The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-24
His Remains Now on Their
Way to This Country.
Relatives Notified Of Sad Event by
Cable This Morning.
Eminence al Bar and In Politics Attained
by Ability and Perseverance.

George j, West is dead, and his pody
is ON the Cunsrd steamship Servia bound
for his native land. This is all the in
formation yet obtained concerning the
close of the career of the man whose
many gifts had won for him the admira-
tion of large number OF our citizens.
The private cable received by Thomas +.
West, Esq, the brother OF the deceased,
simply gave tho information above stated,
and the Associated Press dispatches
stated that he died in the north OF ue-
land and that his body left Liverpool yes
terday. The cablegram received by the
brother of the deceased here was from
Queenstown and signed Mrs. West, who
accom- panied her husband when he left
this country on the 18th Of June to seek
rest and health IN Ireland.
The news was hard 10 believe and friends
OF the gifted dead were completely dazed
by 1t, and found themselves repeating
over and over again the words "can II he
true" For some time Mr.. West had not
been a we'll man, and his intimate friends
who watched him argue case In court or
argue for what he deemed the best inter
ests of the city in the City Council shook
their heads, while the ordinary onlook-
ers held spellbound by the brilli-
ancy and correctness OF the mind OF the
orator thought him the personitication
OF manly vigor. Those who knew oil
knew at what a cost those arguments
were made and that those eloquent
words were doomed soon to cease.
1t was only at the imperative demand
OF his physician that he gave up work
and made a visit TO a land for whose In
terests his soft pleading eloquent voice
had been so often used. But the end
came, and whatever may be the particu-
lars concerning 1T, he was not alone, Tor
his devoted wife and three OF bis children
who loved and priced their able father
were with him.
His physician stated this morning that
he received word from the deceased from
Dublin short while ago that his health
was much improved. Ihe cause OF death
was probably Bright's disease.
Ii is only little over year since
Ambrose K. West, brother OF George,
died his death being great shock TO him.
The regret expressed on all hands over
the sad news thLt came this morning
was earnest and sincere. Mem bers of the
profession, of which he was one OF the
foremost members, the bar, men high in
the councils OF city and state, joined
with those who knew the deceased only
by reputation, expressed sorrow that so
bright a life was closed at the early age
of Al.
The deceased was born in this city in
1852. and was the son or John and
CatherinessWest.
He graduated from Brown University
in the class OF '76, and then attended the
Boston University Lew School, gradual
ing from that institution IN 1873, and
was admitted to the bar OF the State
soon after.
He began the practice OF his profession
ana won remarkable success from the
very start. Ilis connection with many OF
the cases OF the very highest Importance
is too we'll known TO be here referred TO
at length. One of the first cases was that
of the State VS.. Skuse, in the Trial OF
which he was junior counsel, and Charles
A. VII on, senior counsel, and he do
Tended unaided Young Slavin, who was
accused OF the murder of his parent. he
was singularly successful with his cssos,
and bad the great and valunble knsck OF
winning even from jurors who seemed
adverse TO bin verdicts In his favor.
10 give tho story of mis- legal victories
would bo but to repeat the court history
of nearly every term since MS admission
to the bar. 1he last case In which be
acted as counsel was the DR.. HaC case,
and there was no weakness noticeable
about the counsel who succeeded IN oD-
tainJng an acquittnl for his client. HIS
conduct os the defence was admitted by
his ass ciatcs OF the bar to be mastorful
and the knowledge displayed by him OF
medicine and surgery placed him as the
very first lawyer in medical Jurisprudence
at the State bar.
MIR. West early took great interest in
politics, and no man had stronger con.
victions than ho had. lie was a favorite
campaign speaker aud was one of the
most popular speakers on public ques-
tions, very many of wEich he spoke TO
bis fellow citizens upon. lie was mem
Der OF the lower branch uf tho Gencarl
Assem- bly, in 1896, and was elected for