Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
END Of NOTABLE CAREER
Ceath Comes to William \. \. Flick
at Early Hour tuesday
WAS AN EMINENT ATTORNEY
Worked His Way To an Exalted Place a
Tie Bar e This Siate-Sketch
Of His Active Life.

Of His Active Lite.
Hon. William Henry Harrison Flick,
for many years one of the most d's-
tinguished citizens of Berkeley county
and an eminent and widely known
LAWYER. died at his home in Martins
burg Tuesday morning at 4;30 O'Clock,
following an illness which had lasted
:about three weeks. The immediate
cause Of death was pronounced by Dr.
S. N. MYERS, the attending physician,
as cong estion of the brain, accompa-
MED by hemorrhages of the stomach
which reached an acute stage a Few
DAYS ago, and which presaged dlssoiu-
tion at no distant day.
Judge Flick, as he was known TO
everybody in this section of the state,
was seized with his last illness on MAY
IS. since which time he has been con-
fined to his bed. He had been gradu-
ally growing weaker, although until
a few days ago strong hope OF his re-
coverv lad been entertained by MS
family and physician. However, a
discouraging change was noticed IN
his condition the latter part OF last
week. and since that time he had re
manned in a comatose condition, from
which he passed into the sleep OIL
death without regaining conscious
ness. The end came peacefully about
daylight this morning, the transition
from this to the life beyond BEING
marked by no signs of struggle, ana
the giant intellect which had made
the man so great power In the prime
and vigor of his manhood slipping
its grasp upon the affairs of life al
gently and inperceptibly as that OF
child falling asleep.
At his bedside when the end came
were his devoted wife and only
daughter, who had shared with him
the bonors and tIiumphs OF long sue
cvssion of brilliant achievements. and
who were constant in ministering &c
his later years, when the hand OF al
Fiction had clouied his once acute
and powerful mind and herculear
frame and made him in measure de-
Dendent upon the love and attention Ct
his family.
The intelligence of his death quick
iy spread over the city and county,
and the expressions OF regret swere
,mauy and sincere. Judge Flick had
MANY friends in this section, and gen
nine sorrow was felt that the end had
at last come.
The indirect cause of Judge Flick's
death was a stroke of apDoplexy,
which he sustained about IL wears age
while engaged in tile trial of case in
the CITY court at the city hall. He
was removed TO his home at the time,
and remained in an unconscious con
dition for about three months. After
partially recovering from this attack
he was stricken with paralysis, which
incapacitated HIM from his customary
labors and caused him to retire from
all those activities in which he de,
lighted while his mind and frame re.
tained their accustom ed vigor.
During the last few years of bis
life he was a well known figure upon
the streets of the city and was fire.
suuentlv seen in the court rooms,
where he had achieved some of his
most notable triumps and where he
had been one of the most conspicuous
and powerful advocates Of whatever
cause he espoused. AT such times, he
was greeted bv his former associates,
and the Younger groups of lawyers. to
whom had come many stories of his
powers and battles as a lawyer, with
the utmost attention and the respect
and Difference due to his totterinp
frame, his whitened head and his
fame. He passed his declining years
in peace aud endowment of those in.
tellectual pursuits furnished by a rich
and varied library and the association
of ripe and experienced minds, and
entered upon his last sleep secure in
the esteem and affection of all who
knew him.
Surviving Judge Flick are his
widow, to whom he was married IN
Pendleton county, W. Va, in 1867,
and one daughter, Mrs. Gustav
Wiltshire, of this city.
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
William Henry Harrison Flick wal
born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, on
February 81, 1S4l, and was therefore