Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-10
TO THE MEMORY OF
SQUIRE KNOWLES
The Brief Addresses Delivered by
the Hons. D. c. Chase and
J. L. Kamrar.

The Hamilton county bar assocla
zion held a memorial session In the
court room few days ago in honor
of the late Percival Knowles and
appropriate resolutions were adopt
ed, which were published in these
. columns. Hon. D. G. Chase, chair
man of the committee on resolu-
lions, offered the following observa-
tions:
In moving the adoption of these
resolutions, wish to say as mem
Der of the bar that have been init
mately associated with Mr.. Knowles
for a good many years, and feel a
personal sense of loss in his death.
AS is said in these resolutions,
Mr.. Knowles has been one of the
oldest members of this bar, and,
while he had not practiced great
deal in this court, still he was a man
of rare attachments, possessed a
mind judicial in its character, and
had a great knowledge of the prin-
ciples of the law, and if he had
seen fit to enter the field as an ad-
Vocate. there is no doubt but what
he would have taken high rank in
that regard; but it is not so much
as member of the bar professional
ly that I desire to speak of him at
this time as of his character as
man. I think it can be said truth
fully that although Mr.. Knowles
had been in this community for a
great number of years, and held this
Office, as he did continuously for
nearly forty years, he didn't have a
single enemy. He was a gentleman
of the old school, a man who never
said anything evil against his neigh
Dor, never criticised harshly any
body else; and for that reason, when
he died, he died respected by every
one, and, as I say, without anybody
in any way. And, after all. when
we come to consider this matter, a
man certainly can't leave anything
behind him anything more valuable
than the simple fact that he lived
life of forty years in one commun-
ity, and was faithful and true, was
loyal and honest.
Mr. Kamrar: Forty-five years, Mr..
Chase.
Mr. Chase: Forty-five years. And
had no enemy. 1t is monument
that very few men do leave; 1t is a
monument that we might say. in
the words of Horace, sis more last
ing than any bronze" that could be
erected over his grave; and I think
that that is strictly true with Mr..
Knowles. Every duty that came to
him in life was faithfully fulfilled,
as was every trust that was impos-
ed upon him.
EARLY in his career, he went into
the army, and, although he was a
man who was modest, and never
mentioned his earlier record, never
had anything to say about what he
did there, yet it is true and his in
innate friends know that no man
ever had better record on the field
of battle than Percival Knowles.
Very few of his friends knew that
all through his life he carried bull
let wound through his lung, which
ne received in battle. Some days
ago | was conversing with gentle
man who knew about this circum
stance who said that when he re-
ceived that wound in battle, he was
taken with lot of other wounded
men into a place, and they were
practically given up to die; and Col.
Clark, who was great friend of
Mr.. Knowles, and the families were
intimate, heard something said, and
sent out his orderly to look up and
find out where he was and the Or
DERBY went into this place where
these men were lying, practically
beyond any help, as it was suppos-
ed, and found Mr.. Knowles with this
terrific wound. reading magazine
that he had got somewhere before.
and went back and reported this
thing to the Colonel.
Such things as that show that the
man had a mind that could rise
above physical pain, and that he was
of that type of hero. And these
things, | say, are rare enough and
unusual enough to demand a spec
ial admiration; and it is true that
although he had that record behind
him, and although he showed that
bravery in battle, he was a man who
never even mentioned thing of
that kind to his most intimate
friends. 1t is true that in every