The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-29
wife Finds Unconscious Body
1 on Bath Room Floor.
SICK FOR LESS THAN WEEK
Was Third Oldest In Point Of
Age and Years of Service on
United States Supreme Bench.
Considered Authority on Cor.
pOratiOn Law.

Washington, March 90. - Justice
David j. Brewer of the United States
supreme court died at his residence,
1923 Sixteenth street. Justice Brew
er had not been feeling Well for more
than a week, but he had not been
obliged TO take his bed. He had en-
joyed Easter with members of his
family and yesterday afternoon walk
ed ont to the office of his pin! sician.
He complained at the dinner table OF
feeling slightly worse, but his condi-
tion was not considered serious.
AT a little after 10 o'clock he told
Mrs. Brewer that he was going to
retire, and entered the bath room A
few minutes later Mrs. Brewer
heard him fall and, rushing to the
bathroom, found him unconscious.
Only the servants were in the
houe with Mrs. Brewer and she dis
patched one OF them to the home OF
Judge Ashley Gould OF the District Of
Columbia supreme court, who lives
next door to the Brewers. When
Judge Gould arrived physicians living
in the neighborhood had been sum-
moned Justice Brewer was carried
from the bathroom and laid on a bed,
but when the doctors arrived a few
minutes later he was dead. Apoplexy
was the cause of death.
The supreme court is now on it's
Easter recess. II will reconvene next
Monday, and undoubtedly will ad.
jonrn for at least a day out of re.
spect to the memory Of Justice
Brewer.
The death Of Justice Brewer will
be seriously felt by the court in its
consideration Of the Standard Oil
cases. Justice Brewer was regarded
as one o: the strong men in the
court in considering cases involving
corporation law. He wrote many i'm
portant opinions on this subject.
Justice Brewer was the third old.
est justice on the bench, Justice Har-
Ian and Chief Justice Fuller each be-
ing n years old. Justice Brewer was
four years their junior In regard to
length of service on the bench he
also stood third, having served for
almost 81 years.
Justice Brewer had been serving
on the bench actively up to the be-
ginning OF the Easter recess. He
had been feeling well up to the be-
ginning OF the recess, although re-
Gently he had been troubled with
deafness, which had worried him
considerably.
This is the second death on the
supreme bench in the present term.
Justice Peckham died early in the
term and was succeeded by Justice
Lurton. Justice Moody has been Ill
for several months and probably will
not be back on the bench this term.
This will leave a bench Of seven
members.
Justice Brewers death will be a
big loss to the nuSlic in other wavs
than as a member of the bench. He
was about the only member of the
bench who freely expressed his opin.
ion on large public questions. He
was particularly outspoken in his
criticisms OF the Roosevelt methods.
Dhflu Joslah biSMel nau pcSh
Justice OF the United States supreme
court for little more than 20 years
He was appointed by President Har-
rison In December, 1883, to succeed
Justice Matthews, and he yas sworn
In on Jan. 6, 1884 He was a stick
Ter for constitutional decisions ON
and OF the bench, and wrote many
important opinions. which were read
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