Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-21
GARRISON PUZLLEDLAWYERS
CONTINUED from First Rage.)


him, refusing to believe IN his death. FL
naIly in the late spring of 1898 ,his friends
were ~astonished TO learn that he had been
found alive and well, working in a mental
capacity and under an assumed name in
Clinton, Ia -srI.3,'ri. - .a.rf 49, ,
He was identified and later returned to
Omaha. He was unable to give any &C,
count of himself and seemed to be wholly
ignorant of his ~escapade. He left Omaha
a short While afterward, and until his
disappearance from Kenosha, Wis, moth
ing had been heard from him by his
Omaha friends.
Bar Sheds Salt Tears.
h Douglas county bar, OF which Judge
Clarkson was a member at the time of
his disappearance from Omaha, at once
took action regarding his supposed death,
On page TO, Docket No. IA of the Doug.
las county district court records for tho
May term of 1892, under date Of July 80,
1892, appears this record: s.
I'm the matter of the death OF Hon,
Joseph r. Clarkson. Comes now certain
members of the bar and moves the court
for the appointment of a committee com
posed of members of the bar to call a
meeting of the bar to be held at a future
date to be fixed by such committee, and
that such committee report to such bar
meeting suitable resolutions for considera-
ton and adoption. The motion was sus-
ltained and Messrs. e. NJ. Bartlett, f.. r.
Duffie and Joseph IA. blair appointed as
such committee. c. R. SCOTT, Judge
It was not until the September following
I that any further action was taken by the
court. when, as shown in docket Mo- 15,
page 1874, there appears this record:
Record of proceedings In Banc. -"
In the matter of the death OF Joseph
r. Ciarkson. The court designates L. S.
Estelle, H.. d. Estabrook, Isaac Congdon
and william F. Gurley asa committee of
the bar of Douglas county to prepare ap-
propriate resolutions relative to the death
Of Joseph r. GARRISON.
HERBERT j. DAVIS, Judge"
The next proceedings, as shown by the
records of the court. appear in docket
No. Is, on pages 1856 and 337 and 1888. The
two first tpages are occupied with the
memorial resolutions, as evidently prepared
by the last named committee. These are
deliberately engrossed, ana are bordered
with a deep line of black" r'
Name IL Erased
However, all reference to the name of
Judge Clarkson, and anything Indicating
the identity of, the. person in whose honor
the memorial resolutions are drawn, have
been carefully and artistically erased and
eliminated. -" a.
The memorial record is as follows, the
stars or asterisks indicating the eTasuros
and elimlnations: 2
And now on this day came the com
mittee heretofore appointed to prepare
and report suitable resolutions, touching
Tho death of - and presents It's re-
port in the words following!
orabie court that on the. 18th OF July
llasts . " and II appearing seemly 20
the court that a COMMITTEES be appointed
to take appropriate action in the Premisesi
We. the committee appointed by your
honors, ask that our report be spread upon
. . sentiment of the Douglas county bar
in that behalf. We further ask that the
clerk be directed 70 make an exempiitie9
: Of this taking off. After a long life
rounded to It's close, death may cause sor-
Prov but not bitterness, God has 80 or
dalned that in such cases those who mourn
shall be cOmforted and reconciled; whilst
he who dies clasps hands with those ne
loves on the horizon of this life and II
their bending eyes beholds an earnest OF
that greater love.
Lush Grasses and Moaning SedEe.''
But to be met by DEATH as was our
brother : midway Of allotted years,
in the full zenith Of physical and mental
powers; to reach out empty hands TO empty
skies; Instead OF eyes suffused with love
TO see only the glitter OF the fearless stars
Instead Of tender voices, to hear only the
lonesome wind among the lush grasses and
the moaning sedge-something higher than
philosophy must be the protest OF human
nature against a fate like this,
But God Is good and His wisdom, even
through sorrows eclipse, we may partially
discern. He hath imposed a test Of char
Iacter and taught us its import and its
value. In the memory Of a life, so manly,
upright, brave and pure. whisperers are
silent; mistrust and circumstance have
no lmpressiveneas
80 had a wide acquaintance In
this community, but the radius OF his In
nuence was not measured by his ac-
q%ualntance. He was a man, a gentleman
with. all the virile qualities that the word
Implies. Leonine In strength and courage
but with the quick sympathies OF a woman,
Dignifed, but not. distant; frateTniEtng
but not familiar. self-relianb but not SELF
assertive; he was a noble, royal, honest
gentleman. As q citizen he was native
born, OF q line Of ancestors who helped
make our government, and ave the WORD
''oittzen" It's Significance and glory. Hfs
heart kRew but one allegiance. Hts coun'
try was his world
He was a lawyer who hOnored his pro
Rsgafcn and uraa hOnOrRd nv IL As To I'M