The age-herald., 1900-03-02
DROPPED DEAD
 IN COURT ROOM l. Y Lipsconb, BesseneT At- tOrney, Succunbed to Disease WAS ENGAGED IN A TRIAL Had Made Strong Argument to Jury When He Was Stricken Down -
 Due to Catarrhal Affection
 Sketch of His Life.
WAS ENGAGED IN A TRIAL

L. Y. Lipscomb, a prominent member of the Bessemer bar and a well known attor- ney of the county, dropped dead in the court room of the Bessemer division of the circuit court yesterday afternoon during the progress of a trial in which he was interested as counsel.
 The affair created intense excitement and Judge Coleman adjourned court for the dead lawyer.
 The case of O'Brien vs. Dunn was on trial in which the plaintiff was suing the defendant for damages for personal in- juries, alleged to have been afflicted by striking him in the face.
 MT. Lipscomb represented the defendant and a short time before he was stricken had finished his speech to the jury, which was an able effort. The closing argument was made by B. M. Allen, attorney for the plaintiff Judge Coleman had completed his charge to the jury and Mir. Llpscomb arose and asked him to deliver certain special charges.
 Suddenly Eel to the Fiber
 The fudge was about to deliver these charges, when MT. Npscomb got up from his chair as if to leave the court room, when he was seen to stagger and fall heav- fly to the floor. The spectators, court of fcia1s and attorneys rushed to his assis- tance, and doctors were hastily summoned, l H~a Ia ha fn flee nearby, life was extinct. It is the opin- ion of the doctors that MT. Lipseomo's s death was due to catarrhal affection, with which he has suffered for many years.
 MT. Lipscomb had complained of feeling unwell during the entire day, and MT. AL len, the opposing counsel in the case, says that during the trial he had noticed MT. Lipscomb growing weak, and had passed him glass of water. This revived him somewhat, and he arose ard concluded his argument.
 His remains were removed he his home, where his grief-stricken family awaited their coming.
 The funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
 Sketch of His Life
 MT IIpscomb was a native Alalbamaan, having been born in Sumter county, March 16, 1855 He graduated with first honors in class of Rourteen at Cooper Institute, Meridian. Miss, dn 1877; read Jaw in Judge Cumanhns office at Camden, Wilcox county, and was admitted to the bar in 1885. He practiced for two years at Camden, and then removed to Meridian, Miss, where he remained for one year, and then came to Bessemer, where he continued to reside and practice his profession until his death. In 1893 he was elected solicitor for the city of Bessemer, and in 1894 was elected to the legislature from Jefferson county. He was again elected in 1896. Deceased was a lifelong democrat, and was always prominent dn the councils ol the partly and as a worker. His family is distinguished one, he being a ftneaa descendant eff Judge Abnef S. Uipscom, who was on tine supreme court bench of the state from 1S22 to 1892, and who afterwards removed to Texas and be- came secretary of state, and was also elected to the supreme court of that state He marrded a Miss Pharr of Camden Ala, in 1877. who, with two daughters. sur. vive him.