottonhead" Schmidt and John Schmidt. The latter, he said, fired two shots and he (Foster) fired two or three. "Cottonhead," according to the negro's confession, led Atwater into the trap.
Family Members
Advertisement
Advertisement
