The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-14
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 terday on the floor of ,ourt room.
 The justices of the H 1eers of the bar assembled, I from Macon, his home cit oeked and grieved, could SC ehend this sudden fatality co nldst. Apparently in the be haa with mind bright and cleif with care and precision tn s case step by step, replyin aptly to suggestions from 9HffE N Des- sau sank into his ch D, the color departed from within few minutes after rrledly on a couch. where )ossiple was done to revive srt had ceased to beat.
 As soon as it was nat MT. Dessau was dead court promptly adjourned mark of respect, and argument in the iemaining cases on the Macon docket was postponed until the further order of the court.
 Arrangements were quickly made to have the body taken to his home in Macon. An undertaken was summoned and it was prepared for the trip. The justices of the supreme court Attorney General John C. Hart and other state officials accompanied the body to the depot, where it gas placed on the Southern train leav- ing at 210 D. m for Macon, and the mem- bers of the Macon bar formed the escort to his home city.
 Had Jus. Begun Argument.
 MT. Dessau, representing the defendants l in error in the case of Lamar, Tayler x Riley Drug company vs Lamar and oth- CTS, executors, had just begun his argu- ment when the hand of death was lad upon him.
 The court met at o'clock, and Hon. A w. Lane of Macon, representing the plaintiffs in error, after speaking an hour and fifteen minutes concluded his argu- ment at 10:15. MT. Dessau then began to speak and had proceeded scarcely twen- ty minutes.
 Justice Andrew J. Cobb asked some pointed question. seeking to elicit infor- nation in regard to the case.
 q don't mean to imply that l shall be bound by what I say, but merely throw it out as a suggestion" said Justice Cobb s 4.&
 q am always glad to argue my cases in this way, and welcome any sugges- tion from the court" said MT. Dessau' I he was heard to utter
 'The friction of two minds causes the truth to scntillate."
 As he uttered those words MT Dessau | sank back into his chair as if he were sitting down. the color faded from his cheeks. his head fell backward and he gave three or four strange and hurried gasps.
 MT. Lane, Walter Harris, a member of the firm of Dessau & Harris, and other members of the Macon bar were at his side in a moment. A couch was hurried ly brought into the court room and Dr. James B. Baird, who lives just across the street from the capitol, was sum- moned.
 his clothes loosened so as to give Elm all possible freedom, and ice water was applied.
 pr. Baird arrived within five or six minutes after the attack but MT. Dessau was then barely brathing Restoratives were applied without effect, and In a minute or two pr. Baird pronounced him dead Without examination as to the exact cause of death Dr. Baird stated that 1t appeared to have been due to apoplexy.
 Within less than ten minutes after MT Dessau sank into his chair death had claimed him.
 Caused a Deep Shock.
 A thunderbolt falling into the supreme court room could not have caused a more severe shock than did the sudden death of Mir. Dessau. As stated, the court promptly adjourned as mark of respect, and a brief meeting of the mem bers Of the Macon bar was held to deter mine what steps to take.
 A telegram was sent to Mrs. Dessau in Macon and Mrs. Cordelia Atkinson of BIO North Jackson street Atlanta, his sister, was notified by telephone.
 A few minutes after II o'clock it had been decided by the members of the Ma con bar to take the body to Macon on the first train. H, M. Patterson, funeral director was hurriedl summoned and the body was prepared to be taken home. It was taken to the Union depot and placed on the 1210 Southern train leav- ing for Macon.
 Among the members of the Macon bar who were present and who formed the escort were Walter A. Harris. son of Hon. N. k. Harris, MT. fDessau's law part ner; A. W. Lane. Felton Hatcher. Marion Harris, Ellsworth Hall and George s. Jones.
 Mir Dessau's death is supposed to to be attributed. whether directly or indirectly, to an anourism from which he suffered three or four years ago. At that time he
 
 to have the necessary operation per formed, and afterwards went to Hot Springs, Ark, to recuperate. He himself thought and his friends thought that he had entirely recovered from the effects of this trouble, but when he sank into his chair this was the first thing that came into the mind of Mr. Lane and other friends, and they feel confident that it was that old trouble that caused his sud den death-the bursting of a blood vessel and the stoppage of the circulation.
 Mir Dessau is survived by his wife and four children, Misses Cordelia and Ger aldine Dessau, and two sons Gilmer Des- sau and Washington Dessau Jr. Besides | lis sister, Mrs. Atkinson of Atlanta he also has brother who is a physician in New York. 4drs. Atkinson left the city tonight for Macon.
 Public Man, But Not Politician. | Washington Dessau was one of the fore most and best known lawyers in Georgia | man who when he took hold of propo- sit. .on went to the bottom of it, and his success in his profession was quite un- | usual
 He graduated from the state university in the class of 1870. and among others | who were members of the same class were Hon. N. E. Harris of Macon. his | law partner, Chancellor Walter B. Hill of