The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-22
STRONG MAN
HAS FALLEN
Venerable Archibald A. Glenn
Has Passed Away
LAST WORD WAS HELP"
He Was Universally Loved by
Wichita People,
HE HAD A FINE CAREER
Acted as Governor of Illinois
at One lime.
He HAD A FINE CAREER
Judge Glenn IS dead.

The news was passed from neighbor Z
neighbor. from friend to friend. until tn
entire city had heard the sad news be
fore noon yesterday. He died peaceful.
at 1910 a. m, after q sickness Of exact.
seven weeks.
Judge Glenn died from old age. Bt
would have been 81 had he lived unit
January 90
As the spirit fed the dumb brutes real
lied it. his faithful dog sat on the
porch Of the family residence al ~ NORTH
Topeka avenue and m0runed as a faith
ful dog can.
The sad news was passed about from
neighbor TO neighbor and from friend "a
friend so rapidly that every body In town
knew before noon that Judge Glenn was
dead
Judge Glenn's last word was Help
Nearly everybody in Wichita knew
Judge Glenn, and everybody who knew
him loved him. He made friends without
effort. His natural disposition was such
that he could not make enemies. His
ways were simple.
Personally Judge Glenn was as genial as
the FIRST fine Gay in spring. He did NOT
feel or seem old mentally, although
feeble physically. Tt was q positive de-
light to spend an hour with MIN in his
Office. He had a wonderful memory and
could recite poems OF many stanzas with
out missing line. He spoke them ike
a child to his friends who were of a So
cial and literary turn. He was fond Of
such old pieces as John GIpin." which
he would recite with great energy, hunor
and enthusiasm.
Judge Glenn was himself a poet OF rare
merit He published may pieces in tne
Eagle from time to time and had q great
many he never On lshed. All of them
were clean, inspiring and well written.
He had the mind and heart Of a poet.
Judge Glenn had been q Democrat for
nearly fifty years, but never an extreme
or unreasonable partisan. He attended
all the Democratic conventions and was
always accorded the honor Of being asked
10 speak. There was no buncombe about
him He talked patriotic Democracv.
During lie civil war he lined up with the
north, although having been born in the
south
As pension agent in Wichita for twenty
years he had a great deal to do with old
soldiers. and they an liked him. His Of
ice was headquarters for the men who
wore the blue lie was good adviser
and a good friend 20 them and had a
faculty for winning cases in the pension
department that few men Of his limited
sphere Of practice possessed. He had a
high credit in the pension department.
for he never accepted or prosecuted a
case that he did not believe was abso-
luteiy meritorious.
Judge Glenn above al things was an
honest man. absolutely reliable IN all
positions public and private. He was a
religious man also. lie had a fine conceD- !
ton OF the Creator and O. His plan and
purpose in organizing the human family.
He talked much about it with men who
had the capacity TO receive his ideas on
that exalted subject
Judge Glenn died Of old age He took
20 his bed the very night he was re-elect-
ed city treasurer by the unanimous vote T.
Of the people Of Wichita regardless Of F
politics. He never left that bed His
friends knew he never would. His death
was expected several weeks ago He knew
that his end was ne3r. and during the
last year said frequently that his DAYS
We're not many.
Judge Glenn was an honored and gifted
representative of the Masonic fraternity.
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