The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-29
JUSTICE BREWER FOUND DEAD
STRII MN WIN APOPLEXY IN
ms BATHROOW
Yer mere rhan m Years % the aapreme
Court Bench-A Judge In Kansas w
the sIA' rVS bays vale GraduAse o0
al Barn IN Asia Sslnsr Ia 1855.

the sta, err Bays-A vale GraduAse oG
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WAsRINoroS. March 2s.-Jr~sios David
J. Brewer OF the United States Supreme
Court died at IO3O o'clock tonight at his
residence. IacS sixteenth street. J,lstioe
Brewer had not b~cn feeling we'll for moro
than a week. but he had noa been Obliged
20 take to his bed. Ho had enjoyed
Eastcr with msmbers oG his family and
thu afternoon waIksd out 20 tho otsos
q his physician. He complained at the
dinner table Of feeling slightly worse.
Dut his condition was not considered
Orioua
AZ little after 10 O'Clock he told Mrs
Brewer that he WA going to retire and
entered the bathroom. A little later Mrs.
Brewer heard . noise a. 10 something
mad fallen in the bathroom. bat she took
no particular notice Of IL until her atten
uon was attracted q fsw minutes later
oy sounda Of heavy breathing. Rushing
20 the bathroom then she found her
husband lying on the floor unconscious
The Jussirs had undresss1 bsfoFs enter
ing the bathroom.
Only tho servants were In the hon -
With Mrs Brewer and she dispatched
one OF them 20 the homo Of Judge Ashley
Gould Of the District Of Columbia SUI
creme Court. Who lives next door to the
Brewers When Judge Gould arrived
physicians living in the nsighborhood
had oeen summoned. Justice Brewer
Sas carried from the bathroom and laid
q few minutes later he vas dead. Apo
pexy was the cause Of death. Justice
Brewers two daughters. Mrs. James
[ Carrick and Mrs. II. r. Judmore. who
i've IN Washington. wore summoned and
arrived shortly after the physicians
The Supreme Court n now on its Easter
rcoss Il will reconvone next Monday
and undoubtedly will adjourn for a. least
day out OF respect 20 the memory Of
Justice Brewer.
Tho death Of Justice Brewer will be
s1rlouSly foit by tie court in Lts con-
All, re- ton Of tho Standard Oil cases.
J'R'ice Brcwor wEs regarded a. one Of
tn strong mcn on tho court in consider-
'ns cascs involving corporation law.
He wrote many important opinions on
this subject. Amopg them the CONSOLE
dated Gas Company case
Justice Brewer was the third oldest
Justice on the bench. Justice Harlan and
Chief Justice Fuller each being n years
cd. Justics Brewer was four years their
JUNIOR In regard % length Of service on
the hench he also stood third. having
served for almost twenty -one Year,
Justice Brewer had been serving on
the eSnch actively up to the beginning
Of the Easter recess. He had bern feel
sI,hou,h ro,on,,v h.. had baco troubled
vr,,h ds,,nn.. whioh had worried him
,oas,Ior.hiv
Th,. 4. an, .e,ord dea,h ON the S,-
,,...r,,. 49,, h,,,,h an tho nrc..nt t..r,n
i,s,,,.. Po~kha-o d,.J s,rly an the term
and VA. succa. DEF bv Justic,, Lurton
L,-,;,. N,cI,,,, ha. ~, uI for .evcraI
r,on,hs nd DrohabIv viii not no back ON
49,. ho,,,h ths torn This gill Ic,ye a
,,.,ch ~ scveD ~. 'nI,.-.
soon .f,.r J,.,ica Rrawsr had d,,d
,,r4 "a. .au, 20 all 81 IN. r,eu,hpr. of
10 sunrcrns Court now In Wa.hInRfon.
s.,.r.I ~ ,heyn caI..,, n, ,h. ho,,.a nj
pr. ,1ni1ht 70 expr~aa their sorrow and to
o-o- rnair .~ryic.,- 90 tho widow and other
rsrrp~r, Of the Brewer family. IN.
Nrybt the marshal 81 tho Suprer,e
,-.,-- ,l-o was notified and immediately
ok rharge Of the funeral arranRements.
~ shou, midnight Coroner Dewitt
called Al the RrevSer hama and yt.yS cd the
t.,Iv In accordance with the formal re-
yytrcnents in case- 81 sudden death.
Ha ia.u.d A certificate that death was
DE N epoplexy. The arrangements for
: % funeral viii not be made untI to-
morrow
David JOSIAH Brewer hnd been a 1nstlc~
- the United States Supren" Court Tor
Ht'le more than twenty years n" ~ns
APPOINTED by President h1rr@pn IN
december. 100 TO succeed Jus''ce S'an'ey
Matthew's. and ne was sworn IN on jan
us-y O. 1880.