The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-05
Career of V en- e a Bile
Leader of American
Judiciary Is Closed.
DEATH COMES In
STATE HELOVED
Famous Jurist Had Show n
No Symptoms Of Illness and
Had Attended Church on
Previous Evening-Funeral
Will Be Wednesday and
1nterment in Chicago.

1nterment in Chicago.
Sorrento Me. July 4.-1n fulilment
OF an expressed wish that he might
end his long life In the very room
where his wife breathed her last, six ,
years ago. the venerable Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the united
States, Melville w Fuller, died sud-
denly of heart failure early to-day.
rot only did the leader of the Ameri-
onn judiciary round out his days In
the same room where his wife passed
away, but II was in the State OF his
nativity, the state he loved so well,
that his long life ended. Chief Justice
! Fuller was seventy seven years old.
| With the chief Justice when he died
/ were his daughter. Mrs. Nathanel
| Francis. of Washington; his grand
| daughter, Miss Aubrey Francis. and
Rev. James e. Freeman. of Minneapo-
! lis, a neighbor and friend OF the fam
| lily.
Justice Fuller had no. shown any
| symptoms of illness. Yesterday he at
tended the Church OF the Redeemer
l(EpiscopaD, where Rev. Mr. Freeman
| conducted the services. He retired
| las. evening about the usual time. ana
to all appearances. in his customary
| health. u
His daughter. Mrs. Francis. heard
| call from her fathers room early THIS
/ morning and, upon answering 1t, saw
at once that her father was seriously
| i'll. Summoning Rev Mr.. Freeman, Mrs
1 Francis sent him for physician, but
/ when the physician arrived. the JUS
! tice was beyond assistance.
4 Chief Justice Fuller had been sum-
I ner resident of Sorrento for seventeen
years. He came here from Chicago on
4 June 25 last and since that time mad
been staying at the "Mainstay, as his
\ summer home was called.
! The funeral services will be held at
j the Church uf the Redeemer next
4 "Wednesday afternoon. Intermer III
be at Chicago. probably on Friday.
Third Longest Term.
To Chief Justice Fuller fell the honor
of third rank for length of service as
presiding justice in the highest tribu-
nal of the American government. For
4 twenty-five years he was Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United
states. but Chief Justice Marshall pre- pre-
years and Chief Justice Taney for
twenty years. With the. future
rests the determination of his rank
: among the eight Chief Justices ss OH Oh MS
Before Grover Cleveland sent his
name to the Senate, April 30. 1883. for
confirmation as Chief Justice ne was. was
fof the legal profession. In augusta.
Me-, where he was born. February L.
1879. he had been known as we'll
behaved. rather scholarly lad. He had
gone to Bowdoin College and, incl
dentally, there won most of the prizes
for elocution. He had gone down to
! Harvard Law School for one year.
{ Finally he blossomed forth as a full
fledged lawyer and politician of high
, minded sort in his native city of Au-
! gusta. He became an associate editor
on Democratic paper. called the, Age
, president of the City Council and then
City Solicitor. Soon thereafter he lef,
, Maine for greater opportunities OF NE
e In Chicago There he. continued II
: already. at the age Of twenty-three
e displayed remarkable ability as law
< Ability Early Developed.
e His engaging manners, brilliant at
e tainments and his eagerness for hMare M
i work soon brought him clients. ane
: within two years he appeared betor'
: the Supreme Court of Illinois. Hi
I first case in the Supreme Court OF tn,
United States was that of Dows VS.
: Chicago. an attempt to restrain by hli
the collecting of tax upon shares Q
the capital stock OF a bank. The frs
case that he argued in person was tha
of the Traders VS.. Campbell. Involving
: the interesting. question OF 1udgmen
n against bankrupt. His ability an, anf
n loyalty to the interests Of his client
I. were so fully recognized that he sool
n acquired large and lucrative practice
!. !. embracing all branches Of the law
In commercial law and the law o
a real property he was considered to have
a had no superior at the Chicago par pa,
It and the impression he made on m
!. Jurisprudence of Illinois can be est ei,t,
: he was interested appear on more
o than 100 volumes of the law report
Of the State. The most celebrated cas-
n in which he was INTERESTED was o't !. !
4 tempted to prevent Bishop. Charles I'd
- ward CLANCY. by reason of charge o
canonical disobedience, from continuint
,e Wors}ip yne pdrs9M as such. Mr.. Fuller appeare
te in defense Of the bshop; "a and IN nth tn
is trial displayed knoWlnasIe rItv o. eGSie it
le fha writines Of the church fathers tha
10 was astonishing even to the learne
e churchman before whom the case wa
aeaeme t5led whis eourt nis az of Illinois to whic
tribunal the case finally went, has bee
pronounced a masterpiece of legal ar
gument, for tqTenIS r Fnler eld and
J. snnnorted bv the court in his position
a that the church society held It's proper
IS ty subject to no ecclesiastical iudiciar
f. or governing body but solely. for tn
use Of the society or congregation. an
D D to use decide d otherwise would be to, over
Or rule the statute under which the sc
st ciety was formed and to ignore tn
eorporate cI body which the law inter
t. posed between church and state ths
,e they might be separated as widely q
Ia possible.
to Mr. Fuller had an extensive practie
tn in the Federal courts early in his, ca
to raer, 1t is n singular coincidence ths
in the first case heard by the late Chi
| W. = 49, q
aases astse Of hs ose n 1874 N.Y. s Il
: his successor in the office. was counse
~ Mr.. Fuller distinguished himself
ne the celebrated lake front case befol
OF Mr. Justice. Harlan and Judge Blodget
is in which he successfully representt
RS the vast interests Of the city OF Oh
ts cago. IT was a great legal conte
Ia and the, conduct Of the case attracts
a.. wide attention.
=. =. In his thirty-ttree wears practice
es the Chicago bar Mr.. Fuller rose gral
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