The Winfield Daily Free Press
Winfield, Kansas
Saturday, August 15, 1903
Page 2
Funeral of Roy Davis
The first funeral resulting from the terrible carnage at the band concert Thursday night, was held in the Presbyterian church Friday afternoon at four o'clock. Roy C. Davis the sixteen year old boy who was among the first to fall, and who died a short time after midnight at the St. James Hotel, was the first victim of the terrible tragedy to receive burial. On account of the nature of his wounds it was necessary to hasten the funeral. The church was decorated with palms and ferns, flowers friendship's offerings, adorned the coffin lid and though comparatively few people knew of the funeral the house was fairly filled. Rev. S.W. Stophlet preached the funeral sermon, taking as his text the thirtieth verse of the eighteeth Psalm, "As for God, His Way is Perfect."
Roy C. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Davis, was born Sept 22, 1887 in McPerson, Kansas, in 1894 he first came to Winfield with his parents, and has lived here, off and on, ever since. He was a bright, happy hearted boy, with a pleasant smile for every one, and a fund of humor lurking behind his snapping black eyes. Strong and hearty, one day he was buoyant with youth and happiness, the next a corpse, a bit of clay swept aside on the tide of a maniac's frenzy. Mr. Stophlet spoke of the perpetrator of Thursday night's terrible deed as one ruled over by an anarchistic spirit, and compared his work with that of the assassination of President McKinley, saying the difference was that the one aimed at the head of the government, the other at the people.
A quartette, composed of Misses Mollie Kennedy and Nellie Williams, and Messrs. W.D. Winfield and Will Stevens sang sweet gospel hymns and six boys, young friends of the boy lying so quiet before them, acted as pall-bearers, and bore the still young form to his last resting place. They were Roy Williams, Pearl Gilbert, George Crays, Tracy Cutler, Carl Thorp and Clarence Bourdette.
Winfield, Kansas
Saturday, August 15, 1903
Page 2
Funeral of Roy Davis
The first funeral resulting from the terrible carnage at the band concert Thursday night, was held in the Presbyterian church Friday afternoon at four o'clock. Roy C. Davis the sixteen year old boy who was among the first to fall, and who died a short time after midnight at the St. James Hotel, was the first victim of the terrible tragedy to receive burial. On account of the nature of his wounds it was necessary to hasten the funeral. The church was decorated with palms and ferns, flowers friendship's offerings, adorned the coffin lid and though comparatively few people knew of the funeral the house was fairly filled. Rev. S.W. Stophlet preached the funeral sermon, taking as his text the thirtieth verse of the eighteeth Psalm, "As for God, His Way is Perfect."
Roy C. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Davis, was born Sept 22, 1887 in McPerson, Kansas, in 1894 he first came to Winfield with his parents, and has lived here, off and on, ever since. He was a bright, happy hearted boy, with a pleasant smile for every one, and a fund of humor lurking behind his snapping black eyes. Strong and hearty, one day he was buoyant with youth and happiness, the next a corpse, a bit of clay swept aside on the tide of a maniac's frenzy. Mr. Stophlet spoke of the perpetrator of Thursday night's terrible deed as one ruled over by an anarchistic spirit, and compared his work with that of the assassination of President McKinley, saying the difference was that the one aimed at the head of the government, the other at the people.
A quartette, composed of Misses Mollie Kennedy and Nellie Williams, and Messrs. W.D. Winfield and Will Stevens sang sweet gospel hymns and six boys, young friends of the boy lying so quiet before them, acted as pall-bearers, and bore the still young form to his last resting place. They were Roy Williams, Pearl Gilbert, George Crays, Tracy Cutler, Carl Thorp and Clarence Bourdette.
The Winfield Daily Free Press
Winfield, Kansas
Saturday, August 15, 1903
Page 2
Funeral of Roy Davis
The first funeral resulting from the terrible carnage at the band concert Thursday night, was held in the Presbyterian church Friday afternoon at four o'clock. Roy C. Davis the sixteen year old boy who was among the first to fall, and who died a short time after midnight at the St. James Hotel, was the first victim of the terrible tragedy to receive burial. On account of the nature of his wounds it was necessary to hasten the funeral. The church was decorated with palms and ferns, flowers friendship's offerings, adorned the coffin lid and though comparatively few people knew of the funeral the house was fairly filled. Rev. S.W. Stophlet preached the funeral sermon, taking as his text the thirtieth verse of the eighteeth Psalm, "As for God, His Way is Perfect."
Roy C. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Davis, was born Sept 22, 1887 in McPerson, Kansas, in 1894 he first came to Winfield with his parents, and has lived here, off and on, ever since. He was a bright, happy hearted boy, with a pleasant smile for every one, and a fund of humor lurking behind his snapping black eyes. Strong and hearty, one day he was buoyant with youth and happiness, the next a corpse, a bit of clay swept aside on the tide of a maniac's frenzy. Mr. Stophlet spoke of the perpetrator of Thursday night's terrible deed as one ruled over by an anarchistic spirit, and compared his work with that of the assassination of President McKinley, saying the difference was that the one aimed at the head of the government, the other at the people.
A quartette, composed of Misses Mollie Kennedy and Nellie Williams, and Messrs. W.D. Winfield and Will Stevens sang sweet gospel hymns and six boys, young friends of the boy lying so quiet before them, acted as pall-bearers, and bore the still young form to his last resting place. They were Roy Williams, Pearl Gilbert, George Crays, Tracy Cutler, Carl Thorp and Clarence Bourdette.
Winfield, Kansas
Saturday, August 15, 1903
Page 2
Funeral of Roy Davis
The first funeral resulting from the terrible carnage at the band concert Thursday night, was held in the Presbyterian church Friday afternoon at four o'clock. Roy C. Davis the sixteen year old boy who was among the first to fall, and who died a short time after midnight at the St. James Hotel, was the first victim of the terrible tragedy to receive burial. On account of the nature of his wounds it was necessary to hasten the funeral. The church was decorated with palms and ferns, flowers friendship's offerings, adorned the coffin lid and though comparatively few people knew of the funeral the house was fairly filled. Rev. S.W. Stophlet preached the funeral sermon, taking as his text the thirtieth verse of the eighteeth Psalm, "As for God, His Way is Perfect."
Roy C. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Davis, was born Sept 22, 1887 in McPerson, Kansas, in 1894 he first came to Winfield with his parents, and has lived here, off and on, ever since. He was a bright, happy hearted boy, with a pleasant smile for every one, and a fund of humor lurking behind his snapping black eyes. Strong and hearty, one day he was buoyant with youth and happiness, the next a corpse, a bit of clay swept aside on the tide of a maniac's frenzy. Mr. Stophlet spoke of the perpetrator of Thursday night's terrible deed as one ruled over by an anarchistic spirit, and compared his work with that of the assassination of President McKinley, saying the difference was that the one aimed at the head of the government, the other at the people.
A quartette, composed of Misses Mollie Kennedy and Nellie Williams, and Messrs. W.D. Winfield and Will Stevens sang sweet gospel hymns and six boys, young friends of the boy lying so quiet before them, acted as pall-bearers, and bore the still young form to his last resting place. They were Roy Williams, Pearl Gilbert, George Crays, Tracy Cutler, Carl Thorp and Clarence Bourdette.
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