The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
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a1c1zssoaDs VIRGINIA
FELLOW JUSTICES
! HIS PALL-BEARERS
Funeral of John Marshall Harlan
Will Be Held Tuesday
Afternoon
Afternoon.


Washington. D. c., October 15.--rhe
funeral Of tho late Justice John Mar
shall Harlan. of the United States SUI
prcme Court, will be held here Tues.
day afternoon from the Now York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, with
which the late jurst had been long
and prominently identified. The fam
lily SO announced tonight. The pastor,
DR.. Wallace Radcliffe, will officiate at
the services. and the pail bearers win
be the eight members of the United
States Supreme Court. The interment,
which Will be private, will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery
AT the morning service at the church
to-day. DR.. Radcliffe paid warm trib.
ute to the dead jurist. After speak.
ing of Justice Harlan's long and prom
inent membership in the church, DIR.
Radcliffe said:
The nation mourns one of its great.
est citizens. the Judiciary one OF its
strongest pillars, the church of Christ
ana the Presbyterian Church especially
one OF Its most honored names. thi.
congregation tower of strength and
all of us one OF our best and most
devoted friends"
Almost innumerablc arc the ancc-
dotcs recalled by Justice IIarIan's init
mates. The jurist had keen sens.
OF hunor. Even when struggling with
complex problems. this appreciation OF
the humorous flashed out TO illumlnc
the situation. and he dearly rel,shed n
Joke to the end.
justice Harlan was very fond of tho
late Justice Peckham. The latter
twitted him about HIS Presbvteriau
predictions. and, In turn, was twittcd
about being Democrat. On one oc
casion Justice Harlan was explaining
10 his brethren on the bench that he
"ouid be forced 10 abscN hirusef
from court on the following day 60
attend Presbyterian conference.
You are such a good Presbyterian,
Harlan said Justice Peckham, that
1 uoii see why you are afraid TO die"
i wouldn't be afraid" responded
Justice Harlan, 1T were sure that
In the next world | would not turn up
at Democratic headquarters"
one day Justice Harlan was chew
ing TOBACCO In street car He thought
me window was open, but 1t was not.
10 apolosized to the conductor. Al
another time disorderiy individual
was creating a disturbance on the car
on which the justice was a passenger.
Why don't you put that man on
INQUIRED Justice iIaIan of the con-
ductor with some heat
u would be against the law re.
sponned the conductor TO tho noted
Judge
Got Many Samples.
justice Harlan chewed tobacco all
ms NE During the hearing before
tho supreme Court OF the tobacco
trust last spring. Justice Harlan told
one OF the tobacco trust" lawyers who
was addressing the court that all the
tobacco he bought these days was
either spoiled or aduiterated The
story was published and the justice re-
ceived samples OF chewing tobacco for
many weeks.
Ills fnvorlte exercise was golf one
on hole mn Chevy Chase links is known
az the Harlan hole because the Justice
made the hole one day In one stroke.
lie often played with Or. j. Mcbride
Stcrritt. retired clergyman ono
day sterritt prepared to tee off, but
missed the ball entirely. He looked
at the sphere for moment in disgust
without saying word
Doctor. that is tho most profanc
silence ever heard" remarked Jus
tice Harlan.