Corporal William Shea
Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 October 1901, page 3
Honors at Hero's Funeral
With all the honors of the military, the body of William S Schey,
Corporal of Company A, First United States Infantry, who bravely died in battle
in the Philippines, will be buried in a soldier's grave at Evergreen Cemetery,
Newport, tomorrow.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 October 1901, page 3
MILITARY FUNERAL
Honored with a military burial the body of Corporal Wm Shey, of
Company A, First United States Infantry, who was killed in battle with
insurgents at Naiubut, Marandique P I at 7 o'clock on the morning of January 17
last, was yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery.
This was the second military burial with which Corporal Shey has been honored, the first occurring at Boac, near the place he met his death from the bullet of an insurgent. His father Charles Shey, who resides at Cutter and Seventh, was not content that his son should be buried on foreign soil and immediately arranged to bring the body back to Cincinnati for interment.
It was shipped from San Francisco last Friday and received here yesterday morning, when it was taken to Sullivan's for undertaking establishment on Central avenue from which place the funeral cortege, with the military escort proceeded at 2 o'clock. The escort consisted of a firing squad of eight, six pall bearers and one bugler, all from Company A, Second Untied States Infantry, Ft Thomas, under the command of Corporal John D Stevens.
The firing squad was made of Privates Bays, Price, Lawrence, Anton, Carrol, Clase and Tomlin, and the pall bearers were Privates Moray, Pickett, Borders, Lang, Holderman and Lynch, while the trumpeter was Wm H Barry.
The scene at the grave was impressive. Enveloped in an immense flag the coffin was lowered. Bugler Barry sounded taps, a volley was fired and then the grave was filled, while the relatives wept.
The coffin was opened at Sullivan's and the relatives allowed to view the body. The father of the young man stated that the features of his son were easily recognizable and that the body was remarkably well preserved.