The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-05-14
CFrom Mondays Advertiser)

yesterday afternoon, at ten minutes
past one O'Clock, Judge George d.
Gear breathed his last. He was uncon-
| scious to the end and at the { ne of his
death his wife and brother, A. V. Gear,
as well as number of his most jn-
innate friends were present. All that
was possible in the skill of the medical
fraternity in Honolulu was done to pro-
long his life but without avail.
Judge Gear retired last Friday night
at his home and appeared to be in
good health, though complaining that
he had severe headache. He rested
easily till about O'Clock Saturday
morning, when Mrs. Gear noticed that
he appeared to be in pain. She tried
to rouse him but, finding this impossi
BILE, summoned DR.. Herbert. The physi
clan decided that Judge Gear was suf-
fering from ptomaine poisoning and
applied The usual restoratives but with
out success.
bio. way obh, "ooh,
Rogers and Osmers were all called into
consultation and an operation was de-
cided on late Sunday night, for which
purpose the patient was taken to the
Queens hospital. This last resort did
not prove to be the means of saving
the attorneys life and at IL clock
yesterday morning the physicians an
nounced that they had given up all
hope. After this an effort was made
to prolong the life of the dying man
by use of saline injections, in the hope
that he might regain consciousness be
fore the end came. 1t turned out that
nothing could be done, however, and
Judge Gear passed away shortly after
l 'clock.
A post-mortem examination was held
which showed that the cause of death
was cerebral meningitis from an alb
scess behind the ear for which Judge
Gear underwent an operation about six
weeks ago. Having early in the last
attack become unconscious, he was of
course unable to designate the seat of
trouble.
Judge George d. Gear, one of the
foremost members of the bar of the
Territory of Hawaii, was born in
Quincy, Plumas County, Cal, on March
21, 1868, hence was less than 40 years
of age at death. He received his edu-
cation in the State of Ohio, then going
to California where he studied law in
the Office of his father, II. l.. Gear of
San Francisco. He was admitted to
practise by the Supreme Court Of the
State of California in 1892, passing his
examination in Los Angeles. He took
up legal work at once, practising in
San Francisco with his father.
For some years he assisted his father
in law reporting, the elder Gear hav
ing been a recognized textbook writer.
"Gear ON Landlord and Tenant is u
well known authority, not to mention
others from the same author.
One of Judge Gears most notable
triumphs was the manner in which he
handled the defense of Captain Lucien
Young before Naval court martial
at Mare Island, in connection with |
the Bennington disasters about two
years ago.
In 1894 he went TO Guatemala where
he remained for two years, then COM
ed since. From his arrival in this
city till his death he has always been
regarded as one of the leading attor-
neys of the city and great many OF
the most important cases which have
been brought before the Supreme Court
have been ones In which he appeared
rs attorney
He was appointed judge of the First
Circuit Court OF this Territory by Presi'
dent Mckinley and served four years
in this capacity, his term expiring on
March 3, 1908, At that time he de.
elaTod that be- had left public life and
would devote himself entirely 10 his
private practise, llo olung 10 this reso.
lutlon though several times oncred
nominations for important offices by the
Republican party of which be was al
Ways nn active supporter
Az an oFatoE whether 10 political
famraigns o. otherwise, Judge Gear