New-York tribune., 1911-10-16
JUSTICE HARLAN MOURNED
Funeral VIII Be Held Tomorrow
from Washington Church.
BURIAL WILL BE PRIVATE
Members of Supreme Court To
Be Pallbearers-Many Anec-
dotes of Dead Jurist.

/ Washington. Oct 1.-THE funeral OF
Justice John Marshall Harlan. Of the
| United States Supreme Court, will be held
| here Tuesday afternoon from the New
/ York Avenue Presbyterian Church. with
which Justice Harlan had been long ana
prominently identified The family so an
nounced tonight. The pastor. the Rev
Dr.. Wallace Radcliffe. will oiiciate at the
services. and the pallbearers VIII be the
| eight members OF the United states su-
preme Court The burial, which VIII be
private. will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
At the morning service at the church TO-
day DR. Radcliffe paid warm tribute 70
the dead jurist. After speaking OF justice
Harlan's long and prominent memDeFSiiP
in the church, DIT. Radcliffe SAID:
The nation mourns one Of its greatest
citizens, the judiciary one OF Us 81 ~, pSos
DiIlars the Church Of Christ. and tne Ilco.
tytertan Church especially. one OF lls nus lll1oe
hOnored names this congregation ~. ~.
OF strength and al or us one ol Ou- S~''
and most devoted friends.
Almost innumerable are the anecdotes re-
called BY Justice Harlan's intimate irlehuS'
The jurist had keen sense OF huuhor.
Even when struggling with complex iesai
problems this appreciation Of the humorous
flashed oft TO ulumine the situation. ana
he dearly relished a joke to the end.
rwitted About His Religion.
Justice Harlan was very fond Of the late
Justice Peckham The latter man t"itted
him about his Presbyterian predictions
and in turn was twitted about being
Democrat on one occasion Justice Har-
Ian was explaining 70 his brethren on the
bench that he would be forced 10 absent
himself from court or the following day TO
attend q Presbyterian conference
You are such a good Presbyterian. Har-
an," said Justice Peckham that I don't
see why you are afraid to die"
81 would not be afraid" responded JUS
tice Harlan, ~ I were sure that in the
next world I would not turn up at Demo-
cratic headquarters.
Justice Harlan resented story that he
was in the habit of borrowing tobacco from
Chief Justice White.
Il never borrowed "A chew from White in
my life said Justice Harlan. White al
ways borrows from me-"
At one time a disordery individual was
causing a disturbance on the car on which
the Justice was 4 pdSSelEeTs
why don't you put that man OFF, in
dured Justice Harlan OF the conductor
with some heat.
1T would be against the law responded
the conductor 70 the noted jurtst.
Justice Harlan chewed tobacco all his
life. During the hearing before the Su-
preme Court Of the Tobacco case last
spring Justice Harlan told one Of the cor
poration's lawyers who was addressing the
court that all the tobacco he bought these
days was either spoiled or adulterated. The
story was published. and the justice re-
ceived samples II chewing tobacco for
many weeks.
His favorite exercise va. golf. One hole
on the Chevy Chase links Is known as the
Harlan hole. because the justice nade the
hole one day in one stroke.
Messages Of Coincidence.
Scores Of messages Of coincidence were
received at the Harlan home in TINS CITY
to-day. In q telegram 70 Mrs. Harlan e@-
President Roosevelt said:
An American citizens are hts debtors
and we are better men because he lived
Among others who sent condolences we're
Colonel Henry Watterson, former Vice
President and Mrs. Fairbanks and Attor-
ney General Wickersham.
In telegram from Kearney. Neb.. VIII
lam J. Bryan paid the following tribute 10
Justice Harlan:
Justice Harlan was one of the best JurlstS
of this genera ton. and his name VIII be
more and more revered as the people learn
Of tho fidelity he has shown 70 their rignIS
and interests. His death was a great loss
10 this cOuntry.
Lexington. Ky. oct lj.-Justice John VI.
Harlan who is dead i'm Washington. was
.ooked on by Kenuckians as the states
greatest son OF this generation. When the
death Of Justice Harlan was told 20 him at
Richmond. former United States Senator
lanes b. McCreary. d lifelong friend Of the
iurist. said
Tho death of so great man nils me with
grisf and i'm his death Kentucky loses one
of tL. Greatest men ever born IN the state.