The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
JUDGE T0URGEE
DEAD IN I RANGE 4 I
Was Judge in North Carolina
During Stormy Days Of K<ul -
SKlux Khan.

Especial to Tho sTlmes-Iispa!tLSSili.!
BORDEAUX, May 22-Judge ALBION
". Tourgee, Of Nayville, N. =, AMER an 2 u
can Consul G eneral here. died Yesterday 81!
morning OF acute uraeTia, men q, " 35r re-
suited from an old wound. \,
Judge Tourgee was taken seriously - -
several months ago, but his conaltl lt!
afterwards Improved. Ind 1t was oelleveo
his recovery was probable, Recently,
ghoweyer,Sthe disease took another ser SER
Gus turn, and Judge Tourgee a nseer l's
until yesterday morning.
35 1,or,, n Willian,sleld, .Ashtabula coun.
.tv Ohio. on May 2. 1888, Albion Vinegar 1g
TourGee. from early youth. pefslstea -
e,duca ting himself. He came Of liugueno5
stock. his family settling in Rhode lsi na,,
in The middle Of the seventeenth CEN n
Etury Tourgees parents were p that his
moderate means. I hae,n s sam the he west
ern y reserve. and this fitted him for a
course at the University Of Rocheslte u,
Although he vas II from Wo seeeIve Mi in
ths zf HIST cattle OF Bull Run. his degree
Of A. n, issued for him in 1862 ties !. tiied
his high standing n t h1a the author
and journallst enlisted as oI prlyTat aI,,n N
teers. That year he was discharged ioi
u' Getting commission as first lleute m
ant in Company G. One I31,!nlaa t nna
Fifth Ohio Volunteers, T gu EMS vo9 -
the sampec; spiur 81 at arifees
Dor he was a prisoner at salisbury =,
Atlanta and Libby Prison. ~ { IN e.
Judge Tourgee had beei lu''''1 Ifa re-
Wound tem IN 1851, and settled at Green sboro.
c. to take up the e,o OF 'a af the
w mept ne 81 W the judiciary in North Caro-
Ina At hls time he begnhh Is MS ide aayh9 he
esSyr Of fe nsEfe sItf1 Wle sht1ns
nrously.s in the face of tremendous OPP
po s he was elected In 1865 judge, = or +
l lx y sapsrSSe e GHe Eliza t Gf t oce 0
At the time Of his election the notorl-
Gus IS X. Klux.Klan society was o r.
Judge d T bnrigr t Ias i've Years It
always aGS in peril Of his life The dem q
onstrations II the district over g, |, W nrnSs
battles All With the community. which sup,
ported the band Of negro terrlilers. I, i ~
tGpe,sh his his district Without guard q
i nl9y kl Els last i oiilee in North Carolina
&c aossa'ec arS rs
linking oilice as pension agent In 1870,
under General Grant, he held the POSI-
tion for two years, In 1874 he began ms
career as an author, publishinE Jolt
cite" afterwards known ms "A RoNa!
Gentleman). He used the pseudonym
Of Henry Churton. In 1876 he issued u
legal work recognized MS standard
Its" title was '"rhe Code of Notes. ~, "A
Digest OF Cited Cases." published IN 1878,
was sald to DO without It's like;
Among Judge rourgee's works we're;
"a roofs Errand. Figs and Ihisties,
1870; ..Bricks Without Straw. 1850; John
FAX" 1889; Hot Plowshares:,, lsS3; An =
Appeal 10 Caesar" 1854; "Rlack 49, 9,
1855; "Button's Inn, 1SH; "A Son or , oid
Harry" Veteran and HIS pipe, 1880
Letters to q King, with Gauge ana
swallow" 1905; ,paatolus Prime 'M 1san.
"out Of the Sunset Sea-. lSg2; An Z o lSat
lime War OF the Standards. ,'Fh so, Mort
rago on the lIlp-roof House.s" 1906 !,
Most powerful and best known Of al
these books was "a Fools brand, by
one OF tho Fools. which told the story
Of his experiences III Greensboro IN ku-
Iilux- Klaii days, Appearing Just before
| the campaign Of 1850. 1t was credited with
having materially contributed toithe elec-
Ton or President Garfield.
| fudge Touryee became editor OF fhe
lDenVer Times for n year. FOLLOWING tl>!9,
| but moved to Mayville, n. W where he
| iived until appointed Consul-General az
i 'l,ordcullx Y In 1897, Judge Tourgee was
married In 1863 to Miss Emma " lkll-
bourne, OF Conneut, whose ancestor was
l'John Winthrop