New-York tribune., 1900-07-06

complaints. He was answering in his determina-
tion TO have the laws enforced. and not only re-
buked grand jurors but discharged them because
they dsregarded their oath served political or
other masters who desired viOlators of the law pro-
tected only few days ago he censured the pres
ent grand jurors for failing TO indict thieves and
gamblers, and had summoned them to appear be-
fore him to-day to be interrOgated, 1t
ported that they had decided pay no heed TO the
Courts charge. 1t is to this fact that some at
tribute the excitement that resulted in the fatal
attack.
Justice Lippincott attained prominence nine years
when County Judge, in his earnest effort TO
probe the ballot box frauds and find who the
chief conspirators Sixty Of the ballot box suffers
were to prison The courts were then afflicted
with the ornamental lay judges who had voice in
the penalty that should be imposed and Justice
Lippincott. who voted for the extreme penalty.
countered considerable opposition but he per-
sistent and unytelding. 1t was the reputation he
looked to whenever a Democrat of undoubted in
tegrlty was thought TO be necessary as candidate
His RredSSycegsor in the Supreme Court Justice
indicT protecTed VIOLA tor o ~ b reIusI 10
1t IS said that Justice Lppincott met death
co9rr1geQusy. and shortly before the end said:
n J., on November p 1872 He was reared on his
i iia1heI 5 la iarm, B9t was ambitious to become a
eighteen years old became student al a private
Herber He aeT Intended M6 o 9y Y0hH G.
as as a law student and was fitted for the course at
the Law School at Harvard University from which
ne was graduated in 1860. He was admitted TO the
NeW-Jersey bar and opened an office near the
Hudson County Court in 1867 in that part of Ter
sey city which was then Hudson CITY He quickly
became prominent and elected as a Demo-
cratic member of the Hudson CITY Board i'm IS6S
ana served as president Of the Board when the
three cities of Bergen, Hudson and Jersey Civ
were consolidated, in 1871. In 1874 he was elected
counsel to the Hudson County Board of Chosen
freeholders, and was annually reelected for thir-
Teen years In 1886 he appointed by President
SleVeland as United States District Attorney for
NeW-Jersey. He resigned a year later TO accent
Ine appointment of Law Judge for Hudson County
oHered TO him by Governor Green, to fill the uney
Pfed term or Alexander T. McGill who resigned to
accept the appoin tment Of Chancellor. In lSSS he
was reappointed Law Judge for a full term of FIVE
Years years nut, Rut resigned in January. 1898 when Gov
SSIhor Nerts offered him place on the Supreme
| S|6urt bench He was reappointed in January by
years. '- 'Niii u seven
Justice Lippincotts record or the bench was an
eIIELtple one. he was regarded an honest.
c. CCoTTtseous justice His successor will probably be
q Democrat as Chief Justice Depue and Justices
RRonlmheIe CoiIns, Dixon and Fort are classed as
Ludlow Democrats ' I ~ SONe' hIi'4
TIL me funeral will take place at p. m Tomorrow
Inc paIlbearers Will be Governor Voorhees, Attor
eeey-GeneraI Samuel II. Gray the justices Of tbe
supreme Court and the Court of Errors and An
RgSaIs ana the judges of the Hudson County courts
Inc burial Will be in the family plot in the Friends s.
SSeneLery at Eincentown, Justice Iippincotts 8
father was a Friend -'ft'''NN'' .