Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-01-28
A JURIST GONE.

somcwhat Unexpected Death at Macon,
Ca, OF Hon. l.. q. G. Lamar, OF Missis-l
sippi, Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States--Brief sketch
of His Life.
MACON, Ga, Jan. 24--Justice l.. @.
G. Lamar, of the United States supreme
court, died Monday night at $50
o'clock. He was stopping at the home
of w. III. Virgin, his relative, and late
in the afternoon took his overcoat and
started out for walk. He had
scarcely left the house when he
was met by friend and re-
turned to Mr.. Virgins house, where he
talked cheerfully for quite time with
his friends Justice Lamar dined at
$3.50 with the family and seemed
to have good appetite and to
be in cheerful mood. His
friend, DR.. Llewllyn, whom he had
met, left the house at 7:40 o'clock. A
short time after this the justice was
seized with violent pains and died in a
very short time. The attack was
severe while it lasted, and the
physician, DIR. A. II. Parker,
who had been in attendance, ar
rived only few minutes before death.
At this time Justice Lamar was un-
conscious and beyond medical aid. Re-
storatives were at once administered
but were entirely without avail. He
died with his head on Mr.. Virgins
hands and apparently without pain,
the spasm having passed off at that
| time.
Brights disease, with angina pee
toris, was the direct cause of Judge
Lamar's death, and is given by the
| physicians as being the chief compli-
cation in the case. Justice Lamar
came to Macon about a month ago
from Washington, where he was suf-
| fering from an illness, and his death
was looked for almost momentarily.
Since his arrival here he seemed to
be gaining in strength and his health
seemed much improved. His death was
altogether unexpected in view of the
fact that friends who had seen him and
knew his condition thought he was on
the sure road to recovery and would in
| few weeks be able to resume his du-
ties on the supreme bench. No ar
rangements have been made for the
funeral.
WASHINGTON, Jan. pa cablegram
received by Chief Justice Fuller of the
United States supreme court Monday
evening announced the death of AS
sociate Justice l.. @. c. Lamar at Ma
con, Ga, whittier he had gone for the
benefit of his health. Senator Teller
(Col.), who is a member of the iu-
dietary committee, said Monday:
"It is my opinion that il Judge Gresham does
not go into Mr. Cleveland's cabinet he will be-
fore many months be on the supreme bench
here. Batchford and Field will retire soon
on account of age We will by special act
doubtless retire Justice Lamar early in the
next session of congress- Everybody knows
that Justice Lamar is incapacitated by
ill-health. He has reached the age for retire
ment, but has not been in the service ten years
required by law. Lamar Is old and poor and
we are going to pension him by retiring him
by special act of congress- If Gresham is not
in the cabinet he will, suspect, take Lamar's
place.
Lucius Quintus Cincinuatus Lamar, associate
, justice of the United States supreme court,
was born in Putnam county, Ca, September
| II, 1925; received his early education in OK
ford, Miss, and was graduated from Emory
college, Georgia, in ls45: studied law in
Macon under his uncle, Hon. Absolom H
Chapel, and was admitted to the bar in ls47
was adjunct professor of mathematics in the
university of Mississippi for . time; entered
upon the practice of law at Covington, Ga. !:
, was elected to the legislature of that state in
1858; was elected a member OF congress in 1857
: and served until 1860, when he withdrew to
take part in the secession convention
of Mississippi: was colonel of the
Nineteenth Mississippi confederate in
fantry; participated in many engagements
, with the army of northern Virginia; COM
PEELED to leave the service by i'll health: was
sent commissioner OF the confederacy to
: Russia in 1863; at the close of the war in 1853
accepted the position OF professor of political
economy and social science IN the university
of mississippi; the following year trans
ferred to the chair of constitutional and
municipal law and governmental science;
in 1872 was elected to congress and reelected in
, 1874; was elected to the United States senate
and took his seat March 5. 1877; appointed
secretary of the interior March 5, 1888, and
filled the office until appointed, January 49, 1888,
to position on the supreme bench to ill the
vacancy caused by the death of Justice William
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