The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-29
WORDS OF PRAISE
Bar Pays Respect to Deceased
Member.
Trial of Amboy Damage Suit is Begun
---Geiger Case May Be Settled.---
Two Orders Filed.


committee of the bar association ap-
pointed to prepare resolutions upon
the death of the late VIM. J. Osborn,
presented the following:
! At the meeting of the bar association
of Blue Earth county, held on the 22d
day of November, 1901, and called in
recognition of the death of William j.
Osborn, a member of the bar of said
county, who entered into his rest on
the Goth day of November, 1901; ii
was resolved,
j. First, That by the death of William
j. Osborn the bar has lost an able, con-
scientious and upright member, one
whose blameless life and sterling char
acter gave a charm and dignity to his
profession.
Second, That by this bereavement
the family of the deceased has lost
quiet, gentle and unobtrusive mem
ber,, but active in every good and
laudable work, and one whose life il
Illustrated every Christian grace and
furnished an example without a moral
blemish;
Third, That a copy of these resolu-
deceased
Fourth, That it be permitted to
spread these resolutions upon the re-
cord OF the district court OF Blue Earth
county.
Judge Severance followed the read
ing of the resolutions with an eloquent
tribute to the character and worth of
hn InnnocoI 10 hot hoI ho
young man lived he would have ex-
allied his profession and honored his
name. He would not have become one
of those pestilential lawyers who do
not look upor the obtaining of the ex-
act truth as the chief aim of the pro-
, fession, but who practice the sup
pressing of truth by trickery and I'M
holy artifce. Honesty of purpose and
integrity in every act of life only will
answer the purpose of our existence,
if not here, at least in the hereafter
The speaker said that he had long
ago learned to value the character Of a
man not from what he says he believes
but what he does. As lawyer, the
deceased was blameless, and his pri-
vate life was amiaDle and upright.
Judge Severance closed by quoting
the ancient baptismal invocation of the
Hindoo priests: "Baby, when you
came into the world you wept and all
around you smiled; when you leave it,
may you have so lived that you may
smile and all those around you weep. !"
/ S. B. Wilson moved that the resolu-
/ tions be spread upon the records of
I the court
/ W. A. Funk, in seconding the mo-
tion, spoke of Mr.. Osborn as a Chris
| tian young man, and said that if all
/ church members acted as he did there
would be no cause for criticisms.
Scarcely another young man in Man
kato could have been taken whose loss
would be more keenly or deeply felt in
all the walks of life.
/ W. E.. Young said that the deceased
was possessed of legal mind, alert,
comprehensive, and at the same time
progressive. He was an honest citizen
and a manful young man.
Judge Cray said that the deceased
had entered his Office as a stranger,
but he soon came to very much admire
| many of his qualities. He was an ar
dent student, the most tenacious stu
dent Of his books that the speaker ever
knew. He was very unassuming and
of few words. lie understood that
| what he got must come from hard
work. The speaker did not know that
the deceased was in declining health
while in his Office. He would have
made good lawyer had health and
strength permitted. He seemed to
grasp the principles of common law
with unusual accuracy. His example
could we'll be initiated by other young
men,. He directed that the resolutions
be spread upon the records.
The trial of the suit of Christ L..
Petersen vs. Nelson Latin was begun
Monday afternoon. It's, an action. to
! recover 81, 600 damages, and is one of
four started by Mr.. Petersen and his
brother, Robert, as an outcome of the
trouble at Amboy last summer, when
q mixup occurred and arrests followed.
q. L. and J. W. Schmitt are attorneys
For the plaintiff, and Pau & Plan and
S. B Wilson are attorneys FOR the de-
Tense.
{ The suit of the Mccormick Harvest
ing Machine Co. vs. VIM. Lang, which
was ahead of the Amboy damage suits
on the jury calendar, was continued
ON representation which the defendant
made that he had been exposed to
smallpox at FELTON,, a town 400 miles
from Mankato, where there are several
cases of the disease. The plaintiff con-
sented to the continuance.
1t is very likely that the criminal
case against G. 7. Geiger will be dis
missed, in case that negotiations that
are now on foot come to successful
termination. It is rumored that efforts
are being made to have Geiger return
to Mrs. Harriet Annis the notes which
he procured from her this fall,
amounting to $685.. He still holds