The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-17
IOLD SOLDIER DIES
SUDDENLY
MAN WITH A LONG AND BRIGHT
RECORD AS A MILITARY
MAN PASSES AWAY.

Spokane, June 16.-Mlitary honors
were accorded by Wala Walla post,
| G. A. r., and Colonel Il. A Goodwin
regiment of Union Veterans league
| and members of the Masonic and
| Elks' orders paid tributes of love and
friendship at the burial of Colonel
4 Thomas NJ Fisher, a native of Lam
caster county, Pennsylvania, at Walla
Walla Wash, southwest of Spokane,
on June IL. He died of heart trouble
f., at the home of George II. Hedger
| where he and Mrs. Fisher were visit
ing, passing away 20 minutes after
being stricken.
| Colonel Fisher was Chinese ;nspec-
tor at Walla, where he lived five
years. going there from Seattle
| where previously he was connected
With the bureau IF immigration. Be
fore coming to the northwest he oc-
eupied several positions under the di-
rection of the department of the in
terror.
Colonel Fisher had IN interesting
career. and he was a useful citizen.
When Is years of age he enlisted in
| tho Fifth Pennsylvania Infantry later
becoming a member Of the Second
) regiment of pennss wanna volunteers
At the battle of Gettysburg he car
ried the dispatch concerning the sur
render of Round Top across the field
to General Meade, ami for this act of
conspicuous bravery he was made
first lieutenant At the battle of
Ream's station he was brevetted cap
tain and commanded Company II of
the One Hundred and Ninetieth in
fantry from May 80, 1864 until the
close of the war, although he was
only Is years of age when he took
| command
Regular Army.
Shortly after the war he was made
lieutenant of the Twenty-third infan-
try in the regular army and served
through the Indian campaigns under
General Crook in Oregon and Califor-
MIA. He studied law while in the
army, was admitted to the bar in
Wyoming, and there continued in
practice until 1880, when he removed
to Colorado, and was city attorney of
Silver City in 1882. He joined the
state guard there and became a cap
tain in the Colorado National guard.
He also became an aide on the staff
of Governor Route, with the rank of.
colonel. Three years afterwards he
moved to Cheyenne. where he prac-
ticed law until 1890, during which time
he was commander OF the department
of the Grand Army of the Republic
for Wyoming and Colorado.
/ 1IY, w
cupied several government positions
until 1891, when he was appinted in
spector of immigration and assigned
to duty in Seattle district. serving I'M
til the latter part of 1898, when he
went out with the administration. He
was elected prosecuting attorney Of
Jefferson county. washington, in 1896
and reelected without opposition in
1898. He was then appointed Chinese
inspector, and in 1901 the office was
transferred to the bureau of immi-
: grafton, and he was assigned as in
spector of immigration with office at
Seattle.
Traps His Men,
!. After being in the government serv
ice several years he had several inter-
esting experiences. He was a practicing
attorney. and to land a gang of SNUG
gers on Puget sound he once received
permission to hang out his sign as an
attorney, and practiced law for
months before he got chance to trap
his men. Finally he succeeded. He
( had a companion row out into the
f 1,av where the sfnugglers We're going
through. The man fell overheard and
! was rescued Through the Informal
ton he got the men were later cap
tured. They made an effort to re-
, tain Colonel Fisher as counsel, and
were astonished when he appeared
against them at the hearing, which
resulted in conviction.
Colonel Fisher has been married
r twice. He first welded Miss Bessie
| MILFORD in Pennsylvania, and they
| were parents of two children, Thomas
5 M, immigration inspector at Seattle,
and Charles E.. of the Post-Inteli-
gencer at Seattle. After the death of
, his first wife Colonel Fisher was
, married at Port Townsend to Rosetta
F. Plummer. He WAS a member of
, the Masonic fraternity SO years, and
| was identified with John f. Miller
, post, G.. A. r., as commander for
, three years in Port Townsend, and
t for five years in Cheyenne. He has
. also served as state counsellor for the
state of Washington in the Junior
Order of American Mechanics.
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