Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

Frederic r. Coudert.
Photo by Bell.
His heart became weak and there was
liver complication that made it impossible
for him to recover He became unconscious
early Saturday morning and remained in
that condition until his death. Mrs. Cou-
dert and his daughters, Mrs. Fred Benedict
of New YorF and Mrs. ]. B. Bellinger and
Miss Rene M. Coudert, were at his bedside.
son of Mr. Coudert, who was hunting in
North Carolina, was notified of his father
death. He departed at once for New York
The remains of Mr.. Coudert were taken
to New York in special car over the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad at 10 o'clock this
morning. Mrs. Coudert, the widow; Mrs.
Benedict, Mrs. Bellinger of this city and
Miss Coudert, the daughters, accompanied
the body. The funeral will take place to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock at St Pat
rick's Cathedral in New York and the inter-
ment will be in Calvary cemetery. The
pallbearers will be selected on the arrival
o. Frederic Coudert. jr., at New York.
Mr.. Coudert married Elizabeth McCredy,
and lived at 100 West 5Sth street, New
York city, with summer home at Oyster
Bay. His son Frederic r. Coudert, jr., was
graduate from Columbia in 1890, and mar
.ried Alice T. Wilmerding, daughter Of the
late Ferdinand Wilmerding and grand
daughter of Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy
? Mr-5Coudert fitted up his handsome home
In this city with the intention of remaining
here until summer
A Leader at the Bar.
Mr. Coudert was one of the leaders of the
American bar and one of the foremost in
ternational jurists. He was one of the
greatest forensic orators of his generation
and as a trial lawyer he had few peers in
New York.
A native born New Yorker. Mr. Coudert's
abilities were as well recognized abroad as
In the United States. Like his father, he re-
ceived the cross of the Legion of Honor
from France. Decorations were also be-
slowed upon him by the governments of
Italy and Bolivia for his services.
His father Charles Coudert was an officer
tn the Guard of Honor attached to the old
Imperial Guard of Napoleon 1. After the
restoration, through the influence Of La
fayette, the elder Coudert became involved
in conspiracy to place the Duke of Reich
stadt Napoleon II. on the throne of France
He was tried and condemned to be shot but
escaped and eventually made his way to
New York in 1924 and established a school
which was famous in its day.
A Native Of New York CITY
Frederic Rene Coudert was born in New
York in 1882. He received his early educa-
ton in his fathers school, and at the age
of fourteen years he entered Columbia Col
icSc. ne Was STduudtcU with the highest
honors in the class of 1850. He was admit
ted to the bar in 1853. when twenty-one
years old. He was joined soon afterward
by his brothers. Louis Leonce and Charles
Coudert jr.. and his brother-fn-law. Paul
of Coudert Brothers famous.
He was chosen to represent this country
as the delegate of the New York chamber
Of commerce at the Antwerp international
m, FRO nfv1cr he r,&1
of general average, as he had been nrev
iously the American representative at the
international congress on the law of ma
tons In the same city. In 1882 he attended
Liverpool. In 1SS5-1SSS he was the govern
ment director of the Union Pacific railway,
and in 1S92-1S98 he became the government
receiver of the same property.
In the Boring Sea Dispute.
Mr.. Coudert was the counsel for this coun-
try before the International Boring sea
commission. which met in Paris In 1888
1885. and he was a member of the Venezue-
Ian boundary commission in 1sse-1s9s
He belonged to the Law. Manhattan, Bar
nard, Century. University, Metropolitan.
Catholic. Nineteenth Century, New York
Yacht. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Yacht. Pa
tria and University Glee clubs and the
American Geographical Society.
For ten years he was the president OF the
French Benevolent Society, and for several
years president of the Manhattan Club and
also of the Bar Association He was the
first president of the United States Catholic
Historical Society. and held that office for
several terms. He was at one time the
president of the Young Mems Democratic
Club of New York, and for many years he
was the president of the Columbia College
Alumni Association.
For several wears he was truSfaa of
Seton Hall College, New Jersey. and he had
long been a trustee of Columbia University
and of Barnard College, as well as a visit
ing member of Harvard University
Received Many Honors.
He was awarded the degree of IL. d.
from Seton Hall College in 1880. from Ford
ham College in 1854 and the degree of ].
Z. d. from Columbia in 1887, having been
chosen by his alma mater to deliver the
Grafton at the celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the college
Among his notable addresses were those
on the arrival of Bartholdi's Statue of Lib
erty and the unwilling of the statues of
Lafayette and Simon Bolivar At times he
lectured for charitable purposes, and his
scholarly orations upon Edmund Burke.
manners and Morals "The Church and
the Bar" Young Men In Politics. and
Lying as Fine Art" were in demand
few years ago by various religious bodies
as potent aids for replenishing their treas
uries
In politics Mr. Coudert was democrat
He began active work for the democracy