Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-12-02
THE NEW JUDGE OF THE SECOND DISTRICT.

| inE NEW vvuLc VI iHE ottunU DiS thtGI,
Judge Jonathan W. Orumpaoker, asso.
ciate justice of the Territorial Supreme
court and assigned to the Second judicial
district, arrived in Albuquerque yester-
day and at 3 O'Clock iu the afternoon
the onorable and high office, to which he
was recently appointed.
The following is a biographical sketch
of the new judge:
Jonathan William Orumpaoker was
named after his grandfather, Quaker
| preacher. he was born in New Dsrham
township, La Porte county, Indiana, Sep
tenber 6, 1854, and is son of Shepherd
Crumpacker. His education was OBJ
taiued at the Weestville high school
and Prairie Home academy, Henry
county, III. He is graduate of the
civil engineering department. of the
University of Michigan; be also attended
the law department of the university,
afterward reading law with Judge Tai
oott of Valparaiso, teaching school and
practioing law for three years. There
after he began practlong law. Mr..
Cfumpacker spent about year on the
Canada Southern railroad as civil engi-
neer, then y year in the same capacity on
the western division of the Baltimore 4
Ohio railroad until it was completed. He
hung ont his shipgle April l, 1875, ct
Westvile, and was admitted to the bar
Septemb Der 6, 1875, just as he had reached
the sge of 2l, Two years later be came
to La Porte, and on August 1, 1877,
formed law partnership with s. Il.
Williams, the two gentlemen remaining
thus associated IA years. On September
II, 1881, Mr.. Crumpacker wes married to
Miss Maggie Regan. Two children have
been the fruits of the union.
Mr.. Crumpacker ia an unoompromisipg
Republican. Shortly after coming to
La Porte he was offered the nomination
for prosecuting attorney, but declined
In 1882 be was the Republican candidate
for mayor, making a good run, cutting
the Democratic Majority down to 81. He
was delegate in 1888 to the Chicago Re-
publican convention at which Benjamin
Harrison was nominated for president.
He was elected state senator in 1892, run
ming 300 ahead of his ticket, and beipg
the first Republican senator elected in the
county in % years. He is a member of
Westville lodge No. 1876, Excelsior lodge
No. Al, F. and A. M La Porte, also of the
Chapter and Commandery, is member of
the Knights of Pythias and charter mem
ber of Nneveh Encampment No. 147, 1. 0.
O. f. He has passed all the chairs in
Odd Fellowship. In his chosen profess
sion Judge Crumpaoker has been con-
nected, from time to time, with some i'm
portant cases. In connection with Col
onel Dan. Mum of Chicago, he defended
Houlihan, the noted burglar, who escaped
with light sentence, and ives one of the
attorneys in the famous Augustine mur
der case. Judge Orumpacker was attor-
ney for the Mouon Railway company and
at one time associate attorney for the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. He is
a large, we'll proportioned gentleman, be-
ing slx feet high, ia good natured, and is
generous to fault. AS lawyer and
politician he has been a success; en-
joying fine reputation as an attorney
and possessing the esteem of the com
munity as citizen and as a man.
While the New MEXICAN would have
been greatly gratifed to have the ap-
pointment 60 to resident of the terri
tory, still it appears that, as such has not
been done, the appointment of Judge
Crumpscker, judging from his reputa-
tiop, the good name gwen him in his old
home by Republicans and Democrats
alike, his past career and his appearance,
will prove an eminently proper and good
one and that his ADMINISTRATION OF the
high office and its important duties will
be marked by fairness, ability, learning
and Justice.
The New MEXICAN on it's own behalf and
on behalf Of the people of New Mexico,
welcomes the new judge heartily as a
Judge and as new citizen of the terri
tory.