Edward Johns Riley

   COLONEL EDWARD JOHNS RILEY.
 Colonel Edward Johns Riley, who or-
ganized the Fortieth New York Regi-
ment of Volunteers, known as the Mo-
zart Regiment, for service in the civil
war, died yesterday at his home, 21
Cambridge Place, Brooklyn, in his
eighty-seventh year. Colonel Riley
commanded the regiment until he was
disabled at the Battle of Fair Oaks.
After the war he became a wall-paper 
manufacturer, retiring twenty years
ago. He was born in East Broadway,
and served as a member of the volun-
teer fire department in the downtown
district until 1859.

RILEY.--On Feb. 21, 1918, Colonel Edward
 Johns Riley. Funeral from his late resi-
 dence, 21 Cambridge Place, Brooklyn,
 Monday, Feb. 25, 9:30 A. M. Requiem
 mass Queen of All Saints' Chapel, Lafay-
 ette and Vanderbilt Avs., Brooklyn. In-
 terment Holy Cross Cemetery. Automo-
 bile cortege.