Evening journal., 1911-11-15
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Tie That Bound a Great
Lawyer and a Great Judge
BY Holland.

In the early forties of the last cen
tury one-ef the members of the junior
class at Yale College, Alexander b.
Johnson. sent to his father at Utica,
New York, statement Of the expenses
that he had incurred at Yale in his
junior year and a request that money
be sent him so that he could meet
these obligations before the summer
vacation began.
In reply, the father, who was dis
tinguished financier and had as his
maternal ancestor the sister OF John
Adams, second President of the United
States, wrote.
Il have been comparing your eX-
penses for this year with the accounts
which you rendered TO me for the pre-
ceding year, | find my son, that 1t
has been considerably more expensive
for you ii live at Yale in your junior
year than il was i'm your sophomore
year. ] do not want TO curtail you in
any reasonable expense, but before
send you the money to pay these bills,
some of which you simply include un-
der the item personal expenses you
should send me some explanation for
the increase
In reply the young man wrote 10 his
father that on the whole his expenses
at Yale for the junior year were only
in a slight degree greater than they
had been In his sophomore year. But
he continued. there entered college
last fall a young man to whom | was
greatly attracted | became acquainted
with him | learned that he was very
poor and that he expected to pay his
own way through college by taking
any kind OF work that offered.
Il took it upon myself to see that
the young man secured some employ
ment and | also have been able to aid
him considerably out of my own
pocket | am certain that this interest
in him will be fully justified, for
think he has intellectual and moral
qualities which will enable him to
make a very great career after he has
left college. His name is Charles r.
Southmayd, and | feel sure, father
that you will approve my efforts to
assist this worthy student
Years later, when Charles f. South
mayd had become a member of the
famous law firm of Evarts, Southmayd
& Choate. and was looked upon by the
legal Paternity as being fully as able
and profound a lawyer as either Will
liam N. Evarts or Joseph H. Choate
and Alexander b. Johnson had gained
reputation as one of the ablest fed
eral judges Of his time, the two men
met for the first time since their col
lege days. The meeting occurred in AL
bany, n. Y, whittier Mr.. Southmayo
had gone to argue a case before the
Federal Circuit Court. which included
Albany in its jurisdiction. Judge John
son afterwards a member of New
Yorks highest COURT was on tho
bench when Mr. Southmayd took hi:
place at the lawyers table. A fash O
! recognition passed over the Judge:
countenance; he left the bench and
| going over to MIR, Southmayd, tool
him by the hand and led him into hi
private room.
A few minutes later. when they re
turned to the court room, both tn
! great advocate and the great iudg
showed evidences Of deep emotion;
was apparent to all that in their brie
retirement they had touched upo
some incident in their careers whic
was held by each in affectionate re
membrance. But what that inciden
was remained a mystery until afte
the death of Judge Johnson, when
among his family papers and CORES
pondencc was found the letter to hi
father in which he. had confessed tha
he had been helping poor colleg
friend, Charles T.. Southmayd by name
to put himself through Yale
Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. AL
rights reserved)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell 0
~ Senator aud His EccentriCity q
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