The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-07-28
Prominent Honolulu Lawyer
Rlunpes From Bridge In iBaIti-
more and Is Killed
DETAILS or ACCIDENT ...
LACKING IN cABkEsRAN
Deceased Was Well Known As
Legal Counsellor and Promoter
as5 Of Amusemepts aRdlti

O., Alfred Magoop r.. met tragical
death yesterday in Baltimore.
Neys was received by ]. II. Magoon,
in q cable late last night from his SIS
ter, Mrs. Tyler, wife OF bieut. Orville
N. Tyler, Fourth Cavalry, stationed AZ
Schofeld Barracks, now on leave in the
mainland, that their father fen from 4
bridge and died at nine o'clock last
night. The message read; FiI tN7
Father died at nine O'Clock tonight.
Fell from bridge Have Office closed.
Mother and start home immediately, 4,
just how the accident occurred, can,
not be stated. Mr.. Magoon's son last
night said that very likely Mr., Magoon
vas ont sightsseeing and in some wav
fell from the bridge to his untimely
denth. 4 Ai4sit L. Z . "a Xxx
Mr. Magoon left Honolulu in the
Wilhelmina on May IL for San Fran.
cisco, accompanied by Mrs. Magoon and
their daughter, Mrs. Tyler, and the lat
ter's husband. They toured California
and then began to visit the larger cities
elsewhere in the mainland. In addi-
tipn to the pleasure trip, Mr.. MagooD
went to Washington. where he attend
ed to some important legal matters. \
Expected TO Return In December &
The Magoon party expected to re.
turn to Honolulu+in December II is
expected that the body Of the de-
ceased will be brought 10 Honolulu for
burial. Funeral arrangements will
only be made after the return Of Mrs
Magoon and her. daughter. They should
reach here by the middle of August,
IL not earlier. JET ~ I
The string of theaters operated by
the Honolulu Consolidated Amusement
Company, OF which the deceased was
president and treasurer, and practical.
ly owner, win be dark today and to-
night, out Of respect to Mr.. Magoon, .
memory. - ..f ~ = - ~
:Letters received by, members Of the
family from the Magoon party yester.
day related how much they. were en-
jeying themselves and that all were
happy and well and looked forward to
the next few months' stay in the main
land with pleasurablet anticipation.
Their homecoming would be all the
happier, they said. because Of the en-
ioyment they were having during their
trip 2%.E.r -, p.
Survived By Large Family '.. -a'f
In addition, to the. widow, six SONS
and daughters survive the deceased,
who was a kind and indulgent husband
and father and friend we'll thought
of in professional and private circles.
The children are. ~
John Henry Magoon, Familiarity
known as LAM" manager of the
Honolulu Consolidated Amusement
Company of this city; Mrs Kamakia
Kipling, Alfred X. 'Magoon, Eton H.
Magoon, who left yesterday morning
In the Matsonia for the mainland, be
fore news of the death Of his father
arrived here; Mrs. Catherine Hustaee,
Marmion NJ. Magoon, who is in charge
of the Magoon ranch in Kona, Hawaii,
and Mrs Tyler.
John Alfred Magoon was born in
Des Moines, Iowa, July %, 1858, and
was ffty-eight years and four days
old. He graduated from the law
school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and
came to Hawaii about thirty FIVE years
ago, the last thirty years of which he
Ind been a law practitioner in all the
courts of the Territory. In 1898 he
was appointed a circuit Judge of the
Territory. In politics Mr.. Magoon
was a Republican.
Among Leading LAWYERS
During his long law career here Mr..
Magoon handled some Of the biggest
litigations, both criminal and civil,
carried on in the Islands. He special.
lied in land and estate matters, and
was a tenacious and strenuous fighter
in the handling of his law cases and
business. He died comparatively a
rich man, although he was poor boy
when he landed in Hawaii! s3.'-
Mr.. Magoon was an old member of
Harmony Lodge No. 8, Independent
Order of Odd Fello&s, of this city,
with which he had been affiliated for
more than a quarter of a century past.
He was treasurer of the lodge for about
fifteen years and always retained
keen and active interest In the wei.
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