Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-01
AND STATE
COURTS HONOR
MEMORY OF
STAAB
Impressive Memorial Services
for late Probate Judge; Law
yers Pay Tribute of Love
and Respect.
NOTABLE ADDRESSES
FROM BENCH AND BAR

/ tthiA tNit MORNING nA intiunr OF
] uoth bench and bar.
4 Almost every lawyer In BcrnalilIu
/ county, together with Federal Judge
I vs., ~. Pope and the attorneys here
attending tho United States court,
/ were present whom court convened
! with judge faynolds presiding al no
] this morning.
4 ON behalf of tho bar association
4 Attorney ~ y. Stroup. chairman Of
tho committee. read the formal rcgo-
buttons adopted by the bar ussocia-
/ ton.
4 Following tho reading. Attorney
+ Isaac Barth delivered AN eloquent eu-
J logy on the life ~ Judge Stnab
Z Mr. Barth WAS followed by Judge
] Pope in "a notable address ln which
De paid slowing tribute 60 Judge
Stnub both az "a man and "a lawyer.
Short addresses were made by
/ Thomas y. WilkcrsOn. United states
, District Attorney hurkhnrt. George &.
+ kluCk. Probate judge Burg. a. B.
Iamia0n. John W. Wilson and Mo-
desto e.. Ortiz. an al thorn breathing
love and esteem for the late probate
judge and tCstifying tu the high re-
spoct in which ne was universally
held hy the members of his chosen
Profession
The exercises CLOSED with an ad-
dInss from the bench hy District
Judgc Hefbert r. Raynolds. Judge
Mr.. stuab. both had spent almost
their entire lives In New Mexico. had
attended the same school the same
college and finally had graduated
from thc same law school, so that %
was with broken voice and tear
paid the fiunl tribute to his comradc
whose uuumcy death had cast a
shadow of gloom over the entire legal
I fraternity.
when court adjourned for the day
Judge Reynolds announced that the
Z adjournment was ouf OF respect for
I tho memory of Judge Staab. a SINH
7 lar announcement was made by
judge Pope Ia tho United states dis
trict court
Following is the text OF the reso-
luiiVns which were ordered spread on
/ the records of the district court;
I To the Honorable Court of the Scc-
ond judicial District, and the bar
Association of Bcrnalillo County:
We, your committee. duly appoint
ed ana instructed 90 prepare "A me
mortal commemorative OF our late ass
soclate. Judge Julius Stnub. beg leave
to submit the following:
within the two years last past the
grim messenger has come into our
midst with startling frequency. On
tho 21th day uf August, 1913. at
Constance. switzerland. the summons
Wns served upon Julius Staab. vino
but "a foW days before had filed his
resignation ass probate judge OF this
county In the prime of lie, stand
ing where munhoud's morning almost
touches noon, while yet the fhaduWa
/ Zen toward the west, loved and hon
|urCd hy "a large circle of relatives.
friends and brethren iu the legal
profession he l1id down his earthly
cares and cmploymctts and answered
the call
! Air Staab was bonn Ia Santa l'o,
~ NJ. thirty-niUc years ago. lie was
educated ia tho elementary ana gram
mar schools of Santa Pc VA tHe pre-
paratury school of Swarthmore uni
Ncrsity Pa: m Harvard university
and Columbia Law school, After
graduation hc began the practice OF
law in Chicago whore he remained
for two years. lie Then returned 90
his native st"tc ANA opened an office
in Albuquerque whore for several
years he served as assistant district
attorney under the Hon. Frank W.
clancy. In 1871. at the first clec-
ton under statehood. hc was elected
probate Judge for Bornallllu county,
an office which he held until fail
ing health compelled his resignation
/ hut "a foW duys before has death. A.
citizen, lawyer ANA judge he mcritci
and received the respect OF an cntiro
community and prior to his death
was becoming well known through
cut the commonwealth Since life Is
but a narrow vale between the cold
and barren peaks OF two ctornitics, ,
and in thnt "To live in hearts we
leave behind d. not 60 die" wc con
udoutlv sny ho has but fallen into
drcamloss sleep oycn though we know
his human form has passed. 40 silence
ana pathetic dust.
Ia Wow of this bereavement and In
contemplation of tho suddeuncss with
which our circle has been broken on
different occasions. is q not Wcll for
each to apply to himself tho Thought
expressed in Thonltopsis hy William
Cullcn Bryant
"Yot few days and thee
The an boholdng sun shall see no
moro
In ol'his course, nor got In the cold
ground
Where thy palc form was laid with
many tears.
Nor Ia the embrace OF ocean shall cx-
lst
Thy image"
" Il not well that we take 10 heart
.'f''. " ''''f'ttAfh NA'liiH WV t''f ~ no
truth, that,
AS tho long train ~ ngcs glidos away.
The sons of mon.
Tho youth IN lifo's green spring and
ne who goes
In the fun strength 81 yoars. matruu
ana maid
Tho spocchloss babe. and the gray
headed man
shall ono by oac be gathered 10 thv
side
| by those who IN their turn shall fol-
low them"
Mcditating on these truths. we AFRO
brought face to face with the pro-
Ihlom az tho ngce whence came We
mud WHITTIER are we hound7 Mnu
has ever been n seeker Of truth hi
this 0uesl he has gone out into tn
highways ana the bywavs into IN,
deep valleys ana over the high noun
tuins of reason and thought. If faith
land hope ana revelation ana az q
reward has accumulated much VIE
dom OF art and science ana phiiloso