HAYES'S FUNERAL.

Evening Star, Issue 4238, 26 September 1876, Page 3

HAYES'S FUNERAL.

To the Editor. Sin,—We were rather surprised to see such a denial of facts on the above subject by one who bears the title of "reverend." I wonder while he was about it he didn't deny that a committee waited upon him at all. Father Crowley says "that such conversation (that appeared in 'One of the Committee's' letter) did not take place." Now, why did he not state what conversation did take place. What in the name of common sense, would have caused us to go up to see any of the Catholic clergy, if it were not to put such questions as appeared in " One of the Committee's " letter. It is a very easy matter to deny anything, but quite another thing to prove it. We should also have liked to have seen Father Crowley answer the question, " Where they Pot their impression from that Hayes was going to be buried in the usual way in the Catholic portion of the cemetery ?" We might also supplement "One of the Committee's" statements, by saying that after the conversation about the price of the piece of ground he (Father Crowley) referred > ub to a man who was working in the garden (who proved to be the sexton), and this question was put to him (the sexton): "Is there any possibility of getting any reduction in the price of the ground for the interment of the remains of Hayes ?" and the answer was —"No, not likely, for he (Hayes) owes money upon the cemetery already." We (the committee) distinctly state, and are williog to take our oiths upon it, that such a conversation did take place, and that such were the answers to the questions. We do not intend to say anything further upon this subject, nor shall we write again. The public can draw their own inferences. Father Crowley cannot do more than he has done, i.e., deny everything—in fact, after what he aaid in his letter, we do not expect anything else. We are, &c, J. Jackson, H. Jeffs, It. Stephens. Dunedin, September 23.