Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-05-22

Inc INDEPENDENT las re celvcu q copy
"i the Perry record published at Perry.
New York, giving au account of the
| death Of Judge George -. Keeney. a
Tor rmer Judge OF Elko county. which oc-
Cured on the 9th Of April nt Locr'port.
New York.
Judge Kcemney during his residence
III Elko county held II very high place in
the confidence and estcrm Of it's people.
Ello county WIS nrgni lied III 1861 and
I at ii tpccial election hell June 2lst nf
that year Judge Keeney WIS elected Dis
trict Judge of what waB then the EIev-
cnth judicial Dist rict nf the State Of
Nevada, defeating Thonms ". Long,
the Democratic cnudi late by - votes
At the election held III November 1870
Judge kceney Was Il candidat" for re-.
election and was defeated hy Judge
F'lack. K"eney received JGJ votes and
Flack G72.
Probably the most important case
tried hy Judge Keency was that Of Bar
ney Cosgrove for the brutal murder of a
woman with whom he lived. C0sgrove
Wis convicted Of murder in the second
degree and senterced To life i'm rison-
ment III the penitentiary. Judge Kre
ney's sentence Of Cosgrove is the most
eloquent piece Of judicial literature
fonnd iii the history oi thus county and
perhaps in the state. In wor.s that
must have burned into the very soul
Of Co=Srovc, Judge Kcenry pictured
10 him his brutal crime Cnsgruve WAS
pardored at out seven Years ago after
serr'ng twenty-five year,.
Follow ing If the account "f hiS death
aud burial:
Perry people who heard lie news were
surprised and shocked to hrnr Of the
death "n Monday afternoon at . o'clGcS.
at Lockport, %! Judge George d. Kee.
ney Of this place. lie had left here
only few days previous, apparently iii
good health, and his robust appearance
would indicate thR. he had many years
betor" him; but mo man knoweth when
his summons will come"
The Lockport Daily Union Sun of
Tucsdny, the 18th, contained the fol.
lowing obituary notice:
Tho Hon. George ID. Keenev. whose
sudden death yesterday afternoon at
the residence Of his sistcr-in law, Mrs.
" :. beverly, SO deeply shocked hIs
friends, WIS born i'll Perry. n. y. i'll 1897
the only son oi DIR. George Lane and
his wife Anne Dolbcer Kceney lie was
educated at tho Perry Academy. and the
Albany Law School, graduating from
the latter i'll 1861. After practicing law
for ono year with Col. J. f. Lee in Per-
ry. he went to San Francisco. and short
ly after to Virginia City. Nevada. where
his legal SUCCESS soon brought him into
prominence. Some years later he re.
moved to Elko. Nevada. where he served
az Judge Tor six years. For t. years he
was attorney FOR the Central Pacific
Railway.
Soon after his going west he became
interested III mining, not simply Ms an
investor, but also. and still more. in a
technical md scientific way. So grrnt
was his interest, winch he retained IN.
diminished to the day ~ his death, thni
he finally decline. another re election
To the judgeship md l'ft the practice ~
his profession for II. llis abilities read
lily won for him us II mineralogist and
mining expert ns eminent rank ns he
had hRd before III the law. Always de.
lighting in travel and out .of door lie.
he could now grntify his taste to tho
utmost. Ills business took hm to
Montana, New Mexico. South America
(whcre he spent nearly three ycars,)
Alaskn. and the remote pnrls Of British
America. And although nc hnd taken
great pleasure in renUvating and beau.
tiiying the old home at Perry. intending
now to SETTLE down in the Enst. he wss
contemplating this very epr;ng brief
trip to Nova Scotia.
Judge Rcency wns u man oi inagnif
cent physique. ilis tnll. erect figure.
his massive head, his yholc appearance.
marked him instantly as u mnu ~ dis
tinction and power. AZ the same time
his speech and manner were sing ularly
gentle. Never waR one moie courteous,
unnssuming, unaiTcctrdly refined. or
rendy wit, M excellent story teller. full
of knowledge and information un vide
range of subjects, he VIA most modcst.
and almost retiring. Unobstrusivc IN
hs generosity towards others. he was
equally unwilling to burden thom with
his own ills aud troubles; he made light
oi the increasing distrcsscs pf diseases
until il bccnmc impossible 10 ignore
or cancel them longer. Eryeipelns de
vclopcd less thnn II week ago, compli.
Gated with other grave ailmcnte of long
standing. hastcncd his end. lle fell
asleep on Mondry April ~. nged &C