Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-21
COUNSELOR HOYT,
/. EMINENT FEDERAL
OFFICIAL, IS DEAD
Assistant of Former Attorney
General Knox SuCcumbS
to PeritonitiS
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-Henry
Martyr Hoyt, counselor for the depart
ment of state, died at his home here at
500 this morning from peritonitis.
Mr.. Hoyt was taken i'll in Canada
while there in connection with the re-
ciprocity negotiations between the
United States and that country. Since
his return last Monday he had been
confined to his home.
Physicians called into consultation
considered the case extremely serious
from the. beginning His condition was
such last night that DR.. r. M. Baker
and the wife, son and daughter of Mr..
Hoyt deemed it advisable to remain at
the bedside throughout the night.
Shortly after midnight they noticed
perceptible weakening of the pulse
beats. From then on. except for a
short period during which he rallied
somewhat, Mr.. Hoyt sank rapidly until
death came at S:20 this morning.
Mr.. Hoyt, 1T was said, had been suf-
fering from an intestinal trouble for
more than year, resulting eventually
In the disease which caused his death.
ABLE ASSISTANT OF KNOX
In the death chamber, besides the
physician, were Mrs. Henry M. Hoyt,
Henry M. Hoyt, jr., and Mrs. Philip p.
Hichborn, wife, son and daughter of
the deceased
The body will be taken to Wilkes
barre, Pa. for burial, which will be
private, following short funeral services
at the residence here tomorrow. The
date has not yet been fixed.
Henry Martyr Hoyt was the strong
hand of Philander c. Knox when the
latter was attorney general. In fact,
he made himself so indispensable that
when Mr.. Knox became secretary of
state he lost no time in obtaining the
transfer of Judge Hoyt from the de-
partment of justice to his own office.
Mr.. Hoyt was assigned August 21.
1909, to the post Of counselor of the de-
partment. In that field he rendered
invaluable service to the government.
He had a thoroughly trained legal
mind. HIS record OF service is bright.
He was at the elbow of the attorney
general in the prosecution of many of
the cases which involved governmental
violations of the antitrust law.
Mr.. Hoyt came into department
of justice as an assistant attorney gen.
eral lin 1897 He was appointed by
President Mckinley and served in that
position until March 81, 1908. when he
was appointed solicitor general by
President Roosevelt to succeed John
Richards.
NOTED IN FEDERAL CASES
While he was solicitor general Mr..
Hoyt prepared and argued several not
ed cases with success. Many of them
were of a constitutional character, and
the trace of his work is left in the law
of >the land. One case in particular, in
which he fought and won, but did not
serve long enough in office to see COM
pleted, was the famous contempt of
court case against Sheriff Joseph Ship
pc and other men of Chattanooga.
Tenn. His successor in office, Lloyd
w. Bowers. now dead, moved sentence
in that case.
Mr.. Hoyt was born in Wilkesbarre,
Pa, December q 1856, being the son of
Gen. H. NJ. Hoyt, once governor of the
commonwealth He was educated in
the public schools, graduated from Yale,
in 1S7S took postgraduate law course
In the University of Pennsylvania in
1881, and afterward was admitted to the
bar and practiced law in Pittsburg.
In 1888 he married Anna, daughter of
Col. Morton McMichael, one of the fore
most citizens of Philadelphia.
He moved that year to New York 20
become assistant cashier of the United
States National bank, but after three
years returned to Pennsylvania to be-
come treasurer and afterward president
of the Investment company of Phila-
delphia. In 1894 he resumed the prac-
tice of law in Philadelphia, but came to
Washington in 1897 to accept an ap-
pointment as assistant attorney gen
eral. This post he filled until 1903, when
he was made solicitor general