Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-20
NC Hartfora Times SAYS:

The Hartford T1meS says:
Frank Il. Brown of Norwich had the
He could state a complex proposition
so lucidly that the mere statement Was
an impressive argument. Thus gift of
luminous expresston-the product of a
trained mind and of systematic habits
Of thought-was one source of his great
power at the bar and in civic life. He
graspe6 Fundamental principles.
Passionately fond OF the law, he rep.
resented the best traditions OF the
Connecticut bar. He Scorned petty
tricks which might win a temporary
advantage, and he had no use for the
cynical theory that the exercise of con-
science is inconsistent with the prac-
tice Of law. Mr.. Browns greatest tri-
umphs at the bar weren't achieved in
the center of the limelight. He never
sought to command the applause Of
listening multitudes. As an adviser in
connection with cases involving great
interests and complicated features Iac
was mastery. He could brush away
the cobWebs and nom essentials and go
straight and unerringly to the vital
issues.
But he was something more than a
distinguished lawyer; ne was a good
citizen. He took a positive interest in
the welfare Of the community and the
state, and he was never too busy to
serve. he avoided rainier 'Inan sought
office and publicity, but he was always
ready to lend hand. In him were the
impulses Of civic patriotism. Positive
in his convictions, he had a faculty for
convincing others. Open, frank and
aboveboard, he made and held friends.
Having contempt for double dealing
and indireotions. he operated on the
theory that the shortest distance be-
tween two given points is a straight
line.
MIR. Browns death at time when
years Of expanding usefulness and in
fiuence appeared to be his, infiicts a
loss upon Connecticut
The New Haven Leader says:
That awful disease, pneumonia, has
again taken from Connecticut one Of
her choicest flowers Of strong man
hood.
Mr.. Brown was the ablest attorney
of eastern Connecticut and one Of the
ablest in the state or New England
He was in the very prime Of mental
and physical strength.
He was a tower of strength in his
profession, in the civic life of Nor
witch and Connecticut
High Official honors might have been
his had he seen fit to accept them.
Twice he was offered a judgeship Of
the superior court. declining because
his private practice was so large that
he did not feel justified in making the
financial sacrifice necessary to assume
a judicial position.
He could have been elected to con-
gress had he consented to accept the
nomination. He could have held many
other offices, but ne preferred to de-
vote himself to his profession, and no
lawyer of the state had bigger retain
ers or more important cases.
He represented some of the biggest
and richest corporations in the state.
He had a princely income and the
highest confidence Of bench and bar,
his fellow citizens and all who knew
him. A week ago he seemed one Of
the most fortunate and happy men Of
the state-today he lies cold in death,
and those who survive are wondering
why this useful, gifted life has been
thus suddenly terminated in the very
zenith Of its strength.
There is no man IN eastern Connec-
ticut to take the place of Frank T.
Brown.