Maude Gilbert

HUNDREDS VIEW CANAL VICTIM

Take Farewell of Miss Gilbert
Before Body Is Sent to Bridgeport.

Hundreds of friends of Miss Maude Gilbert, who met a tragic death in the waters of the Tamiami canal late Wednesday night, called at the parlor of the King undertaking establishment yesterday to pay their last respects. The body was shipped on the early Sunday morning train to Bridgeport Conn., where the funeral services and the burial will take place.

The body of the girl from the rockbound shores of old Connecticut was allowed to lie in state all day yesterday in order that friends might call and gaze for the last time on the features of one whom they loved. She must have numbered them by the hundreds, judging from the crowds that filed past the little simple oak couch upon which rested all that was mortal of the unfortunate young woman.

A simple dark blue silk dress covered the body, while over all was a light gray velour robe, and over that w white silk lace and crepe cover. The hair was dressed in the way friends said Miss Gilbert wore it, while her feet were encased in black pumps.

Persons who saw the body declared that Miss Gilbert looked as though she had only fallen asleep as if she was waiting for someone to awaken her from a deep, long refreshing nap. All day long a steady stream of people passed around the little couch.

Many large and beautiful floral designs were sent to the undertaking establishment by friends. They were placed on the casket last night just before the body was sent to the depot for shipment to its last resting place the beautiful cemetery just on the outskirts of Bridgeport. The largest floral piece was a large round design of red and white roses, tied with a white crepe ribbon, bearing a card containing the simple inscription, Sincere sympathy, E. F. White. This design was went by Ed-

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ward F. White, the companion of Miss Gilbert on the night she met her death.

A beautiful gray casket with silver handles was selected for the body, on which was a silver plate bearing the words, At Rest. The body was placed in the casket late last night and was placed in the baggage car of the north-bound passenger train at 2:20 this morning.

A telegram was received by the undertaking company late yesterday afternoon from A. E. Bishop, an undertaker at Bridgeport, requesting that the body be placed on the early Sunday morning train.

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Crowd at the Scene of the Tragedy on Tamiami Trail	Divers Searching for the Body of Miss Maude Gilbert	Miss Maude Gilbert and Her Brothers
Miss Gilbert	Miss Gilbert