Wednesday April 17, 1907
Wednesday April 17, 1907 was a day of honor and remembrance for George Mowrer Sechler of Danville throughout New York. On this day, the New York Times published the following editorial honoring George and his fellow officer Alfred Selleck:
That afternoon, a wake was held for George at the home of his brother in law in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn, followed by a procession that went west, all the way across Brooklyn, over the Brooklyn Bridge, and across Manhattan to the banks of the Hudson River (7 or 8 miles total). There, Georgeʼs body was loaded onto a ferry to Hoboken NJ to be loaded onto the train that would arrive in Danville by the next morning. This account of Wednesdayʼs honors was published the following day…
Similar honors were given to the other officer, Alfred Selleck, two days later. Georgeʼs family traveled with him on the train through the night into Thursday morning. The story will continue in Danville.
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