The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-16
Charles QuarIes, Formerly of ke-
nosha and Famous as a Law
yer, Died Wednesday
D9ATA COMES AS He SLEEPS
wife and Children Find Him Dead in
His Library and Physicians
State That Heart Disease
Caused Demise
lFrom Thursdays Daily.l

known and best loved Of the cold Ken
osha Boys,'' leader of the Wisconsin
bar and one Of the best known lawyers
in the middle west, is dead.
He died suddenly at about Z o o'clock
last evening at his home, $50 Farwell
avenue, Milwaukee, and it is believed
his death was due to heart disease.
His sudden end was terrible shock to
the members of his family in Milwau-
kee and his relatives in Kenosha, for
although he had been slightly indisposed
in the afternoon, he had been enjoying
fairly good health. The news of his
death will cause widespread regret
among a large circle Of friends to whom
he had become endeared by his kindly
qualities and never failing good nature.
Mr.. Quarles was 81 years Of age. He
is survived by widow and four child
rem, Louis Quarles and Charles B.
Quarles, who were associated with him
in the law firm Of Quarles, Spence &
Quarles; Henry Quarles who is a senior
at the University of Wisconsin, and
Miss Ethel Quarles, who is a student at
Vassar college, The dead lawyer was a
brother of Joseph V. Quarles, former
United States senator and United States
judge for the eastern district of Wiscon-
sin. He was brother-in-law Of E. G.
Theirs and L. M. Theirs of Kenosha.
Mr.. Quarles left his law office
at 1880 O clock yesterday afternoon in
company with William G. Quarles, his
nephew and a member of the law firm,
to whom he said he was not feeling well.
His nephew accompanied him to street
car.
Mr.. Quarles spent the afternoon in his
library. He told his family his condi-
ton had improved since reaching home.
DR.. Walter Kempster called at the resi-
dence and to him Mr.. Quarles also said
that he felt better He told the physi-
clan that the pain from which he had
been suffering he believed to be due
to neuralgia. Mr. Quarles was in good
spirits and chatted in lively manner
with DR.. Kempster and with the mem
bers Of his family.
About $50 clock Mr.. Quarles laid
down on a couch for nap. He remain
ed there while his family went to dinner
in the adjoining dining room. When
his wife and children returned to the
library they found him lying upon his
side, apparently sleeping. Efforts to
rouse him failed and then the group was
arouse him failed and then the group
was Mortified to find that he was dead.
DR.. G. H. Lemon was hurriedly sum-
moned.
In the last few years Mr.. Quarles had
been in charge of large number of
important law cases and it is believed
the untiring manner in which he applied
himself to the direction Of these al<fslrs
with his characteristic energy and fdeli-
ty contributed in no small degree to the
impairment of his health Never of
robust frame, the hard work and conse-
quent strain weakened his constitution.
Mr., Quarles returned from California
early last week, where he spent his
annual outing. Upon his return he told
his friends he was enjoying much better
health than before he had left Milwau-
kee.
The death of Mr.. Quarles, while it re-
moves a great lawyer, a profound
scholar and wise advocate, removes
also one of the most genial and lovea-
BILE of men, and the regret which the de-
parture of so prominent figure in the
legal world must naturally cause, is
augmented by sense of personal loss
among those who had never been
brought into intimate contact with him.
He was a delightful conversationalist,
bringing into his social life the ripe
scholarship keen wit, kindly humor and
broad knowledge of affairs which made
him so formidable an antagonist in the
courtroom. In manner he was affable
and approachable, even in the midst of
his greatest legal battles
Mr.. QuarFes was considered by his in
Inmates as the most scholarly man at the
Wisconsin bar. He read the classics in
the original languages because he loved
1AOhAt S'hA IL AA1OnuAy COANO4OdGlOu, DIS
well as in legal controversy he was
never at loss for an apt quotation
from his favorites. He was deeply
versed in history, literature and all the
lore of the scholar and at the same time
he kept himself thoroughly in touch
with current events as well as with the
great social and economic questions of
the day. The labor question was one
that interested him greatly and his
views on problems Of this character at
tracted wide attention among students
of economies
The announcement of the death of
Mr.. Quarles brought unspeakable sorrow
in Kenosha, his old home, and those
who knew Mr.. Quarles the best, feel
that in his death Kenosha has lost one
Of it's greatest friends. Mr. Quarles
regarded Kenosha as his home. Though
ne became famous as a lawyer in Mil
Waukee, he never failed to revere this
city as the place of his birth and the
pleasant associations of the earlier