Funeral procession of the late Hon. Thomas d'Arcy M'Gee, at Montreal, Canada, 1868. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. J. Inglis. 'The late atrocious crime of the Fenian conspirators in aroused the sternest indignation. The Hon. Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee, who represented Montreal West in the House of Commons at Ottawa, was an Irishman of high personal character and of remarkable talents and [and] was most earnestly opposed to the Fenian plot to murder him , in the basest and most cowardly manner, on the night of April 7, when Mr. M'
Funeral procession of the late Hon. Thomas d'Arcy M'Gee, at Montreal, Canada, 1868. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. J. Inglis. 'The late atrocious crime of the Fenian conspirators in aroused the sternest indignation. The Hon. Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee, who represented Montreal West in the House of Commons at Ottawa, was an Irishman of high personal character and of remarkable talents and [and] was most earnestly opposed to the Fenian plot to murder him , in the basest and most cowardly manner, on the night of April 7, when Mr. M' shot dead from behind, as he arrived at his lodgings, and at the moment when he stopped to put his latchkey in the door. The agent of this bloody deed was a person named James [The] a most impressive coffin was borne on a handsome funeral car, drawn by six lined by fourteen companies of volunteers, militia, and house-fronts were hung with black from the windows or the special recommendation of the Governor-General, it is proposed by the Parliament to grant a pension to the family of Mr. M'Gee, who is truly regarded as a martyr to the cause of loyalty'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.
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