Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-29
Stricken With ApopIexy Aged
Jurist Expires in His Wash
ington Home Before Help Can
Be Summoned,
OLDEST MEMBER SAVE ONE
OF HIGHEST TRIBUNAL
Feared Death viii Delay De-
ciSion on MomentuouS To-
bacco Trust and Standard Oil
Cases,

ny Morning journal Special Leased Wrel
Washington. March IS David
Josiah Brewer. associate Justice Of the
supreme court of the United states
died tonight at 1890 o'clock. as the
result Of 2 stroke of apopleNy His
death followed within moment or
two before he could be carried to his
bed. Mrs Brewer was with him
when the end came Justice Brewer
was - years old
The end was altogether unexpected.
Although he had not been feeling we'll
for the last few days. the aged iurist
was up and out today and apparently
in the best of health. He was in
equally good spirits at dinner and
spent the evening reading
Shortly after ten O'Clock he retired
to his room and within few moments
Mrs Brewer heard heavy fall and
Went TO investigate the cause. She
found her husband prone on The floor
OF the bath room. He did not regain
consciousness and died before Il
physician could reach the house.
The two daughters Of the aged
iurist, Mrs. James f. karrich and
Mrs. Fl. j. Jetmorc We're summoned
al once but reached the residence too
late.
Justice Brewer came 10 the supreme
court Of the United St;ttes ffonl the
federal court in Kansas. He was the
second oldest mCm3cf OF the court,
Justice Harlan only being his senior.
He WAS regarded as tbi lRast demn-
cratic Of all the members OF the court,
most airable and approachable and
accommodating He WAS the one man
on the bench who had proof copies Of
his opinions prepared for The news
papers and this he did consistently.
Another characteristic of the jurist
WAS that he never took amy Of the
time OF the court or the public in au-
nclmcing his opinipns ile reached
The conclusion probably many years
ago lhat the audience in the cPurt
room was 50 extremely limited that
ii was a pure waste uf time TO read
opinions There. He would give only
in few words his conclusions and
then hand down the proof sheets Of
his opinion, always completely arr
rau"cd
Justice Brewer essentially was a
western man and his sNmpathics were
always With the west. lie dealt large
~ with railroad corporations ana in
deed With corporations generally and
he will be missed immensely in Che
opinions OF the court, on the momen-
tous questions concerning the stan
dard oil and tobacco cases now uudcr
consideration.
In his earlier d,,ys Justice nreVer
camped regularly In thc Rocky noun
1ains and was fond OF out-d0or life.
BE WAS q member of the old Field
family, being a. nephew of the late
Justice stephen g. Field, and cyrus
w Field Justice Brewers death
raises a serious question as to the ac-
tion Of he court regarding the stan
dard oil and American Tobaccoscom-
panv suits and il is not improbable
Thai The cases viii have to be- re-tried
since there now remain hut seven iiis-
tees TO pass upon them Justice,
Moody not having participated in the
trials bv reason OF continued fitness.
Justice Rrewar was the one member
of the supreme court who was i'm al
most constant demand as "a lecturer
and after dinner speaker. He wus an
orator Of unusual ability. with Il
picturcsuue personage. "A rich rotund
voice ana "a command of strong and
powerful English he always held his
audiences until the last word Of his
oratorv had died away. He expressed
his opinions forciblv ana clearly on
anv subject unless for some reason
il might affect the pending decision
of the supreme court.
David i Brewer was born i'm
SMYRNA. Asia Minor. June 20. 1897.
the son OF Rev. Josiah and Adeliu
Field Brewer. He was graduated from
Yale university in 1886 and the Al