The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-20

IhWb- IOllpWb, anu III tlIl6 ~ WINS W " ocph
signed TO a Congressional frank and on papers
issued Issued by New SMG dlSi, FIRST FIRST commissioner ion m rdssUr 81 o OF
foTrnHesys with HRp a bis flourish V 70 his ~ signature - and
Philip 7. Crooke follows in colossal characters,
The one destined to be q criminal law oracle In
In the year 1891 cluster the names OF the
fsstidiously aprarelled a. Robertson. Rogers, of
land, the first lawyer 10 make railway litigation
a specially, and OF those Knickerbockers, Fred.
Hsvens, William ], eeosswoi,. and John =. Crosby,
who, diod In the water Mt Fire leland
6 6SsSS tw NsmS. years q a @E sG,c During os tho tho t t6iT e.
Guiding those OF Nathan Dane E%llingwood, a
stately conveyancer; HenryE. Davies, to become
ali Inc, streets above Forty.sscond street,
to toN draw "S upon ms hi mSsi st the o"' WhItticism, Of
the, corpulont Simeon Draper at q party:
corporation. for hero Is Davies. who may run
street ; thronsh it" There o1 II also seen the ! name NM,
his autograph keeping company with, that OF
his atterword associate, Judge Apthony, $.
gnstr9nomors At tho Manhattan Club when 1t
p prS;l d s,n Ss "Tongi" ANOTHER dMs s a. att9 pr
was soon to marry into the distinguished Ogden
inmily and his wito, by going into thcatricnl
l rss 4 the 10 pf ths. T G7ssss E f.frSG ys OF tho a"s sSSIhSSss
@ ss shS lnts sP ps did fM5l rs' y T%s sS S fT9%t1 a PS Srsat
Robert j. Dillon. destined to become n Tanimany
boss, as q Hard Shell, and to bo rewarded as q
Park Commissioners; William Soulc, who was
eGGn to bring t. tho bar by his pers@msSs a G1,s and ID
DAILY, whose. characteristic signature. seen
chiefly nowadays as President Of the Geographi-
sol sq 'sS 9 sisn nPRSaTs o. z h fiw pnSSs k iaaeG; Then a
GIatlin. who win lesye the law to study Indian
In tho Thanksgiving week Of 1888 is recorded
tho admission Of Henry G.. Murphy, TO whom
signature, is that OF the. aftcrward pondcrous
Manson Nash. sarcasticnlly called the Attorney.
monopoly of suits In behalf OF sailors. who pridcd
himself on his resemblance, TO Daniel Webster.
with brass buttons, and yellow waistcoat; and il
Ias the Joke Of wayfarGrs in the City Hall
in tho most serious good faith. Edward
ssnr,on nft : Ha%i h be- an deDinSE pSSS Ssdtss ds' tS Ss
MIST prius bar. He met his death on board tho
he refused to enter an already crowded lifcboat
lest he should endanger, as, he said. Others
tMh" than his h own. "f for he mI had MbS aeomie OF m TiibdiSdrE owiEs
to domestic infclicities. When last, seen, his
cSSmmanding figure was stsndinE on the sinking
chief to the ~rcceding lifeboats. Major Brice
SS nan - ,,zadn.l Lying iEo as w an G pdi%, ar,
signed Nov. 20, 1888, Just below Sandford.
who In 1852 headed. rs Alderman, the famous
b~roadwey railroad ring that AleNnnder T.
sirs%mvcn aiaid any SY p nls eSu1 in pr Hienpy for Mii ton.
tempt of an injunction.
The 1884 page shows the signature of Nell
son Chase. The rcputcd son Of Aaron Burr, and a
replica of him. in height and countenance.
Chase piloted the divorce case OF Mrs. Edwin
great Jumel ejcctment case. Two more pages
OF the year OF the great fire show autographs of
John Rpmeyn lroachcnd, the state historian, in
grand old kniCsorbockcr pcnmanship; OF James
T. Brady. who almost Immediately rose TO emf
iiyan, u Democratic %agitator and finally
Minister, to PortoG2ii Henry Sieoll; Chair;
odorc Scdgwick. Jr., who repaid his obligations
to his profession by afterward writing q great
pcrplate autograph OF Abraham Crist. who, in
1851. was drowned of Yonkers while swimming
1 nssnc sn Of HWvt II. II. Le s o and 't Giibsrt ti g. sp pss
come together and the two men afterward as
dence appears in the signatures Of Joseph F.
Bosworth and Claudius L. Mcneil. who became
SHprFiG One Court OF tho 5sdff esn tGEs'I Of t ihsiF! fr, SSsnFs
Thomas McElreth, signed near Luther Marsh:
Another coincidence is in the prominently of
and Augustus schellSt former succeeding the
latter as Collector OF the Port in 1861. The lat
ton bale imported from Italy the body of Philip
burrows, who signed about the same date. Bur,
TpNs nbl D'tu lHNStT ana utitulltT 10 -. i
Stewart, and had fled abroad TO escape dctcc,
tion. and his body was. furtivcly brought home
for burial because the Italian authorities would
not allow. the shipment OF II corpse. There is
also the signature-hold and audacious as him
%selfInf Horace F. Clark. who married q Van
derbilt heircss; and as n Congressman during
slavery agitation courageonsly left his party
and, voted against the extension Of slavery,
The Common Pleas ink OF the hard times
faded ; siEnH,ares may nay ho,aSeiPher SSo ,hos IoS .,
Kelly and Senator Grndy could not beat; Edward
G.. West; Charles, f: butler. who succeeded Bur
AT. stewart, and bee me a great connoisscuri in
fine art; Edwi G; Litchteld, n great railway
lRs " %s4 E af .Hd T rni SSu" tla IT, Cong Sosnt sim'
Matthews. who took to literature and wrot.
eleven sonnets on " Man, and His Occupations,
M"nhsitgHn,"' Other siEnsrs were F. i. Mar
widow has managed the ST. .NiehoiGs magazine
when he died left a library worth 800, 900 TO NJ
interior college; Hammcrslcy, whose wealth
d dom: james tis J. king. Wh he psr sh1oyn"s w Won non
fortune for Emma .Wheatley, the actress. VIII
married n son OF John Mason, the .millionair,
mans name "a from the will; John u. Edmnonds
who came down from Columbia county 70 be
come a Democratic. leader and a supreme Cour
Justice. OF distinction, and TO publish two vol
umcs Of criminal reports Just in time &c. hay
i. two criminal codes; John Jay, whose %signatur
is In imitation OF his distinguished father,
, autograph, and Is near to that of benjamin 7
Butler. President Jnckson's Acknowledgement
l and father Of WILLIAM Allen Butler, who gay
l send and Enoch l.. Fancher. both yet, happily
ectiyc members Of tho Bar Institutes; Charlie
I McNcan. destined TO be Surrogate, and Ioui
II. Sanford, to become "a Vicc-Chanccllor nm,
: Chief Justice Of the superior Court and edit re
young man eloquent OF the barr and Welcom
, X. Beebe, the first City Judge.
} CharlesP Daly heads the page of 1899, and !
I followed by Hamilton W. Robinson, who fl
l time became his associate on the bench and b.
James NJ. smith. Jr., afisrward Recorder. an
3 cnigmatical signature of Lorenzo d. Shepard
sS Sehn% \ c after yefps to no sr I"m ann M ri Gran \,
! torncy, and TO be the father OF Edward NJ
> is aS9 Z Ei iWG DE 70 stnue iSSwger "nG mp PiG,tiica
who. in 1877, earned II Ministry to st. Pctcrsbur
! by aiding 4. Is. Hayes as counsel to stoa
Charles A. Peabody. who hocamo a Justice q
the, Supreme Court, and stephen J, Field hay
D their aipnature5 tOppthpr-thnt Of the latter Il