Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
BARS TRIBUTE TO ITS DEAD
General Memorial Meeting is Held in the
Main Court Room.
WREATHS OF WORDS LAID ON BIERS
Eloquent Barristers Speak Feelingly
of the Late Attorneys Adams, Lane
and Hawes, Who Have Died
but Recently.

The large court room in the court house
was crowded with attorneys of the Douglas
county bar. who met to pay their last tribute
to the memory of the late e. C. Lane, Ben
s. Adams and Patrick o. Halves, all of whom
died within the last few days. The meeting
was presided over by Judges Slabaugh, Faw-
cett and Dickinson. The committees ap-
pointed to draft resolutions reported and
the reports were ordered spread upon the
records Of the court and copies ordered sent
to the families of the deceased.
In reporting upon the death Of E. c. Lane,
r. B. Montgomery pronounced an eloquent
eulogy, saying that he had known the de-
ceased personally for a number Of years.
He had known him as loving husband and
a kind father-a man who was upright and
of sterling honesty.
7. ]. Nolan of the committee appointed
to report resolutions on the death Of Ben s..
Adams said that in the death Of Mr.. Adams
the bar had lost valuable member and the
state had lost most respected citizen.
Lee s. Estelle. chairman of the committee
assigned the duty of presenting resolutions
on the death of Patrick o. Hawes, said that
he had known the deceased sor more than
twenty six years and that during that time
the acquaintance had grown until it had be-
o. Hawes was described as a man of un-
questioned honesty. generous and always
willing to help friend with either advice
or money. He was described as a man who
always possessed the courage of his convic-
tlons and always prepared to advocate the
cause that he believed was right, even il
the whole world was against him.
Gentlemen All.
Charles j. Greene paid an eloquent tribute
to the memory of the three attorneys. He
knew Patrick o. Hawes the better of the
three and always found him a gentleman
man who was ready at any time to respond
10 the request OF the poor and the oppressed
FRANK i. Ransom said he had known
fatrick o. Hawes for more than twenty years
and had always known him as a man of
positive character, strictly honest, a loyal
friend. fearless and Just.
George o. Calder said that he did not
know Attorneys Adams and Lane intimataIv
but was well acquainted with Patrick q
Hawes. He regarded him as. one of tho
honest men of the country, a man who was
noble and generous.
j. II. Van Dusen knew all thice OF the at-
torneys, but knew Attorney Lane as an in
innate friend and neighbor. He was a man
OF deeds, and not of words. In his death
south Omaha had lost one of its best eit;-
zens and the community at large had lost
man OF sterling worth. while a wife had
lost loving husband and the children a
kind and indulgent father.
Charles S. Elgutter knew that Patrick O.
Hawes was loving husband and that he
clung to his wife as the ivy clngs to the
oak.
l. r. Andrews knew all Of the deceased
we'll. and said that he could approve all that
had been said by his brother attorneys.
Judge Slabaugh spoke fee,ingly, saying
that he knew the three attorneys. He first
met Patrick o. Hawes in 1885, and had al
ways found him ready and willing to help