The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-02-02
END COMES TO GARLAND.
Former Attorney General Dies
While Pleading a Case in
Supreme Court.
Death Strikes Hum While Utterlng a
Sentence.


States supreme court at 1918
O'clock this afternoon and dice
within ten minutes The occurrence
came with startling and tragic
urexpectedness, changing the usua
calm and dignity Of the court into
temporary confusion, while the dying
man was carried from the cham Der
in a futile effort to alleviate his
condition. When the court convened
at noon, Mr.. Garland resumed an
argument i'll the case of Towson VS.
Moor, which had begun yesterday.
There was q full 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 law
volume aud had followed with the
sentence: "This, your honors, is our
contention"
AS the last word was uttered, Mr.
Garland was seen to raise his hand
and then gasp. He tottered and fell
sideways, striking 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. His associate in the
case, Franklin Mickey, was at once
by his side and with other counsel
and officials the head of the dying
man was raised, his shoes removed
and a draught of water given him
A deathly pallor had overspread bis
lace and this soon gave place to
deep purple which foretod the
gravity of the attack. He was car
ried from the chamber across TO the
room of Chief Clerk Mckinney and
there placed on a sofa. Senator
Gallinger, who is physician, was
paar at hand. A single glance told
him that the attack would be fatal
Within ten minutes from the time of
the stroke Mr. Garland brea.hel hi
last.
Augustus Hill Garland was born
IN Upton county, Tennessee, June
Ell, 1882, Before lie was a year old
his parents removed to Arkansas
He was educated at ST. Mary col.
lege, Lebanon, Ky. He read law
there and in Arkansas and was
admitted to the bar in 1853 After
practlcing at that place for three
years he removed to Little Rock
He was whig in politics and in
1850 was an elector on the Bell and |
Everett ticket. he was an opponent |
of the secession ordinance in the |
state convention, but after its pas
sage he espoused the southern cause
and was a member Of the provisional |
congress that met ia Montgomery in
May, 1861.
He was chosen a delegate to the
FAST confederate congress and after
ward served In the senate. in which |
he held a seat when the confederacy
fell
In 1865 he petitioned the United
States supreme court for the right
TO practice without taking the 'iron
clad" oath, presenting an argument
on which the question was decided |
IN his favor. He was elected United
States senator for the term begin
ming March 4, 1867, but was not
permitted to take his seat
GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS.
To 1874 after serving a short time
as acting secretary of state, he was
elected governor of Arkansas usder
the new state constitution. Ia |
January, 1875, he was sent to the
United States senate and was re-
elected in 1888, serving from March |
5, 1877, to March, 1885, when he |
took his seat as attorney general in
President Cleveland cabinet. He |
was offered aud declined supreme
court justiceship. At the closs of |
the Cleveland administration he |
retired from politics and practiced /.
law in this city. appearing chiefly
before the United States supreme
court.
Mr.. GarIand's two sons. who sre
living in this city, were tslephoned /