Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-01


 chief justice of the United States.
 In his death the bar of New London County and of the state lost an unique character and one of a type which is
 not likely to be reproduced
 IT. WALTER SWAN
 The late T. Walter Swan, for a few years the law partner of Col. Wait and
 a great favorite of his, and of all who had the good fortune to enjoy his
 acquaintance and friendship, was one of the brilliant younger lawyers at. this l time, and was a graduate of Yale and l a class mate of Judge John M Thayer. of the supreme court of errors. At one 1 time he was city attorney, by appoint rnent of Judge Thayer, then judge of I the city court. A young man of bril- lliatlt mind, warm in his few friend ! ships, his untimely death was deeply llamdnted and distinct loss to his friends and the community.
 JAMES A. HONEY
 Judge Hovey, the typical lawyer, neat in attire, precise in speech, al ways dressed in conventional black, l sort of MT Tulkinghorn, in this re- gard; was the peer of any practitioner of his time. Always, when not other
 wised engaged, in his office Tn the Uncas Bank building, with great reg
 ularity, one found him the quiet, cour- ] teous gentleman. secure in his pro found knowledge of the law and ready to impart his knowledge to others, in his quiet helpful way, as has been | said of MT. Halsey.
 They met as associates and as op- l ponents in many of the important cases tried in New London County and l like MT. Halsey, Judge Hovey gave his l principal, if not his entire attention, l to civil causes He had as his asso- ciate for number of years, Judge l Thayer, who made his law course, we Judge Hovey was elevated to the ] bench of the superior court but his l was hardly the Judicial mind, in this l regard unlike Judge Thayer, and 1t IS l believed that his experience upon the 1 bench was hardly so pleasant to him as had been his active practive at the 1 bar.
 An intense partisan. he was always I loyal to his political beliefs through out hiss life and when his party was I in the ascendant, was the recipient of Ia number of offices. Among the l abundance of colonels in Judge Hovey' s l time, the title was never worn by him and on one occasion in his office when he was asked about this, matter, he drew himself up and informed his questioner that the title was his own 1 for he had been q colonel commanding l a regiment of state troops, while some others of his friends who so proudly l bore the title. were his subordinates | or mGreiY nelQ 1HG IdI1h Dy sOIGNS(s + I An example of Judge Hovey's desire Ito be punctual was shown in his man. ner of taking a train" On the New ILondon Northern railroad, the train l leaving at 1o.30 we will say, the judge knight be seen coming through Main
 street or crossing the bridges about I 9.20 that he might be in time to get his train; and so if occasion required F him to leave in the afternoon a full
 hour ahead of time, Judge Hovey would be on his way.
 A man of extreme reserve, careful 1 in speech, he possessed as do all men of his type, if only. the right chord be touched. a sympathetic. nature and l there are to his credit many acts of I charity and kindness. of which he world did not know and which he de- 1 sired should remain unknown.
 HON. HENRY H. sTARKWEATHER
 MT. Starkweather was one of the I central figures of his town and state I and his long and useful career in con- gress added to his fame and reputa- Ition His attention being so thoroughly engrossed by his duties as represen- ftative, he engaged in practice but lit- tie but is remembered as attorney for 1.-the Spragues in our courts, where he ! fought valiantly for his clients inter- ests in the cases of the Occum Com pany vs. the A. and W. Sprague Man, Il against him Col Wait MT. Halsey Judge Hovey and George Pratt.
 | The case or cases went not only to :! our own supreme court, but to the T supreme court of the United states as Iwell. MT. StarkweatIer found it rather ldificult going in contending with this l imposing array of legal talent, but upon calling to his assistance the Hon l Lafayette S. Foster, the skies bright
 ened, and after the cases had been heard by the U. s. supreme court, a reversal of our own court of errors
 was had and the clients of MT. Stark I weather were substantially victorious Of his career in congress there need little be said for it is true in his case I that This works do follow him.. The | establishment of navy yard at Gro. l ton is his chief monument and 1t must be remembered that it was a full navy lyard, so: to speak, with an admiral oi commodore as scommandant, and no' | merely, a station.
 While in the house MT. Starkweathel I jtook a high stand and won the respect I and affection of those of his fellow lmembers with whom he came in con- Etact and for a considerable time was 9 Imember of the committee on .appro- priations and chairman of the com l r1ittee on the District of Columbia then one of the important committees l of the house.
 Tn his private life MT Starkweathel was one of the most 1ovable of men though his intinates were few. A
 curious characteristic of his was his habit of walking along the street. ap- parently looking straight ahead. but sc
 abstracted that he would pass ac.
 quaintance or friend without tht slightest sign or token of recognition
 unless greeted by a salute, when ht
 would respond as gracefully and heart. ilys as the normal man. He was among his intimates, a, rare story. teller, and had an instant appreciation
 of joke, though he rarely laughed partly perhaps because of the dis
 ease, asthma which afflicted him ani was finally the cause of his death.
 MT. Starkweather died as he haS lived. a poor man, perhaps one of thu greatest tributes that may be paid tt his memory. for his congressional ca
 reer lowered a period when men fl like position with his, were said a ; least to have accumulated comfortabl' ]. fortunes without any apparent 1abo in return for that which they hat gained.
 ALLEN PENNY
 Associated with MT. Starkweather a I his law-partner and clerk of his con gressional committee, was Col Allel
 Tenny whose military title was ac quired by reason of an appointment ol 7 1 fha staff of fY1e er0vernOr of his nativ