The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-09-26
DETAILS OF THE DEATH
Of THE LATE JUDGE GEORGE

, In giving the particulars of the
death of Judge r. r. George, formerly
of this city, brief account of which
appeared in the Banner at the time,
the Seattle, (Wash.) Daily Times has
the following particulars:
Judge r. r. George, for twelve years
a justice of the peace and for the first
four years of that period police judge
for Seattle, was caught in an elevator
in the Lyon Building at 9:40 o'clock
last night and was so severely injured
that he died at the City Hospital at
$3.50 o'clock this morning
Hurrying toward his law offices on
the fourth floor of the building, Judge
George started to enter the elevator
when it suddenly shot up toward the
roof. He was caught between the
floor of the elevator and the shaft
wall, carried nearly to the second floor
where the wire-glass partition bulged
outward and his body was dropped in
to the elevator pit, falling thirty-five
feet to the bottom.
The injured man was hurried to the
| City Hospital where a hasty exam
| ination showed that he was suffering
| from broken arm, broken leg, frac-
tured skull, broken rib, numerous
bruises and cuts, and possibly from
internal injuries. He regained con-
sciousness and told the story of the
accident, his account agreeing with
that of A. l.. Beckwith, the 54-year-old
elevator operator Beckwith, who
resides at 1918 Sixty-seventh Avenue,
was so unnerved that he tainted four
times during recital of the story to
the police.
As Judge George was entering the
elevator, Beckwith says he reached
for the door to close it after the law
yer, and in doing so his hand acci
dentally struck the starting lever and
the car shot upward. Judge George
told of the sudden starting of the ele
vator and his inability 10 get either
into or out of the car. He recalled the
sensation as he was crushed against
the sides of the elevator shaft and the
shock as he struck the bottom of the
well. Then he lost consciousness, tC
revive again after he entered the hos
pital.
Throughout the night attending
physicians kept the injured man undel
J the influence of anaesthetics and a
the time of his death DR., Il. Weidoi
! Young and DR.. b, d. Forbes were a
} his bedside His condition was 81
: critical that a complete investigation
! OF his injuries had not been attempt
i. ed.
Judge George had only reentered tn
+ practice of law this year, following
+ twelve years in judicial service Ill
. was a candidate for Judge of the su
perior court last fall and made re
: markable run, in view of the fact tina
. he was contending against nine judge
already on the superior court benc
Il and others we'll advertised and wei
organized. He was one of the eigf
teen candidates on the non-partisa
ballot.
Judge George was prominently mel
toned as a candidate for county cler
fourteen years ago, but in the Repul
lican convention of 1900 he was name
as one of the candidates for justic
of the peace and elected in the Noven
ber elections of that year. AS soon
L he qualified, Mayor Thomas j. Hume
y designated him as police Judge to SUI
+ ceed Justice Il. II. Cam. When n
Y elected in 1902, Mayor Humes agai
u appointed him police judge and h
II held the office until 1905, when Mayo
u r. A. Ballinger appointed Judge Joh
L. b. Gordon to succeed him and Judg
o George was assigned to handle MOI
s of the civic business that comes b
y fore the justice courts. He RENAME
n the senior justice hearing much
'r the civil business until he left Il
c, bench at the beginning Of the presel
yeai.
As police Judge George was know
as hard worker and he set up