The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-30
BAR PAYS TRIBUTE TO
DISTINGUISHED MAN
Upright and Honorable Career OF Judge w lit
Commended by Sorrowing Friends -AlI
ity Courts losed.

High tribute to the memory OF Judge
samuel u. Witt was puil yestorday
morning al meeting OF the Richmond
bar. held in the iustinrs Court.
where Tor years he presided. Memo
rial addresses. delivered by Major
Beverly 7. Crump, Judge H. A. Wells
and roosevelt Page. We're followed by Il
sketch OF Judge wits life read bv
Nyndham X Meredith
The courtroom was nied with MO
ions friends ana associates Of .he dead
Jrrist, all OF whom gathered To express
personal srict over the death which
cost the city ana state Il faithful SER
want
judge George L. Christian. who pro
sided. named th. following committees
on resolutions. which druughtod triD-
ut's to Judge WIT james Cassic.
JUG Robert G. Sou5hall. w. Il Mere
ulth' Mayor D.. c Richardson. H. NJ.
smith. Jr Hill Carter. Charles 4 Nor.
rdiih. judge Il. H. Wells. Judge Bcv-
efly I. Crump. Judge r. Carter Scott.
John lfcArci William l.. Royal. Judge
Edmund Waddil Jr. Judge l.. l..
Lewis and Thomas T. Bryan
All city l:rN courts were closed aur.
ing tho hour OF the funeral. rho room
OF the Hastings Court have been araoe'i
.h BACK COPIES of the resolutions VIII
be presented To zach court in Itlchmona
'nat they may be spread upon the rec
sketch OF Ills Life.
The sketch read b. AIR Meredi,h
was as follows.
That the great loss which our nro.
iession ana the bench Of this city
has sustained iu the death OF Judge
Samuel 70 Witt is shared by .vnp,
one. Is stsikiuBiy evidenced by inc
tributes OF me prcss OF the state ana
CITY as we'll rs by the Spontaneous
expressions Of sorrow that falls from
the lips Of citizens OF every class A
whole community mourns his death
only tongue ass eloquent and pen
ass taciie as his own could make mani
fest the void created By the nbsence
OF samuel II Witt
70 others must be loft the task OF
giving an adequate account of his
varied talents and OF the many points
81 which he touched the life and In
ieresis OF this community ours is
the duty of depicting him as the law
yer and the Judge.
SON of Ministcr.
samuel Brown witt was the son Of
Rev Daniel VIII and Mary Ellen Gar
lick He was born ia Prince Edward
county in This stare an no 40 Az
of September 1870 ana 1to1 ~, w.,
Snrine.s Ark I'M ~ go
july. 1912 IN his slx,.-se.o,,, -
which mace no ,on,,o,.
hone of rostora,i,,, 49, noaI,n ~,
thor VS. ono ~ ,ba me, i,s,l.'.,,l.,,,'.,
pulpit orators, as Well as Beloved pas
tors. OF the Baptist denomination.
Dung Witt Inherited from i nlary
of his amlablo ouail,i.s ets
orstoricaI ,aIcn, Cor,ta, .'
city al AN o,r,, AZ. H.
MS education -, ptot~
where he was entered as s,nd.n,
lat tho session 1859. whist nur-
suing his academic studies ne soon
gained distinction at the college So
cicties for oloQuence ana power as Z.
debater. Many Of us can sim recall!
tho boylsh figure which served TO ac-
ccntuate that charm of manner b,.
which ne was distinguished through
out life Tho Richmond College law
department. from witch he graduated
tn 1872, contained the most learned
lawyer OF this or OF any Other bar
the late William Green Thus ,rainc,
and endowed With many talents winch
so to make the successful advocate
and lawyer Samuel - witt. from mo
outset met with professional success
lie spent about year I'm tn. Offices
OF Irving & Mckinney at Farmvllle.
tho former being tho late Judge Franz,
Irving and tho latter being Governor
Philip ~. Mckinney lie soon. how
ever returned to this city and entered
upon tho practice OF the law. forming
a partnership with his college in,i-
mate. James Caskie This firm cx-
listed for about fourteen years II
was dissolved by Judge Wits elcva-
tlon TO the bench for the term com
mencing January l. 1889.