The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-24

| improved slowly Last week he was out
driving several times, and he was get
ting stronger until Sunday night, when
he was attacked with symptoms of his
i.old trouble, pneumonia.
DR.. ]. S. Todd was called in. and on
Tuesday congestion of the lungs dis
appeared, but the patient was SO weak
that Mrs. Crisp telegraphed for her
children, and all came next day. On
Wednesday and yesterday Judge
Crisp's condition improved. but he re-
ceived no callers. His family was hope
full until 10 o'clock last night, when he
had paroXysm of pain near the heart
AT midnight there was another par
oxysm, and they continued all through
the night and afternoon. He suffered
intensely, but was conscious up to the
very last
The last attack occurred at lao.
Judge Crisp dying five minutes later,
surrounded by his family
Governor Atkins was his last visitor,
having called on Sunday, when he and
the judge chatted for an hour on cur
rent topics. Judge Crisp was keerly
interested in politics to the very last.
He opposed fusion with the PopuIists.
and charged Governor Atkinson to de-
feat it if possible in Georgia.
Judge Crisp was one of the leaders
OF the silver movement in Georgia, and
on that issue the state overwhelmingly
endorsed him for the United States
senate, to which he would have been
elected almost unanimously by the
legislature, which meets next Wednes-
day. There would have been practically
no opposition to him for the senate.
His death at this time complexities the
situation and will lead to a bitter fight
for the senatorship. Perhaps other Of
fees viii be involved, too.
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed, but the body will lie
in state at the capitol tomorrow, and
addresses will be delivered by Gov
ernor Atkinson and members of the
Georgia congressional delegation
The announcement of Judge Crisp's
death was telegraphed to Speaker
Thomas b. Reed, and to the sergeant
alarms of the house this afternoon, it
being customary to notify these Off
Gals of the death of any member of the
house during recess. in order that the
proper congressional escort may be APP
pointed. Up to q late hour tonight no
response had been received from either
OF these gentlemen.
Many kilograms of sympathy were
received by Mrs. Crisp tonight from
prominent persons. Secretary Lamont
was one of the first to send a mes
sage.
AT 1890 tomorrow morning the gov
ernor, state, city and county officers,
meInbers-elect of the general assembly,
members of the Atlanta bar and prom
inent citizens and military officers will
escort the body from the sanitarium to
the capitol rotunda, where this re-
mains will be placed on a catafalque.
Early Sunday morning the body,
with large escort by way of Macon. |
Americas, going by way of Macon
Upon arriving there the remains will
be placed in the Methodist church and
lie in state for two hours, when Cen
eral Clement A. Evans will conduct the !
last exercises.
Charles f. Crisp. was born in Shelf !
field, Eng, Jan. 20, 1S45. He received /
I common school education and en- /
.ered the confederate army in 1861. At I
ter the war he read law at Americas, /
Ca, and was admitted to the bar of /
that state in 1866. In 1872 he was ap- [
pointed solicitor-general of the south |
western judicial circuit, and served I
i've years. He was judge of the SUI /
oerior court of the same circuit from |
S77 to 1882, when he resigned the office /
o accept the Democratic nomination
or congress. He was permanent pres
dent of the Democratic convention I
which assembled in Atlanta, Ga, in l
1888 to nominate a candidate for gov I
amor. He was elected to the Forty
Eighth congress-, and had served to the
present time