The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-13
COY. ANDREWS DEAD.
PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT
 HIS HOME YESTERDAY.
Death Due Co Heart Dissass-Had Just Taken a Walk and Breakfasted- Sketch of His Life and Career.

Sketch of His Life and Career.
 LitchfeId. Sept. 12.-Former Chief Justice Charles B. Andrews. of the Con- necticut Supreme court, died very sud denly at his home in this place shortly after nine o'clock this morning. Death was caused by heart failure.
 Chief Justice Andrews arose at an early hour as usual. He had retired feeling in his usual good health and was out early for his morning walk. having partaken of breakfast with his wife. He returned from the walk and sat down in a chair at the house. He was chatting with his wife when suddenly she noticed his head drop back on the chair. She spoke to him. but he did not answer. Word was at once sent to Dr. John Buell., who hastened to the home. He stated that death had come almost instantly and that heart failure was the cause.
 Charles Bartlett Andrews former governor and former chief justice of the supreme court of Connecticut, was born in Sunderland, Mass, in 1884. He was graduated at Amherst college and in- Siediately thereafter took up the study of law as profession.
 After completing his law studies Chief Justice Andrews removed to Kent. Conn, where he took up his home and began practice in small way. He was married there to his first wife, who died.
 A widow, the second wife of the de- AoHrayue survive him. The son is resident of Jitchfield and a graduate of Yale and the Yale Law school at the last com- mencement. The judges widow is a sister of Charles Wilson of New Haven. "A daughter married Dr. Belden of Litchfield.
 Judge Andrews leaves brother, Hon. Benjamin Andrews, formerly president of Brown university and now superin tendent of the Chicago schools.
 Chief Justice Andrews made his first appearance in the court of Litchfield county in April, 1861. He was then re- siding in Kent and came in to argue a case before the jury. A little later he removed to Litchfield and became a partner with John H. Hubbard cele- brated lawyer. In 1863 MT. Hubbard was elected a congressman for four years, and the management of his law affairs was left largely in the hands of his partner, whose ability rapidly dis played itself. MT. Hubbard died in 1872 and Mr. Andrews was soon regarded as the foremost lawyer in Litchfield coun- ty, and appearing in numerous trials.
 Tn 1868 and 1899 he was member of the state senate and the latter year was chairman of the judiciary committee. While member of the senate he draft ed the approval of the state in support of the Fifteenth amendment to the na- tional constitution. He was elected to the senate from the old Fifteenth dis trict
 Tn 1878 Chief Justice Andrews was a member of the house of representatives of the state, and he was also chairman of the judiciary committee, where he served with distinction. In November, 1878, he was elected governor of the state on the republican ticket and served until January. 1882. He succeed ed Governor R. D. Hubbard.
 At the session of the general assem- bly, in 1881, Chief Justice Andrews was appointed judge of the superior court on nomination of Governor Bigelow. He served on the superior court bench until he was appointed chief justice in 1889 by Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley, succeeding John D. Park of Norwich. Chief Justice Andrews served as chief justice of the supreme court until a year ago last June, when he resigned, his retirement being last Ocaober. When the constitutional convention as- sembled last January he was chosen as the presiding officer of the convention and served with distinction in that po- sition, where he delivered his last pub lie utterance.
 Chief Justice Andrews was endowed with a retentive memory. It has been said of him that he could repeat all the cases in the Connecticut law reports from the Twenty-sixth to the present / time. He had library of over thou sand volumes at his home, one of the largest in the state He has always re- sided in Iiitchfield since beginning his law practice.
 The former chief justice had fund of ready wit and was noted among his friends as @ story teller. He was well liked throughout the courts of the state where he so frequently appeared.
 In the contest for governor there were four candidates. Judge Andrews, republican, received 4S,S67; Richard D. Hubbard, democrat, 46,3S6; Charles At water, greenback, S,314; and Jesse G. Baldwin, prohibitionist, 1,079 There was no election by the people, and Judge Andrews was elected governor by the legislature. The deceased was a communicant of the Litchfield Protes- tant Episcopal church
 The funeral will be held Monday at half-past one o'clock, and members of the Iitchfield county bar have been mo- tified to meet aHd attend the funeral.
 Hartford, Conn.,, Sept. 12.-Acting- Governor Keeler called up Chief Clerk Rood of the governors office this noon in regard to executive action on ex- Chief Justice Andrews death. Adju- tant-General Cole will send out gen. eral order Saturday similar to that sent out on ex-Governor Cooke's death re- garding flags, the wearing of crepe on the hilts of officers swords, etc.
 The capital will be closed during the time of the funeral.
 Governor Andrews portrait in the state library will be draped.