Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-06-30

JUSTICE A. B. HAGNER.
| Alexander Burton Hagner associate
! justice of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia from 1879 to 1902,
regarded as one of the ablest jurists
who ever occupied seat on any bench,
died this morning at 10 o'clock, at his
home. 1918 H street northwest, follow
ing an illness of about two weeks.
Justice Hagner would have reached
his eighty-ninth birthday had he lived
until July IS. About two weeks ago
| he complained of feeling bad, and
| last week he suffered a stroke Of
| paralysis. from which he never re-
| covered. He had been subject to such
| strokes during the last several years.
| Death was ascribed to complication
! of diseases. Last night he took a turn
! for the worse. and it was stated at the
| home early this morning that he prob
| ably would not live through the day.
Although his death was thus expected,
it came very suddenly at 10 o'clock.
| He was attended in his last illness by
| DIR. Henry r. Elliott, the family ply
, stefan. and consulting physicians were
| called in at various times.
| Funeral services have not been ar
| ranged, but interment will be in the
| family plot in Oak Hill cemetery, where
| his wife, who died in 1905, is buried.
orc or sisters he heing tho last ~ bis
aanar,.;a., H. IL; s,,r,,i,ed b., many
nanhnrss and ni.ces in yario,s narta
of the country. The Hagner family is
prominent in this city. Among the i'm
mediate survivors in Washington are
two nieces, Miss Frances Hagner and
| Mrs. Francis Worthington. and neph-
49, -. ~ .rraes ,n,,haus ,,.ho s,,rv;ve
/ Justice Haener include DR.. Frank Hae
ner, Randall H. Hagner, Miss Isabelle
! Hagner. Charles Hagner. Paymaster
Ihomas Hagner' l. .. NJ ana i'operl
Doose Hdshe3
| N. p..a;ro5 With Sorro,
|
The death of Justice Haener was called
! .o ~ ,++a,,io, If the .ssoci,+e i.,.tices
% VIZ 49,,
Vi tiic DiSei c' supreme Soui. ny No'
justice CCvlNgton at meeting OF the
general term this afternoon 1t was agreed
that as the courts are adiourninp TO-DAY
|
loF the summer RECESS meeting OF the
bench and bar will be called early in
| October to take appropriate action to ex-
| nrsss b,- ,asolr.;o,s and in cnaacbas ~
| eulogy the high regard in which Justice
| Hapner was baId not only for his Legal
attainments but for his ioyaLle disnosi-
fiou nd r,erSonal chs ra 1T ariatf.
| Tho ,ews Of tho death NJ Justice HOG
ner was received with deem regret nv his
| former associates and Nv the bar and
| employees at CITY hall kindly renem
| ORANGES of his service on the bench for
| nearly a quarter century were freely ex
| pressed
Born Here in 1926.
Justice Hasner was born in this city
,,a,. u.ar -. 80 -,
| Philadelphia, Pa, October l. 1772. and
who died in this city July 1G, 1850. Peter
| Hagner was appointed by President
| Monroe, in March. 1917, third auditor
| of the Treasury. that appointment be-
ing the hrst to that ONCE IL Is pointed
OUT 'hat c.Ir iias nei 't.
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OF the sor1i i.i.'e.t VI ne ,. %. .es
JustlHe fiasnei ilosnei VS. riahces
fanaa!,, VINO e, " ds ma iisu 10 Ie'eI nag
ner In iso'- ane was dauehte, OF John
Ranoaii, an oiiieer OF the leroiu'Iohary
war, VINO was APPOINTED ny zen WASH
lnton as me hrst coiiec.or OF the port
OF. Anhapoils, Md: Justice Hagner
mother cleo May To- 1906 at the age OF
fnl.;ca sei itasnar altar ATTENDING, wi,
waite schools IN Washing ION and George
town. was graduated at princeton Col
IeSe IN 1859. he read la" III the once
OF his uncle. Alexander Randall, in An
napolis. Nd. and entered In legal CO.
partnership with him in that place,
which continued until 1876, when Mr..
Randall retired. from practice and his
son. j. Writ Randall. took his place.
Early jim 1879 Alexander y. Hagner was
! appointed an associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the District of CO.
lumba. and returned to. this city to re-
side.
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