Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-06-01
Supreme Court Justice Died
Last Night in New Bruins
wick After Illness Extending
More Than Three Months.
WAS BORN 50 YEARS AGO
Successful Term on Bench,
Making Many Friends; Was
Rutgers Graduate; Received
Honorary Title of IL. D.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

epectdf 10 the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, June 1:-Su-
preme Court Justice Willard Pen
field Voorhees,, after an illness ex-
tending over a period of more than
three months, succumbed at his
home at S5 Union street, this city,
at 1890 o'clock last night Death
resulted from a complication of
diseases together with heart trouble.
The justice was sixty-three years old,
having been born in this city, July
2S, 1851. He had been afflicted with
the past four years caused him to
take to his bed often
The justice was a graduate of Rut-
gers College, securing his B. A. de-
gree in 1871 and taking his A M
degree in 1874. He received the
honorary title of LII. D., which was
conferred on him by the college after
his ascendency to the bench. He
married Sarah Rutgers Nelson, of
New Brunswick, March 1877, three
years after he began practicing as
an attorney. He received the title
OF counselor after successfully taking
the bar examinations for this dis
tinction in 1878.
He was appointed justice of the
supreme court by former Governor
Fort January 22, 1908, for term of
seven years. The appointment was
at once confirmed by the senate. His
term will expire next year. At the
time of his death he was director of
the New Brunswick Trust Company;
trustee of the E. E. Parker Memo
rial Home, Ruthgers College. He
was Republican in politics, a member
of the Presbyterian church and OF
the following clubs and societies
Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kap-
pa, New Brunswick Union Club New
York Athletic Club and the Holland
Society.
Before being elevated to the
bench as received he settled the af-
fairs of several large companies. He
was counsel in many important cases,
one of which was for the executors
of the estate of Christopher Meyer,
which involved litigation over Sc
100000. For number of years he
was one of the water commissioners
of New Brunswick, and throughout
his entire life took an active inter
est In public movements looking to
the promotion of the interests Of the
city. His supreme court circuit COM
pr1sed the counties of Monmouth, |
Burlington and Ocean, totaling a /
population of 1851
Mr.. Voorhees, is survived by a |
widow, a sister, who lives at Hast
ings-on-the-Hudson, and two half
brothers, DR.. Howard c. Voorhees, |
and Lawyer Clifford l. Voorhees,, of |
this city.
The funeral will be held at 3 |
o'clock Wednesday afternoon from
the First Presbyterian church in this
city, of which Mr.. Voorhees, had been /
organist. DR.. w. w. Knox will Off
ciate at the services. The funeral /
will be attended by lawyers generally
from this section and those from this
city will attend in body.
Judge DAILY, of the court of com
mon pleas, today appointed a COM
mittee of lawyers to attend the
funeral and prepare resolutions upon
the bereavement, as follows: Fred |
Weigel, Charles T. Cowenhoven,
James H. Van Cleef, Alan H. Strong,
w. E. Florance, Alfred S. March,
Thomas H. Hagerty and Russell E.
Watson, of this city; and Adrian
Lyon and Joseph E. Stricken, of
Perth Amboy. They will assemble
1T the surrogate's office at 1880
o'clock Wednesday afternoon to at
end the funeral. The flag over the
court house will be at half mast
Turing the funeral and when court is
adjourned today it will not be re-
opened until after the funeral.