Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-08
JUDGE GUNTER DEAD
Career of an Able Jurist
Brought to a Close.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE
Lingering Illness He Succu,ubs.
"e'e Years on The BENCH.
Tribute OF the Local
.... Bar.

me elSilth judicial circus: yjd,h "
S G Newport News, died at the
800, "n !, ! '1 university Hospital. in Bal.
.""ore. sunday night. Judge CAME,
N:IM' neen Ill Tor several months ,nf
'I'''9ush MS condition has been report
eu critical, az times. his friends honcd
tnti NE would ultimately recover.
~" man on the Virginia bench r,rkod
haE.ler in the estimation Of lawxaro
I.sf the general Public r,han
judge Cunter. He vas racnrl
u-He,!, not chilly as one of lhe ables, i'll
aiS'S IN the Siate, but as an earnes,
did cvhSeientluus man in all The reIa-
.iehSarias OF life. His remains We're
forwarded Yesterday from Baltimore to
H"S nome near ACcGnac Court House
ana the funeral VIII take place today
oS't'a! members of the local bar will
attend the obsequits. "
hshl3Hftn Thomas Gunter was Dor,
~ ttSS'nac county. N~Lrsinia, February
~, 1871 ms parents belonging to ster-
ling Easter shore Ia miles ~. 80
t.tuc;titd at Richmond College ana ,he
lhiIe:s!;y Of Virginia. stud, INC y,w So,
tsae latter institution. soon afier ,,,uS
ihS 70 the bar he was elected y,trprnrn-
Ns,ti>a attorney for -Acculnac county
WINE a-s:A-; IN this capacity it fell
~ - lot 40 prosecute TuIly Lili;ston
.'l.u ms 92rdEl1ur, Betsy Simu.nn fnr
hi!i!n% Thomas BuGd. near Accnnar
t"uiH mouse. Several Of the aDlest la W
SEES 81 t!e Eastern Shore We're engaged
ARA on,n,m ~. ''itu Iht>sy simpson,
VINO employed all his skill and l,soi
IraihEnT IN defending his clients. Yo1l,r
huIteT conducted the prosecution alnn,e
ana succeeding in sending bs4th The ac-
term of ~, ~ t.-ia..IS I"F a long
Wap U' to 'thlt time had been cons;d-
efc'i aithcSt !nrEncible in criminal cases
Sa-!eS uHe young attorney much local
Wr, - -, as 1uture secure.
TER va ,in.,n I".he On jE2aSe Gun
tr,.,ss ava ~ tOtGtti . = 'Vle -Rcc|Inac
ia IL ! =" ~ - '~3h Il prominent iart
s,1ra Ir,,Ins. h,"S'ein Shore PENN
IL. - - ~, "",'7 4cdFFal loTceS.
NJ no., ~; :" : sa"St.'tS captured and I'M
s Tearizi. S,s6I;- t!ei,S wren the late
~ ha, -, ~ ', : . = MAfyia1i, and
fnarlv raI.aSsa ~ >t,4"e,s. ne was
orr ,ha 40 n, "a i"'iSle' put through
Nv ,ba Lrai,r ~ ~ E"isNihuy annoyed
c-p,,ar 49, ~, tt@'i'S Ssauoned IN AZ
yn,tt:,,; c,r :, - : MN as an uncom-
aftar -. -. L.
- VIZ VII ne formed Q law part
lar Il;,n ", w ~ tl sisstes Trend, the
~ >, ~ = G.,iEt. Who Gi2u i1r many
4s,.s...s - 49,. = coH soGnpy
from active practice, was made Judge of |
tho county court Of AccGnac. judge
&c rip.ef iaad always been a Democrat. |
and urtil his elevation 10 the bench |
tupk an active part in All political con
tests. He was nu,s an ornate or an
e!5oUeas nu,tic peaker bus was a bold
:.fti ag":esst.e fighter. ana il required
g .strQn" man to stand up against him.
II. -ihr days ~fai!ovrlgg ina recunstrrc-
l@4sSl era ne met and overalrew nearly
fESnrr Republican crate. Who came to
Stha Eastern shore, and in days of re
a3tuster domination such men as Ma
l,rn Lamb and Parsesn Massey felt The
touch Of MS keen E1ices. lie served as
chairman of the Democratic county
committee Of .ActFrnac and al=o as a
memher Of rtne State central omnr.J-
tee. In 1876 he was a delegate from
Virginia t, the national Democratic
convention That Nominated T4lden and
Hertdrtclls. a!ii four years later ne was
a candidate for the Democratic nGmi-
nat.la for Congress ifrum the first Nir-
g:nia DISTRICT. Waen Judge Gunter's
rlterls N ljae convention saw tAat a
dark horse would probably Win the
race. uley brought forward George r
Garrison. Of .Acc%ntac, then judge Of
the CiIl,uit Court for the Eastern Shore
OF Virginia,
Judge Garrison WAS nominated and
eleicted, ard when Gat. retired from the
bench Governor hIuI.Etay appointed
,iudg. Gunter to fiji! .;le vacancy. When
the General Assembly met III 1881 The
reaiiusters, who We're in a majorlty'
elected William +. FNttLaett, of North
ainptnn, but when the judicial term
expired in 1854. the Democrats, who
mad returned TO power in the State.
elected Judge Gunter and enlarged rhs
circuit by including in it a number OF
counties on The Western Shore. Judge
Gun.ar was re-eleo.ed practically with
ont opposition !o'r Stars ago. va
,iaMc4 Ftsa"r dnusIhter Of ION i':Ener;
or ltS9fi ma i','t9a' aiu ".sIr IL S 5,an
Fisher, a noted awyar. S.ven "aE1 I
We're born N.Y. soH: a!,u ~" u'uSM'rns
III 1873 .iiS- tApliLtt iiEii Va