The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-15
Associate Justice Har-
Ian Dies After Brief
Illness.
SUPREME COURT S
OLDEST MEMBER
For More Than Generation He
Had Served on Bench, His
Length of Service Being
Exceeded Only by That
of Marshall and
Field.
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Washing ton. d. c.. October I4..As.
ISOLATE Justice John Marshall Harlan.
who. near the close OF his already noted
career as A member OF the Supreme
Court of the United States. won new
fame as the great dissenter" by his
isola ted opinions in the STANDARD OIL
and American Tobacco cases died OF
acute bronchitis at his home here this
! morning at s:13 o'clock His last
words 10 those members of his family
who stood at his bedside were:
"Good-by. I am sorry I have kept
you all waiting so long"
| with him when ne said these words
were his two sons. James S. Harlan. OF
Chicago. and John Maynard Harlan; his
two daughters, Miss Laura Harlan and
Miss Ruth c. Harlan; the judges sec.
retar%. J. z. Hoover; his servant. James
Jackson. and the attending physicians.
DR.. Thomas A Clayton and DR.. b L.
Hardin. Another son DR.. Richard C.
Harlan. who is travelling In Europe
was cabled Wednesday of his fathers
illness and Is supposed to be on his
! way home.
Attack Comes Suddenly.
Justice Harlan apparently wae in
| the best OF physical condition when he
came from his vacation for the oman.
cold on Monday night, and on Tuesday
acute bronchitis, with fever developed
ne illness was not thought to be fata,
however until Thursday Yesterday a
relapse made 1t almost certain that he
could not survive. His family pa1..
cred at his bedside at o'clock this
morning. '"'e
The hrst message of condolences came
.onl PRESIDENT Taft. Hundreds OF
1
! read: isi'
Mrs John NJ. Harlan vwash,np,op
! me sad news has just reached m.
.ehoer my heartfelt sympathy in
your deep sorrow. The country ios.. =
sreat judge and Jurist and most n,
st'9uc and valuable servant. He WAS
! Irnia ana ehective soldier for the
( ~ IA the Civil War. His labors on
tnirty-four years. and exceeded ,hosn
u an. any other judge in its history.
May the memory of III. s.
mas rendered and the high place he
( mas neld in the hearts of his countr me
men helP to mitigate the blow "a vo,,
/ and your family 'ou
~ WILLIAM H. TAFT"
funeral Will be held on Tues.
Val. n 1usnces pastor. the Rev
J
YORK Avenue Presbyterian cburoh
oincia ting Interment will be in ~,
! Creek Cemetery oeh
! The Supreme Court viii, .d,.
/ day. on Mon
Ills Long Service.
justice Harlan served on the su-
piene Dench thirty-three years. ten
months and twenty-five days. and had
7
/, ecHpsed the records of Justice Eie,d
VINO served thirty-four wears civ
Z months and ten days. and CHIEF Inc
tee Marshall, who served thirtv-forr
years I'VE months and five DAYS
! justice Harlan was born in Bovls
county. KY. in 1872. When his nsre
/ ents christened him John Marshall
they named him for the Great Chief
/ Sustioe OF the Supreme Court. in the
nope tnat some day he might rise to
the position, which lie did hold ten,no-
/ rarily until the oath of Office had been
/ administered to Chief Justice Edward
| .. White.
Justice Harlan was, above ali,
things, independent In court he was
/ often an unfiinching minority of one
/ styles of dress would come and 20
| but the justice never deviated from
MS long black frock coat and SLOUGH
.
, and old-fashioned straw hat in sum,
mer. He was simple in his tastes
/. His home was always country home.
! He became a member of the Supreme
/ Court without a fortune. and at his
death left very small estate.
His devotion to duty was notable
An instance of this trait was evinced
| on Wednesday when. although appre
ciating his serious condition, he
/ pleaded with his physicians to be per
| mitted to attend the session of the
| them a case OF the utmost Importance
! necessitated his presence in the cham
! Der.
There was about him keen sense
! of humor not often met with in those
! of serious a. turn of mind. He
i. learned to chew tobacco when the
! practice was general in his State and
others. He never quit II. Once he
was referred to in a magazine article
as having borrowed chew from Jus
tice White. When he saw the article
he appeared angry and said:
I'D have the fellow that wrote that
! know 1T was White who borrowed the
+, chew from me-
To Appoint Firth Justice.
| With the death of Justice Harlan
the opportunity Is given President Taft
to select during his single term Of Of
| fee Ave members of the Supreme Court
! bench, or a majority. Such duty has
{ fallen to no President since Washing
ton formed the court in 1870. In ad
/ dition, President Taft has named tho
Chief Justice of the tribunal
! Gossip as TO who is likely to be ap-
] pointed to succeed Justice Harlan was
heard within few hours of his de-
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