Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-01
r.r LATE G. n. IARRABEE.

raE LATE Cs y. LA1AAes
r,om the 7slsphons of Juneau, Wis
.ora;u. dated Feb. 3D., We take the re-
port following:
IN Monday the special com mittee ep-
,o;nted under resolution OF Dir. Lander
drsfs a suitable memorial of respect
TIC late Charles H. Larrabee, report
and the memorial was adopted and
s.asrsd spread upon the records OF the
o. oaust Judge Eiwell and Z. r. Sni h,
- anoke briefly but most eloquensly
.r @ the resolution aud evidenced
pns~ sn their thorough friendship for the
sassa sed and also their ability AS ora
s.rs the following is the full tsxt OF
sSs memori i from u draft prepared by
sIc c;rcuit Conrt, Dodge County. In
u.n,oriam of the Hon. q. H. Larrabee.
no mndarsipned having beoa appointed
- t,a C,rcuit Court of the County of
TSoAes.. 60 prepare a memorial On the
ls.,,, ~ the Hon. Chas. IL. Lsrrabee,
s.e,nsrIv a iudye Of said court, respect
sIiy prrsent tine following:
Hon Chas, H. Ltrrabee, formerly a
..s;d.nt of the County Of Dodge and a
Indse of the Court, was killed by a dis
s.rc,,a railroad accident in Southern
raI,fnrnia on the 10Th day Of January
1883. ~. u -
~ work. on the 9th day Of November,
1ssc and was therefore 62 at the time of
i,,s isatb. In early life he resided in
Sn,,nofirId and ChilicOthe, Ohio, after
wayds In Chicago, where he married in
: iais MIaerya Norton, 4 beautiful, and
sccomplishsd lady, who died several
yeaTs ago.
co In I847 he came to Wisconsin and
r. tho same year was elected from
Dodoe Cf,uAty member Ut the COnstI-
tutional Convention held the same year
ard which framed the constitution uu-
der WHOM we now live. After the state
vas organized he was elected in lSib--
then being but - years old-the frst
iudoe Of this, the third judicial circuit,
Of the State, which position DO held,
having been 70 elected, until 1865, when
he resigned. having been elected to Con-
cress from the old third congressional
district, succeeding the Hon. Charles
BilIinghurst. In 1850. he was again q
candidate for Congress but was defeat-
ed by The Hon. A. Scott Sloan.
In 1861, he was appointed by Gov.
Randall Major of the 9th keg't Wis.
Vol. Infantry, aud went into the service
With his regiment. On the I'd day OF
August, 1862, Major Larrabee was APP
pointed Colonel Of the 24th ReG't WIS.
Vol. Infantry and served as such until
the 9th day of Auguat, 1863, when he
resigned and returned to Horizon. ia
this county, for further residence, where
be remained few years, aud then re-
moved 10 the Pacific coast, residing at
San Francisco. in Oregon, and then IN
Warrington Territory. At the latter
place for several years publishing pa
per and plaoticing his profession, and
Ht the time of his sudden and terrible
death he was living IN Southern Cali
foFnia.
Judge Larrabee was in the public scr
vice OF the Stats of Wisconsin from
18i7 to 1868. In the constitutional con-
venti0n he WAS member on the stand
ing committee on general provisions, and
was firm and able advocate OF an
elective judiciary, and Of the provisions
for exempting q reasonable amount Of
taohment or execution.
Judge Larrabee was not only Judge
Of the Sd Judicial Circuit, consisting OF
the counties Of Washington, Dodge. CO.
lumbia. Marquette, Hauk and Portage,
but by tenure of his Office he waa also
one OF the Judges Of the Supreme Court
until the separate Snpremo Court was
organized la 1883.
AlehAsVcl. lA n thu
judicial bench. he ranked we'll among
the Judges of tho State. In Congress
be ut once took an active part, and In
his speeches showed himself TO be a
ready, eloquent and forcible debater.
While he served his country and State
creditably in the army, It did not fall
his lot to win any special renown,
and failing health compelled him to re-
sign.
Chas. H. Larrabee had mich bright
ness of intellect, and n considerable
amount Of ready ability. His was a
cheerful nature. He made friends
easily and hads no enemies. His
domestic attachments were strong
he loved his home, his family and his
friends.
The manner of his death was most
shocking. He was ON the overland ex-
press train on the Southern Pacific rail-
road in Southern California, which left
San Francisco on the 10Th of January.
Stopping at Tehaohapi to take out an
extra engine to assist IN pulling up the
Tehachapi grade, by some means or
other the train got away and started
backward down q grade Of 10 feet to
the mile. The train went whirlinG Gown
the grade at u frightful speed for dis
tance Of four miles-then curve Was
reached and two sleeping cara and the
maii. baggage and express oars jumped
the track aud went down the embauk-
ment fifteen feet, where they lay piled
in scattered heap. They caught Gre,
and passengers who were imprisoned in
the wreck were burned TO death. Many
of the unfortunate victims held down by
pieces of timber or heavy irons. strug-
Cling to free themselves, werc unable to
move until the fire finally put an end TO
their sufftrincs.
Sixteen perished in this manner, and
one OF them who thus perished was the
Hon. Chxs. n. I.arrabcc.
In view of the prominent positions
which the deceased has held In the ear
ly history If this State, as n member OF
the Constitutional Convention, which
framed the Constitution under which
We now liye-as the first Circuit Judge
OF this county--as ono Of the judges OF
the first supreme C0urt--as u member
Of the House Of Representatives in the
Congress Of the nation, and In view Of
tho fact that he was always held by the
members of the bar and by the corn-
munity az an honest and upright Judge,
and faithful representative Of the In
terests of the people of bis district, and
IN view Of his honorcd life and terrible
death. We deem it fitting and proper, in
justice to the memory OF the deceased.
a. q mark OF the high estimation in
which he was held BY his fellows, that
this memorial should be made aud
placed upon the records Of the court.
EDw. ELwxIL,
E. q. LEWIS,
]. b. Hans, Com.