Middletown transcript., 1893-03-25

CnarleS b. Lore, Cn1ef Justice on IueSday
morning, to fill the vacancy caused by the.
sudden death of Chief Justice Alfred P.
Robinson.
THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.
Charles Brown Lore was born March 16.
1881, at Cantwell,s Bridge, (now odessa
Delaware, where his father, Eldad Lore,
who died in 1850, was engaged in farming
and in the woed and lumber business. He
was the descendant Of a family of Cumber-
!. lnad County, N. j. settlers of the 18th
century in which locality, too, the ances-
tors of his wife. Priscilla C. Lore, were
pioneers of the same period.
Charles B. Lore, after obtaining the rudi-;
ments of education in his native town, and
preparing himself at the Middletown Aca-
DENY, entered Dickinson College at Car
Isle, Pa, in 1s4s. and graduated there in
1852 with the degree Of A. b., and the
honors of his class He studied with Judge
John X. Findlay. of Philadelphia, for
short period, and returning to Delaware
was elected clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives in which position he served un-
til the end of the session in 1857
Immediately after the close of his term
he turned his attention to the ministry
and the Methodist Episcopal Conference
accepting him on trial, assigned him to the
Princess Anne Circuit, in Snow Hill Dis
trict, Eastern Shore, Md, where he re-.
manned one year.
AT the expiration of that time he with
drew to Wilmington, and resumed his Law
studies with the late Daniel Bates, Char
cellor of Delaware, and was admitted to the
bar in November, 1861. About the same
time he ran for member of the Legislature
on the Democratic ticket. In 1862 he was
appointed by Governor Burton commits
sioner of the draft to raise troops for the
Union army, and canvassed the county of
New Castle for that purpose.
On the 26th. of September, 1869, he was
appointed by Governor Cove Salisbury,
attorney general of the State for a term of
five years. He was identified during this
time with tho trial of several celebrated
cases, which attracted attention through
out the country, among them being that of
Goldsborough, for the murder of Charles
Marsh in which the prisoner was con-
victed and sentenced to be hanged, but es-
capped, and found his way South; that of
DR.. Isaac G. West, charged with killing ana
skinninga & negro named Turner and at
tempting to burn his corpse with the pur-
pose of conveying the impression that the
body of the victim was his own, and there
by securing heavy life insurance money to
his wife, and also that of the famous Della
ware Bank burglars. In all these cases in
which the ablest lawyers in the State were
employed by the defence, Mr.. Lore's abili-
ties were developed as his reputation was
enhanced, by the contests which ensued
While he has had large experience in
criminal cases. his practice has been for
the most part civil, and he has had frequent
occasion to seek thorough acquaintance
with constitutional law and tho,e elements
jurisprudence which have become part
of the States history, as for instance, in
the disputes between Delaware and New
Jersey regarding the water boundary, and
involving the fishing rights of the two
states
Mr.. Lore was onel of the incorporators
and is trustee of the House of Friendless
Children in Wilmington, and since 1867 has
been trustee of Delaware College.
He is, and has been throughout life, a
Democrat, an untiring worker in politics as
in his profession, and has a strong hold
upon the symathies of the people, COM
manded both by his abilities and the genu-
inc kindliness of his heart and manner He
received the nomination of his party for
Congress, and was elected in November.
1882. by large vote and ON November 9th,
1884, was reelected by vote of I7O54. :
against his opponents 1898. He served
on the committee on claims and on the
special committee on American ship build
ing and ship-owning interests, in the Forty-
eighth Congress, and proved an active and
efficient member Since retiring from Con-
gress he has devoted his attention excius-.
lively to the practice of his profession.
In 1880, and again in 1892, Mr.. Lore was
elected Presidential elector on the Demo-
cratic ticket in this State
Mr.. Lore was married in 1862 to Rebecea
a, daughter OF Josiah Bates; a Friend. of
Mt Holly: N. j., and has one child, Miss
Emma Lore