Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-27
]. ALFRED 'NAG00ADIFs; MSUl10f'
FALL FROM BRIDGE in BALTIMORE

4 bIfOuk RIOuQ0e an dOuIeSSeS OeIOIe To-
cal organizations, on the question OF
Temperance, declaring himself In ia
yor or abolition OF the liquor traffic.
He was an enterprising businessman
outside of his law practise. Among
other industrial enterprises in which
he shared he was one Of the pioneers
in the steam laundry industry Of Ho-
| nolulu.l -
Appointed circuit judge of the
first circuit in 1898, under the Repubs
1 lie, he made q good record on the
bench, but sOo4 voluntarily retired
and, did not seek the position under the
| territOfy. Besides this the only public
| office he ever held was that Of clerk
to the legislature in the special ses-
sion Of 1887 and the regular session
| Of 1883. p.sss. -
Stood High in Profession. q
Magoonss reputation as an attorney
was an excellent ono and some Of the
biggest criminal ard civil htigations
in the territory were handled by him.
Land and estate matters, however,
were his specialties. He was an ac-
tive member of Harmony Lodge No. 3,
]. o. o. f, being affiliated with that
Organization Cor nearly "a years. He
was well known throughout the ter
ritory and leaves a host of friends who.
will mourn his death.
HE Earlier Memoirs = ~
In q local sketch published in 1892.
Mr. Magoon was described in part as
| follows: This gentleman is ris-
| ing young attorney Of Honolulu
whose standing. :. IN 1.-THE community
and among the legal fraternity Is due
| to- his own ambition, determine ton
and perseyering efforts. Mr.. Magpon'
comes from the stock il, whom these.
characteristics are frequently 1otice-
able. His father comes OF q good old,
Puritan family of Maine, and has by
a life Of industry and frugadty acep-
INFLATED q comfortable competence
which he. is now, in the dining
years of his life, enjoying IN quiet;
and unpreter tious way IN. Honolulu.
THE traits Of his father are. IA.
herited by the subject Of this sketch,
who is, in the strictest sense, q self.
made man. He was born IN Algona,
Kossuth county, Iowa, on the % day
of July, 1858. While still an infant
hts parents returned to their home In
Maine. where they lived until the
boy was nine. years of age, when the
father emierated to California; and
was subsequently joined by his wife
and son. Mr.. Magoon's early youth
was passed in Calffbrnia, where he
received good education, and, gradu.3
ated from Heald,s Business College In
1874. He then followed various .ocss
equations, principally that Of book
keeper and spent some time in the
office of the Santa Rosa democrat, !
and learned the printers trade. He
Whss also engaged for q while IN the 4
lumber region Of Mendocino county.
John AIaeoon and his wife. principally
on account Of, the formers falling
health came to Honolulu in 4 sac; !, and
upon the signing of the reciprocity I
treaty between the United States and !
Hawaii the subject OF this sketch
joined his parents in Honolulu, Soon
after bis arrival be secured the posi- ]
ton of boollkeeper on the Waialua]
plantation, and; having already de-
cided upon the law as iliE profession,
be occupied his leisure time in pre-
liminary readings At the expiration
of "a year, young NIagoon returned to
Honolulu, and entered the law office
Qf Benjamin If Austin. = afterwards
associate justice Of the supreme
conrt, whereF ne remainedi about a
year, when his finances being de. 4
pressed, he took position as deputy
sheriff at Makawao, Maui. AS such
he had a rcpgh and exciting experi.
ente. and finally returned TO dis posi-.
ton at the Paia plantation, Maui. !dT.
Magoon had meanwhile continued his
legal sfSSs; and ii is83khe left Ha.
wall for AMI Harb0r, Mich, where
he devoted bis ientipe time thereto,
and In 1856 was graduated from that
Institution. He then returned to Ho-
i1olulu, and was admitted Il, the bar.
Here heat first met with the dis.
ecuragement which often attends a
young lawyers first efforts; but, by
perseverance, and energy. he finally
sbcceeded in building upsa satisfne- |
tory, criminal business, which has
continued to grow; and he is INV
doing good general offIcespractise. |
Mr.. NJ aso0n has ceumula1e.i sconsid- |
cradle in his profession anil BY juajc- |
iods Investments. and he has thus
been freed from the financial annoy
ances to which young attorneys bern. |
ming life without capital are; usually !
Odd Fellows MOURN Active sMemhes
q Mr.. MagOonss death is uiourned BY |
the local Odd Fellows. He was a !
member 81, Harmony Lodge and If l
Hclypesia Encatnp suent and for Years |
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