Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-04-24
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
,op THE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE
ANDREW p. wIswELL.
,rrrye OBSERVANCE BY THE HAN
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JUSTICE wfswsLL dUN0.

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JUSTICE wIswsLL duNG.
~. Hancock county bar last Thursday
-,..~roop At the courtroom held memorial
...rci.es for the lsts Chief-Justice An
- p. wiswell. The exercises were
s,..,aed and impressive, and the words
sr.n came from hearts which felt the
~. AZ a friend and associate rather than
,he eminent jurist.
~. e.,urt room ives allied with member
q, the bar and citissps of Ellsworth and
o,hrr towns Of the county, and the audi
-. i.cludsd Q rumbsr Of ladies'.
large portrait Of tbs late Chisf-Justice
wI.vell had bssn hung ct the left Of the
zach during the day. II shows him in
Az judicial robs, and b an sxcsilent
,,t,usss. almSst iiis sise. The portrait ID
"A. eift Of Mrs. Wiswsl1 to the Hancock
county bar.
Az the same time . portrait Of Chief
Jussice L. A. Emery, which has bssn In the
s,,orneys' room, - hsne in The court.
room, 20 that now On ths walls ars the
nor,rsits Of two past chief justices, Peters
snd wsweli, the former native and the
AFTER a resident Of Ellsworth, and the
present chief Justice, Emery, resident Of
Ellsworth.
The speakers OF the afternoon were L. B.
psssy, Henry n. Hall, A. ". King, and
Chief Justice L. A. Emery. The exercises
we're opened BY Mr.. Dsasy, president Of
the Hancock County Ear association, who
prssented the memorial resolutions. He
said:
Msy 1t please the Court
Nv brethren Of the bar have intrusted to
me the sad duty Of making formal an
nouncement to this court Of the death OF
As q feeble attempt 10 exprsss in lam
puape q sense of bereavement and loes that
no language can fully express, they have
instructed me to present these resolutions,
and to move that they BE- made part OF
the permanent records Of the court.
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS.
Andrew Peters wiswell, chief Justice Of the
supreme judicial court Of Maine, died ON
q,
vas born in Hancock county. His lifetime
home was here. As . practicing lawyer in the
courts Of Hancock county he evidenced and
developed that intuitive perception Of legal
principles, keenness OF intellectual vision
and power Of clear and exhaustive analysis
that made him the unquestioned leader OF the
county bar and one Of the great leaders Of the
bar and bench OF Maine. From the Hancock
county bar he was, in 1888, appointed as as
sociate Justice Of the supreme judicial court,
and was in 1900 made chief-justice. Here,
amid scenes he loved SO well, in the city and
county whose people he served SO faithfully,
he lies buried.
tits peculiarly fitting that the bar which
was honored by his membership should seek
to place upon the records Of the court where
the crowning work Of his life was done, q
lasting memorial Of their admiration and
their love. Therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That the members OF the Han
cock county bar recall his memory with sor-
row and with pride-deep sorrow for his early
death, Just pride in the achievements OF his
too brief life; that with his rugged strength
of character and his splendid powers as an
advocate and judge, which merited and re-
ceived the esteem and admiration Of all men,
he combined depth Of genuine sympathy
with human weaknesses and human frailties
which gained for him the love Of those who
knew him best; that in his devotion to truth
and Justice and his loyalty to the loftiest
ideals of his profession he was an exemplar
whose influence was and is wide-reaching and
permanent.
Resolved, That these resolutions be pre-
scented to the court for its action.
Continuing Mr.. Deasy said:
May it please the Court and Brethren of the
Bar;
When at the end Of . long life death comes,
even as twilight darkens into night; when
after lingering illness it takes the skilled
hand OF physician to tell when the tired
heart ceases to palpitate; whether it come to
the young, with their hopes, or to the old,
with their memories, death is ever unuttera-
bly, sad.
But when it comes suddenly to . man in
the meridian Of life, to . strong, splendid,
masterful type of manhood, to . man with
dett and skilful fingers upon the keyboard Of
human affairs; when it came unheralded in
the night to Andrew Peters Wiswell, the first
emotion awakened was not grief. Grief and
sorrow came afterward in foods and torrents.
But, the first mental attitude Of those left be-
mind was incredulity, bewilderment; we could
not believe it. And even now. after months
nave passed, after the SHOWS of a long winter
nave covered the ground which we conse-
Grated when we laid him to his rest, even now
we cannot, to use an old phrase, make him
dead" even now it seems that he must be
there, Just beyond the range OF our vision,
haf 49, L..A - -
snail hear the sound Of his approaching foot
steps
he was an ideal judge. He hated falsehood.
ana he unmarked and exposed it with unerr-
ing instinct. He loved truth, and was i'm
PEELED to followit by every fibre Of his being.
ms mind was attuned from birth unto the
laws majestic harmony. And his heart beat
ever in unison with the great heart Of hu-
manity.
In a few months men from other sections of
'ne state will. at the law court, speak appre-