The evening Republican., 1902-08-30
LEVI G. BIRD
EUL0GIZED.

The New Castle County Bar AS
socialion held a special meeting at
The County Court House yesterday
afternoon, when tender words o.
tribute were paid to Levi z. Bird
who died on Wednesday last. A
large number OF friends Of the de.
ceased had gathered in the room and
while the remarks of the speakers
were brief they were to the point.
The meeting was called 10 order
at O'Clock by J. Harvey Whlteman
vlce-pre sident Of the association
Mr.. Whiteman moved that in the
absence Of the pres ident. II. II.
Ward, Associate Judge William c,
Spruance should preside. Judge
Spruancc toak the bench. City So
lcltor David ). Reinhardt was made
secretary Of the meeting.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
John II. Rodney moved that a
committee of five be appointed to
draft set of resolutions on the death
OF Mr.. Bird. Accordingly. Judge
Spruance named Judge George Gray.
Victor B. Wool!ey, Francis ii. Hof-
fecker, William 5. HilIes and John
H. Rodney as u committee, aud they
left the court room to prepare the
resolutions.
JUDGE GRAY's TRIBUTE.
Ga returning to the room Judge
George Gray in tones that fallered
with emotion, said:
1T hardly seems to me- that l
should indulge in an extended ex-
preston of tribute to our dece ased
friend, and | doubt not that this is
the feeling of members of the bar
in general who have been his COM
panions and who have watched his
career and who have witnessed his
brilliant achievements in the pro.
fession of law"
In a voice that was scarcely audi
ble at times, Judge Gray referred
to the fact that Levi G.. Bird by no
means was an ordinary man. He
had known the deceased he said,
since boyhood, and had been i'm
pressed by his striking personality.
The kindness and genero us ways Of
Mr.. Bird said Judge Gray. had
made him popular with his fellow
men and had endeared him to all
who knew him. His friendship, he
said, was something to be sought
after, for his honesty in the dis.
charge Of all his personal obligations
made his friendship valuable.
Judge Gray dwelt upon the open
manner of Mr.. Bird and expressed
the belief that if anything was con-
cealed by him it was the many acts
of kindness and generosity that
many would have cause to remem-
Der now that he had departed from
life
Though brief, the remarks of
Judge Gray were replete with
sorrow, and. many Of the hearers
were visibly moved by his address.
RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED.
On concluding his remarks he read
the following resolutions, and moved
CAuS lllOy NJ NAol'CON.
. We, the members of the Bench
and Bar of New Castle county, as
sembled this goth day Of August,
1902, in special meeting for that
purpose, hereby express our pro-
found sorrow at the announcement
of the death of our late friend and
brother, Levi Clark Bird, who died
at his country residence, in Red
Lion hundred, on the 9th instant.
I've recognize in his death ire
parable loss, not only to the bar of
the county and State, of which he
has been for so many years a dis
tinguished member and leader, but
to the entire community, upon
which his strong character and civic
courage had 80 impressed them
selves
His long and successful career
at the bar of this county and State,
and his position OF acknowledged
leadership among his brethren,
could not have been achieved with
out remarkable qualities of head
and heart, aid devotion to the high
est standards of his profession. That
he possessed such qualities and ex-
hibited such devotion, we, his sur
viving brethren bear willing testi-
mony today. Nor can we fail at
this time to record our appreciation
of the charming personality that SO
endeared our deceased brother to us
all. 1t is mournful pleasure, in
this hour of our bereavement, to re-
call the magnanimity, generosity
and unseltish kindness which so
marked his intercourse with the
members of the Bench and Bar in
whose affectionate remembrance the
high character and distinguished
career of Levi Clark Bird will be
long held and cherished.
1T is ordered that a copy of this
expression of our esteemAnd respect
be communicated to the family of
our deceased brother, and to the
press, and that committees of this
Bar be appointed by the chair to
lay the same before the several
Courts of this State and of the
United States for the District of
Delaware.
Resolved, That, as a body, we
attend the funeral Of our late friend
and brother"
JOHN II. RoDNEY's SPEECH.
John II. Rodu ey followed with a
few words regarding the life OF Mr..
Bird. Mr.. Rodney referred to the
fact that while be had been closely
associated with Mr.. Bird from his
boyhood days 10 business life, no