The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-07-06
JUDGE WOODS DEATH
The Sad Event Occurs in the City
of Indianapolis.
The Federal Jurist who Became Fa-
nous ms the Author of the Debs
Injunction Passes Away
Very Suddenly.

Indianapolis, Ind, June 29.-Judge
William A. Woods, of the United
States circuit court, died suddenly
Friday night while lying abed in his
apartments at the Delano, on East
Michigan street. Death came few
seconds past midnight, while his wife
was at his bedside. The judge had
not been feeling well in the early
part of the evening, but, paying little
heed to the sickness, passed the mat
ter lightly and prepared to retire.
About midnight, however, he spoke to
his wife and declared that sharp
pains had seized him in the left
breast, in the chest and in the Shout
ders. He protested against her CALI
ing the attending physician, DR..
jameson, who had been called in the
day before, but again insisted that
relief would soon come.
Judge Woods asked his wife to re-
main in the room with him. A mo-
ment later he again spoke to his wife,
asking for something in an adjoining
room. Mrs. Woods rose to procure
the article the judge had called for,
and left the room, returning second
later. When she approached the bed
where her husband lay he was dead.
Still hoping that life might not be ex-
tinct, Mrs. Woods summoned DIR.
Jameson. The physician arrived
few moments later, but upon seeing
the Judge declared that efforts to re-
tive him would prove unavailing.
The Cause of Death.
DR.. Jameson, shortly after the an
nouncement of Judge Woods death,
gave out the following statement:
.Judge Woods suffered from hardening
of the outside arteries of the heart-angina
nestoris Three weeks ago he suffered
slight attack At the time. however he
did not consider the symptoms alarming
but continued his regular routine OF iiie'
Another attack followed about week ago.
Thursday afternoon the pain Increased ana
the Judge himself grew alarmed. 1 made
n careful examination, but his description
of the symptoms gave out the impression
that he suffered with stomach trouble.
cautioned him to eat lightly ard to stay In
doors. but the judge was out, going ABOUT
his business as usual. He came home feel-
ing fairly we'll and. ate a hearty supper.
to complain. Mrs. Woods gave him some
champagne. This was In the nature of a
stimulant for the heart. He seemed Tree
of pain and perfectly happy. The disease
that proved fatal in Judge Woods case
came on slowly, with his advance In age.
He was somewhat fearful OF its being the
cause Of his illness, but did not tell him
so, because feared that the effect OF the
information might be anything but bene-
fetal"
Judge Woods became widely known
through the famous Debs injunction,
which afterwards became an issue in
national politics, and government by
Injunction" became a current term in
political parlance.
His Career.
Judge William Allen Woods was born on
May l3, 1887, at Pennington, Marshall coun-
ty. Tenn He was the youngest of three
children, the other two being girls. At the
age Of four months William Allen Woods
father died. When he was ten years of
age he took his share OF the work on the
farm and continued for four years. He was
then sent to Wabash college, from which
place he graduated in 1859. After leaving
college he taught school at Marion, Ind,
which was broken up by the outbreak of
the war. He began the practice of law in
1873. Judge Woods success at the bar was
rapid. In 1873 he was elected to the Of
flee of circuit judge of the Thirtyfourth
circuit Of Indiana and was reelected in
1878. In 1880 Judge Woods was elected TO
the state supreme court bench. In 1885
President Arthur appointed Judge Woods
as United States district judge, succeed
Ing Judge Walter Q. Gresham. On March
II, 1892, President Harrison appointed
Judge Woods judge of the United States
Seventh judicial circuit, which he held up-
til his death. Besides widow, two chill
dren survive him, Floyd A. and Alice. both
Of this city.