The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-27
GARLAND'S LAST ARGUMENT.
DEATH COMES TO FAMOUS LAWYER
AT ITS CONCLUSION.

lOtAereu ana EeAA-W tAhIh zen
Minutes He Was Dead-COurt at
Once AdjOurned-The ex-senator
and ex-Attorney General an Able
PIeader.
Washington, Jan. 26.-Former Attorney
General Augustus H. Garland was strick-
en- with apoplexy while addressing the
United States Supreme Court at 1915
O'Clock this afternoon. and died within
ten minutes.
The occurrence came with startling and
tragic uneXpectedness, changing the usual
calm and dignity of the court into tenn
porary confusion, while the dying man
was carried from the chamber in a fu-
tile effort to alleviate his condition.
When the court convened at noon, Mr..
Garland resumed an argument in the case
of Towson VS.. Moore, which had begun
yesterday. There was a fun bench, with
the exception of Justices Brewer and
White.
Mr.. Garland spoke calmly and with no
evidences of agitation or effort. He had
read from a law volume and had followed
| with the sentence,
This, your honors, is our contention"
AS the fast word was uttered, Mr.. Gar
land was seen to raise his hand and then
gasp He tottered and fell sidewise, strik-
ing against a chair and overturning it as
he fell heavily to the floor. A succession
of loud deep gasps came from him as he
lay on the floor
Death Came Quickly.
His associate in the case Mr.. Franklin
Mickey, was at once by his side, and with
| the aid of other counsel and officials the
| head of the dying man was raised has
| shoes removed and a glass of water given
| him. A deathly pallor had overspread his
face, and this soon gave place 10 deep
purple, which indicated the gravity of the
attack. He was carried from the cham
Der across 10 the room of Chief Clerk
| McKenny and there placed on sofa
| Senator Gallinger who is a physician, was
near at hand. A single glance told him
| that the attack would be fatal. Within
| ten minutes from the time of the stroke
| Mr. Garland breathed his last.
| The court in the meantime had post
| poned the case in which Mr.. Garland was
engaged, and until the seriousness of the
attack was known, had proceeded with
other business. Word of the tragedy was
/ HOoil hOiScu lIlOuSu the Capitol ana SEN
ators and representatives hurried to the
court room. The two Arkansas senators,
Mr.. Berry and Mr.. Jones, were among
| the first to view the body, and following
them was a long line of persons high in
legislative and legal circles who had been
associated with Mr.. Garland at various
| times in his long and notable public ser
| vice.
A Case That Stands Alone.
1t is said that never before in the his
tory of the United States Supreme Court
! has an attorney been stricken with death
while making an argument there. There
j, have been cases in which the counsel have
| fallen stricken with illness, but no case in
which The death has followed within a
! few minutes as happened to-day.
! Mr.. Garland had been in poor health for
several years and some months ago was
in the hospital for some weeks His
| friends noticed when he was well enough
TO be out again that he had failed rapidly
| and was growing feeble. Several weeks
ago he was taken i'll with the grip and
had suffered from its effects ever since.
| He doctored himself by taking popular
! remdies, and it is understood had not con-
sidered his case serious enough to call in
physician.
! Yesterday afternoon while in the Su-
| preme Court room he laid his head on his
hand as he sat at table for the accomme-
| dation of counsel, and complained of feel
ing very i'll. This morning, before he
went into the court room he spent some
! time in the clerks Office and remarked to
| one of the officials that he was not feeling
very Well, and thought he would so to
| Fort Monroe next Monday to take a rest.
! He did not regard his condition at all Sc
rious.
Supreme Court AdjOurns.
After the death of the former Attorney
| General became known the Supreme Court
adjourned for the day. This action was
! taken on motion of Attorney General
! Griggs, who in making it said:
May it please the court, it is my sad
duty TO announce TO the court the sudden
death of an ex-Attorney General of the
| United States, Augustus Hill Garland.
| The sudden and unexpected death of this
distinguished man comes with a shock of
surprise to those Of us who have heard of
| it. as undoubtedly II came to those of the
court who witnessed his seizure He was
a man so distinguished in his profession,
so DISTINGUISHED as a statesman In politi-
cal life, and so connected officially and
| professionally to this court 10 the last
| moment of his life, that l deem il proper
that l should suggested to the court that
out of respect to his memory they should
take a recess until tomorrow, and l make
/ InlS mOllOn.
Responding for the court, Chief Justice
Fuller said:
The court learns of the death of Mr..
Garland with sincere sorrow and concurs
in the suggestion that has been made.
out Of a respect to the memory of this
distinguished member of the bar, and adj
iournment will be taken to the usual
| hour
Sadness in the Senate.
This news of Mr.. Gariand's death pro-
duced a profound sadness in the Senate,
where he had served for many years as
one of a galaxy of distinguished men.
While in the Senate he had been a mem
her Of the committee on judiciary. and
had taken rank with the strong men Of
that day. He necessarily gave the great
or part Of his attention TO legal questions
a. the natural tendency of his mind was
in that direction. Of recent years he had
practiced his profession almost exclusive
| lv IN the Supreme Court of the United
States. It was here that he won his most
| pronounced triumDhs, and since the end
| must come, all recognize that It was most
| 6ttiug that It should have come while he