The record-union., 1899-12-29
DEATH OF JUSTICE HENRY.
HE SUCCUMBS TO AN ATTACK
OF PNEUMONIA.
For Many Years Was on the Local
Bench in This City-A Good
Man Gone.

The illness that attacked Township
Justice Wilson A. Henry a couple u
weeks ago terminated fatally at an
early hour yesterday morning.
In his death the city has lost goou
and upright citizen and public oincial
of long and faithful service. For
quarter of century his home had peeh
in Sacramento, and during the most Oh
that time he held some position Oh
trust. That he had served the people
well and honestly is attested by the
fact that at no time in his official career
did he stand higher in the esteem OF
the public than in the last days OF ms
official. service.
Wilson A. Henry came to Sacramento
in 1875 to accept position in the
office of State Surveyor General Minis
prior to which time he had been Under
Sheriff of Yolo County, editor of the
Woodland Democrat" and Justice OF
the Peace in that city. He filled the
position of Police Judge in Sacramento
for many years, and for more than a
decade was a Justice of the Peace
here.
No scandals were ever associated
with the name of Judge Henry in all
his long official career, and up to the
hour of his death he enjoyed a reputa-
ton for integrity and uprightness OF
character of which any person in pub
lie or private life might be proud He
was a man whose counterpart is not
often met with. While he dispensed
justice with a firm hand and con-
scientious regard for the law and the
protection of society against the GRIM
inal and vicious element, he also. pos
seSSed a tender heart and sympathy
for those of weak natures who were
led into infractions of the law through
the influence of more vicious and de-
signing persons.
If Justice Henry became convinced
that a man or boy could be saved from
leading a criminal life through leniency,
the offender was invariably given an
opportunity to reform, but not until
he had been subjected to lecture
from the bench that often aroused the
better qualities within him and gave
him strength and resolution to go forth
and sin no more.
No more courteous man than Judge
Henry ever presided over court. AT
torneys, clients, witnesses and even
prisoners were always treated by MIN
with the utmost consideration, but woe
to the man, attorney or otherwise, VINO
undertook to browbeat him or manifest
disrespect for the position he occupied.
His courage and tenderness or nature
were evenly balanced, and he possessed
a keenness of foresight and knowledge
of human nature that protected him
from imposition. He knew when to De
dignified and when to relax the dignity
that attached to his position as Judge
or magistrate, for his resourceful ana
versatile nature embraced a funo Oh
humor and geniality of temperament
that warmed to him all with whom ne
came in contact.
Nineteen years ago Judge Henry
married Mrs. S. H. Carroll of Woodland,
and their married life was a most happy
one Mrs. Henry died about year
ago. after a long and tedious illness, IN
which she was tenderly nursed by her
devoted husband and her two oaugh-
tiers. The death of his wife left Judge
Henry greatly depressed, and from tnat
time he seemed to age more rapidly, ms
step lost it's buoyancy, physical all
ments more frequently attacked hlm
and finally he fell a victim to pneu-
monia.
Judge Henry was native OF Lexlhs-
ton. KY, and came to California III
1854. For ten years he lived in Placer
County. and then removed to Yolo. He
was a member of the Order of Drulds-
the Red Men and United Workmen-
He was Master Workman in the latter
organization. and Noble Grand Arch
Of the Dr,1ids. His funeral will take
place on Sunday next
Columns could be written of little in
cidents in the official life of the de-
ceased. and for years to come pleasant
stories will be related in illustration Oh
his many noble qualities. Judge Henry
few enemies are of the kind that any
man could afford to have-his friends
of the kind that no one would care 10
lose.