, 1905-04-10
JUDGE JESSE KNIGHT OF STATE
SUPREME COURT VICTIM
OF DISEASE AT HOME
IN CHEYENNE.
Afflicted With 6rig1t's Disease and At
tackled With Pneumonia Was
Thirty-third Degree Mason and
Will Be Buried Under Auspices of
Wyoming Consistory-lnterment at
Cheyenne at Sunrise Wednesday.

Judge Jesse Knight of the supreme
court Of Wyoming died at his residence
in Cheyenne yesterday afternoon,
shortly after l o'clock, the news of
which was received at once by tele-
phone, and during the afternoon hun
telephone messages were received by
the members of the family.
The remains of the dead jurist will
be taken in charge by the Masonic
fraternity of the state, headed by Wyo-
ming consistory, Scottish Rites Ma
SONS and the interment will be under
the auspices of that organization,
Judge Knight having been n Of per-
haps half a dozen thirty-third degree
Masons in the state. Private funeral
services will be held at the house at
evening, attended by Wyoming con-
sistory and members of the order
from all portions of the state. The
remains will be aid to rest at sunrise
Wednesday, with the ceremony Of the
consistory.
Judge Knight leaves five children
and a state full of friends to mourn
his untimely taking off. No man in
the state has more friends, and no
man more deserves them. He left
three daughters and w sons The
daughters are Miss Harriet Knight, a
teacher in the high school at Chey-
enne, a graduate of the University of
Wyoming and a member of the board
of trustees of that institution; Jesse.
Knight, jr., private secretary to Bishop
Brent of the Philippine islands; Miss
Margaret Knight, a teacher at Mount
Hope, Uinta county; Carey knight
until recently a student at the Univer-
sity Of Wyoming and now chief clerk
in the office of the Union Pacific Coal
company at Rock Springs. and Dor
othy Knight, a girl of tender years.
Mrs. Knight has been dead several
years.
Judge knight has been a member of
uS DSlCu VI Tie SuplSLlS Soui Sh
years. He was first appointed to fill a
vacancy, being elected to a full term
in November, 1898, and would have
held until the first of January of 1907
under the present term. He was once
judge of the Third judicial district.
going from the bench Of thai court to
that of the highest tribunal in the
state by appointment of the then gov
ernor. AS showing the esteem in
which he was held as a man and the
hold he had upon the people, it is re-
lated that at a convention to nominate
a candidate for judge of the district
he was defeated. He then ran as an
Independent candidate, securing more
votes than the combined votes of his
political opponents. No man in the
state ever received a mor hearty en-
dorsement for an official position.
Judge Knight was born in the state
of New York and came to Wyoming
just about the time it was ORGANIZED as
a territory, locating at South Pass
City, then in Carter county, where he
followed his calling as a telegraph op-
orator. When Uinta county vas or
ganized be became clerk Of the court
Of the Third district and located at
Evanston, at which place he resided
until removing to Cheyenne following
his appointment to the bench of the
state supreme court. He held the
position of district clerk for fifteen
years continuously, and was aftcrward
elected prosecuting attorney Of Uinta
county. In 1890 he received the nom
|ination at the hands Of the republican
convention for Judge of the Third
judicial district, and was elected by .
majority which was most f~iattering.
As 4 Judge. he ever showed the same
breadth Of mind, candor Of expression.
strength Of character and goodness Of