Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-28


tory of the county. the Heilwagor
murder trial, in which he, with the as
distance of Hon. William Jackson, Sc
lcured a conviction that resulted in the
death penalty for the prisoner
The case stands as one of the histori
cal events of the county. The defense
was represented by Hon. Patrick
O'Mara and j. L. Haas.
| Became Master I'm Chancery
| After retiring from the Office of
states attorney, Judge Parmenter en-
gagged for several years in the practice
of his profession, until he was honored
with the appointment as master in
chancery, a position he held for six
years. In 1902 he was elected county
Judge, and last November was reelected
to that Office.
Faithful to All Trusts.
AS in all positions of trust he had
held, he conducted the office in an hon
est, conscientious and careful manner,
devoting himself closely to his duties.
Technical and methodical in his admin
istration, he transacted the enormous
business of the county court in a man
ner best to serve the interests of the
community In everyday life he was
an earnest Christian. and faithful
member of the First Methodist church.
His faithfulness to his friends was
one of the beautiful traits of his char
acter, and one of his last acts was to
send a handsome wedding gift to a
young man who had been protege of
his.
Kept Political History.
Judge Parmenter had compiled and
preserved what is probably the most
complete political history of Rock Is
land county. BY preserving the rec
ords of the various elections for years. |
he had secured a complete history of |
the politics of the county.
1t has been suggested that, if the |
family is willing, the bar association |
might take steps to have this book pre-
served among the official records of
the county.
The Surviving Family.
Judge Parmenter is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Anna Parmenter, and three
brothers, Edward l.. Parmenter of Gill
man, Iowa, George d. Parmenter of
Iowa, and Willard E. Parmen-
ter of Andalusia.
The funeral services will be held
from the bereaved home Sunday morn
ing at IL o'clock. Rev. r. B. Williams.
pastor of the First Methodist church
will conduct the services. The men,
bers of the family have requested that
no flowers be sent.
Judge Parmenter was a member of |
Trio lodge, No. 81, A. F. and A NJ;
Rock Island chapter, No. IS, r. A NJ:
Rock Island commandery, No IS,
Knights Templar, and of Kaaba tenn
various Offices in the different Masonic
orders, and was held among the frater-
nifty, as he was everywhere, in the
highest respect and esteem.
Bar Association Acts.
At a special meeting of the bar 1
association this afternoon. called on I
account of the death of Judge Parmen-
er, plans were made for holding a
for Judge Parmenter at the
same time the memorial exercises are ;
held for the late Colonel E. J. Searle
he January term of court On motion
he bar association requested Judge
". H. Gest to adjourn the circuit court
or the remainder of the day, out of re-
pect for Judge Parmenter Judge
lest, in acceding to this request, made
feeling statement of the shock which
Judge Parmenter's death had been to
i'm. and told of how he had been inn
'ressed yesterday with the fact that /,
Judge Parmenter appeared to be in
ven better health than usual.
To Attend Funeral.
The association decided to attend
he funeral services Sunday morning
n a body, together with the county
Ulcers, and the members will meet at !
he court house at 10:30 and proceed !
o the home.
A committee of three, composed of !
Ion. E. w. Hurst, J. B. Oakleaf, and
l. A. Weld was appointed to make
for the bar associations I
art in the funeral services.
A committee composed of B. F. :
eek. Hon William Jackson. w. J. En-
riken, E. D. Sweeney, and J. l.. Haas,
vas appointed to prepare fitting reso-
ltions, and this committee was also .
to make arrangements N ,,
with the committee on a
for Judge Searle, to prepare
or the memorial exercises.
The meeting of the bar association.
t which the newly elected president,
udge c. J. Searle presided, was one
f the largest attended that has been
eld for some time.