The sun., 1916-09-17
GEN. DUKE, MORGAN
RAIDER, DIES HERE
One Of Last Confederate Brig
adiers Ends Days at Pres
byterian Hospital.
LOUISVILLE BAR LEADER
Declined Federal Judgeship
Offered by RoOsevelt-His
Advice on Defence.

Gen. Basil Wilson Duke Of Louisville.
Ky. one of the last of the Confederate
brigade commanders. leader Of Morsan's
Raiders after Gen. John II. Morgan
was killed In 1854. died yesterday at the
Presbyterian Hospital.
He came TO New York in August. ex
pecting 10 spend a few week in the
Catskills. but an Infection Of the right
foot developed md he was taken to the
hospital. His condition vas complicated
by hardening Of the arteries. His right
leg had to be amputated. and as the
General was - years old he did not
rally from h shock. His daughter,
Mrs. Wilbur X. Mathews Of this city
was constantly at his bedside. The body
will be taken TO Louisville to-day.
Gen. Duke was born In Scott county.
Kentucky. on May 20, 1888. His par
Currie Duke. He attended Georgetown
tKy.) College. Danville (ky.) College
and a Law school in Lexington. was deer
10 the practice Of law at the age Of 81
and a member Of the Kentucky I.egis.a
ture when the civil war started.
Marries MoPgan's sister.
Delaying only long enough to be mar.
ried to Miss Henrietta Hunt Morgan. n
sister Of Gen. Morgan, he Joined Nor.
gan's cavalry n was Morgan's chief
lieutenant In the historic exploits Of the
raiders until the command devolved upon
him when his leader was shot. He
served until the end OF the
After the war he became a leader OF
the Louisville bar and was an attorney
for the Louisville n Nashville Railroad
for more than twenty years. Gen. Duke
was Commonwealth Attorney for the
Fifth judicial district of Kentucky from
1875 to 1880 and for many years was
commander Of Shiloh Military Park. He
published "A History Of MorGan's Cav.
airy In 1857 trevised In 1880 His.
tory OF the Bank Of Kentucky" in 1895
and his "reminiscences In 1911.
Gen. Duke. who was a Democrat, had
q habit of avoiding political preferment
At a Jefferson dinner in Washington ir
1903 he made a speech in which he said
Among the men on the other side
there is none whom I would rather trus'
tina Theodore Roosevelt"
The next morning when he called a
the White louise to pay his respects the
President greeted him warmly and asked
him to accept appointment as q United
States Circuit Judge to succeed Judge
Day.
Declines . JadGeship.
G~r Duke replied: e! haze mad y.
judicial experience. T appreciate tn
offer. but must decline" The President
couldn't make him change his mind.
The General was devoted TO the wei.
fare Of the John II. Morgan Association
OF which he was president. u was
great trial to him hat he had to mis-
the associations annual reunion thi,
year. held at Olympian Springs, Ky.
on September ~. but he was able TO ap'
preciate u message which the "boys'
sent him from their gathering place.
In conversation with a SrS reporter
on August 2O-the last interview III
gave-Gen. Duke said he hoped tn
United States would soon have 250.o0t
professional soldiers and 400,o0o militia
men who could he modified quickly.
There's always going to be war;" h.
added. Nations Will always fight. NJ
matter how sublime the paciiists MAKE
/, the image OF peace. Therefore the ma
! ton which is not prepared vii, b
crushed"
Mrs. Duke died In 1910.