The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-22
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COURTS ADJOURN OUT OF
RESPECT TO DECEASED
Simple Funeral Services Held
Following Last Wishes Of Well
Known Citizen

Judge A. s. Humphreys passed away
at two O'Clock yesterday morning at
Ms home. 1913 Wilder avenue, after a
prolonged illness. His last moments
., ere peaceful. Funeral services were
! He'd nj the residence at three O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, Rev. David Carey
tcters, pastor of the Christian Church
of this city, officiating The pallbear
ers were Chief Justice Robertson.
Circuit Judge Ashford, Collector of
Customs Franklin, Judge Charles F.
Parsons, Judge Antonio rcrry and At.
t"rney c. s. Franklin
In accordance with the last wishes
of the deceased, the service was a sim
pie one, but many friends many of
UhOm had known the late Judge Hum
phreys since his residence of almost a
quarter of century in Honolulu, at
tended. Following the service the
body of the deceased was cremated and
the ashes inferred in the Nuuanu GENE
terry.
Out of respect to the memory of the
deceased the police and circuit courts
adjourned early yesterday morning,
Judge A. d. Larnach in the former
and Judge Ashford in the latter tri-
bunal making appropriate remarks on
the passing of an old and valued mem
Der of the bar. The flag over the DO.
lice station, the judiciary building and
the Capitol were half.masted through
out the day
Tribute Paid Memory
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Humphreys, who is a
member of the we'll known long fam
lily of this city; two daughters, the
Misses Frances and Marie, and twin
sons, Abram and Caldwell. He also
left two half brothers in the mainland
Co.'s William d. Humphreys, an officer
in the late Confederate army, now a
resident of Columbus, Mississippi, and
John w. Humphreys, also residing in
| Columbus.
After paying fitting tribute to the
memory of the late Judge Humphreys
whom he had known protest. onally and
intimately for twentythree years
Judge Ashford, speaking from the
bench yesterday, said:
Everything connected, from the
time when the breath should leave his
body until the time when his ashes
should finally be placed beneath the
sod, has been fully programmed by him
| and the program is expected to be car.
| r1ed out in accordance with his wishes
which are, in brief, that there shall be
very brief simple ceremony at his
home this afternoon at three O'Clock
when his family will be pleased to see
his friends present.
Last Wishes Followed
I" From the close or those ceremonie,
everything will be private. His re
mains will be taken in a hearse, ac
companied by the pallbcarers, and de
| roslted in the vault at Nuuanu for the
purpose of incarceration of his body.
AS | say, everything has beer
planned out and given in charge, first
t" myself and then to his wire, whit
has been devoted to him in this illness
to such an extent in these six weeks
which would arouse the admiration OF
anyone acquainted with the facts.
- feel that on an occasion of this
hind the least the court can do to pay
respect to him is to adjourn lhe pro
c"edlngS and continue the calendar"
Abram StePhanus Humphreys was
born at Columbus, Mississippi, on Janu
uary l6, 1868, his father being Abram
:. and his mother Eliza Tucker Hum.
phrcyS. He was educated in the Uni
vcrsity Of Columbus, Mississippi, and
came to Honolulu in the stirring days
of 1893; days which were witnessi nc
the transition of Hawaii from an indie.
pendent nation to her place eventually
az member of the cOmmOnw ealths OF
the United States of America.
Married on Birthday
On January Is, 1896, the day Judge
Humphreys celebrated his twenty
eighth birthday anniversary, he mar
ricd Miss Marie Along, who survives
him, in this city.
Judge Humphreys was admitted t.
the bar in Mississippi in 1888 while vet
under age. g. June 3d. 1900, he was
appointed b resident Mckinley AZ
one Of the Il - Judges of the first cir
cult court in Honolulu, but resigned
from the bench on September l, 1902
In the practise of his profession here
he was one of the foremost among
Honolulu lawyers and handled some Of
the biggest htigations before the
courts in the Territory.
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