Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-25
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among them the trial of Charles ]. Guiteau,
the assassin of President Garfield. He was
also the father of the District code. upon
the recent preparation of which he expend-
| ed much thought and labor.
Judge Cox, as he was better known i'll
| Washington, had been in ill-health since
| the latter part of last year. He was
man of indomitable pluck and energy, and
| he did not give up until he found himself
| in a condition that caused alarm on the
| part of his physicians. Throughout the
| winter he was a sufferer from waning
| constitution. Members of his family tried
! to prevail upon him to go away, believing
| that change of scene would be beneficial,
| but he decided to remain at his home here
Distinctively Washingtonian.
He was distinctively Washingtonian
| The thoughts of leaving the city that he
| had grown up with and was part of seemed
distasteful to him. He had watched the
| growth of the city. His interests were CEN
! tered here
About two months ago he was confined to
| his bed and never left it. His illness was
| of long duration, but he was ever patient
| He was conscious that this his final
| illness, yet he never complained. Through
out his illness he was ever fearful that he
| might be encroaching upon the good ma
| ture of his loved ones, his friends or the
! nurses who We're constantly with him.
To those who had been with him it was
| generally realized that death was only a
matter of a short time. On Monday night
he showed unmistakable symptoms of the
| approach of death. DR.. Gerry Morgan
| who had been his medical adviser for a
| long time, and who a personal and
| loved friend that the end was near
| When death came there We're present, be-
| sides DR.. Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. B.
Legare and the nurses. Mrs Legare was
| the only daughter of Judge Cox. His wife
| died about fifteen years ago.
Mourning Universal
| When the announcement of Judge Cox's
| death was made in the down-tow districts
| this forenoon there was widespread mourn
/ ing. He was known by young and old
! Many of the members of the local bar had
listened to him as a lecturer in the Column
| bian University, an institution in which he
was ever interested and which he did
much to bring to its present high stand
| ard. With the law school of the institu-
| ton he was connected for twenty-three
| years, most of the time dean. His IA
milar face will be greatly missed there
and about the streets Of Washington.
The Funeral Services.
The funeral of Judge Cox will be held Fri
| day afternoon at 3 o'clock from St
Johns Episcopal Church, of which he was a
vestryman. DR.. Mackay-Smith, the rector
| is absent from the city 1t is likely that
!
services. assisted by Mr.. Dunlop, the assist
ant rector. The body of Judge Cox will be
| inferred in Oak Hill cemetery The pail
bearers will be Justice Martin F. Morris,
Mr. Robert l. Fleming. Mr.. William A.
| Maury, Judge Alexander B. Hagner, Mr..
James NJ. Johnston Mr.. William Corcoran
HILL Mr.. James Lowndes and Mr.. Nathan
| iel Wilson.
President Needham of the Columbian Uni
versity. who is absent from the city, was
notified of Judge Cox's death by telegraph
| The institution will take action as soon as
arrangements therefore can be made The
members of faculty of the law school and
| the officials of the institution will attend
| the funeral in a body.
A comprehensive review of Justice Cox's
life was read by Mr. Henry E. Davis to the
! Bar Association November 3, 1899 on the
| occasion of special meeting called to take
proper notice Of the jurist's retirement from
| the bench The attendance at that meet
| ing was large and representative and evil
7denced the bars highest regard Mr.. Davis
| tribute to him evoked the most manifest
| interest and excited almost continuous ap-
plause.
SSshettoa ca His Career.
! Judge Cox was the first native and
! lifelong resident of the District to oc-
cupy a seat upon the bench of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia
| He was born in what was then the city of
Georgetown, on the 25th of October, 1896.
| His father was Mr.. Clement Cox the we'll
known lawyer of that day. Judge Cox at
tended private schools until he was eleven
| years Of age, and at that early age entered
Georgetown College, from which he was
| graduated in 1913, when he had not reached
| the age of seventeen He went from
1 Georgetown to the Harvard Law School
and was graduated there in July, 1877. be-
fore he had reached his majority, and was
admitted to the bar upon his twenty-first
| birthday, being October %, 1S47.
He entered upon the practice of the law
| with his father. who. however, died
| in the following January, so that when but
| few months over twenty-one years of age
! he began that individual career as a law
! yer which was rounded out by his notable
| career as a judge.
During his life in Georgetown Judge Cox
was one of its most useful citizens. He
| was member of it's common council for
many years He occupied the office of re-
corder of that corporation. the law officer
| who. ex-officio, was president of its h,a r,1
| Of aldermen; and after his retirement from
that office he occupied the Office of au-
| ditor of the Supreme Court of this District
| in succession to Mr.. Redin On the Isl
day OF March, 1879, President Hayes made
| him judge of the Supreme Court of this
District. which office he held for twenty