Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-02
END CAME SATURDAY AT
1890 P. NJ. ---WAS I'LL
THREE WEEKS
A FAITHFUL SERVANT
PASSING AWAY OF GREAT JURIST
CASTS ENTIRE COUNTY INTO
MOURNlNG-SuRlAL TO BE IN
MENDOZA CEMETERY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
Judge Albert T. Lardin is dead.

Judge Albert T. Lardin Is dead.
The end of La Sale county's most
beloved servant came Saturday NIGHT
at 1905 O'Clock, after a three weeks
struggle against the ravage9 OF pneu.
monia and pleurisy.
Not until every vostlge of hope was
removed did the judge surrender and
envelope himself in eternal sleep.
His battle will 20 down in history
as brave one and among the most re.
markable in local history.
Whilst one hundred thousand people
hoped and prayed for his recovery. a
plucky spirit carried him through a
TWO weeks illness of pneumonia, past
the crisis, to point where his recov,
cry seemed almost certain. Peural
troubles then set in and he was re-
moved to the hospital for an opera
tion, strenuous ordeal through which
he struggled, with colors still flying.
lnroads made upon his none too
strong body were soon handicapping
his indomitable will and for two or
three days, during his delirium, the
mind spoke what tho man would not
say during his waking moments. II
was thea that those lingering near his
bedside knew the end was near.
Ga lei ..f
or this distinguished iurist are the
widow and two sisters Mrs n. A
Guthrie and Mrs. A. t. Snow The
parents, John II. and Elizabeth Lar
din, are bo,h deceased thc former
passing away in 1892 and tho mother
preceding her ilustrious son to Tho
grave three years ago Two othel
sistors. Mrs. Palmer first wife of Com
missioner W. b. Palmer, and Emma
passed away years ago
Mrs. Lardin and the two sisters art
riage of Judge Lardin and Miss Ethel
bcyt Morey. of Santa Cruz, Calif., &C
CURED in l'G1 No children wcrt
born of this union
Judge Lardl was born Feb. 2, 1861
In Lardintown, Pm His early cdu"a
ton was Limited to what he coult
absorb from the district schools o
Ophjr township. this county. where
the family took up its residence dur
ing the early boyhood Of the deceased
Beginning in the country schools ht
then attended school in the Northern
Indiana Normal at Valparaiso From
there he went to the University o
Michigan, at Ann Arbor. where h'
completed his education. Thus wei
equipped with broad, general knowl
edge for any life work which he nigh
undertake, he entered upon the task 0
specifically preparing himself for hi
chosen profession, and became stu
dent In the Office OF Mayo & Widmey
He was admitted to the bar in May
1883. passing with grade of one hur
dred In a large class. He located TO
practice in Ottawa and continued a
active and successful member of tn
bar until elected to the Office OF Pre-
bate Judge in 1894 by plurality G
2,C97 votes.
That he was successful. as well a
a conscientious and able Judge,
shown By his record He was r.
chosen to succeed himself for flv
succeeding times and was complctin
his twenty-third year in Office whe
death intervened to check his wonde
full career.
AS n probate jurist he had no supe
ior in Illinois Throughout the entiI
state his reputation gained for him
seat cf eminencc anCng all his fellow
Elected as one of the youngest judge
ever ascending to a La Sale count
bench, he died as one Of the county
most beloved men.
Widows, Orphans and afflicted
thousands owed him an cverlastir
debt OF gratitude. AS shrewd st
dent OF human nature, he as no 9TH
man was best fitted to fill this mo
important OF all county Offices
Administrator and executors OF
tates, knew they had in him the Kind
est of advisors, yet the strictest, OF
pervisors. No estates were allow
to be depleted while they pended
his court. From the earliest to &
last document, so great was u
Judges memory, he could rccite ite
by item little charges that were
tered against estates, as tho the
pers lay open before him. In detail
was exacting No attorney dar
brave his ire without their estates
Ing simply, legibly and above all O.
correctly entered In his court for
proyal. While gentle of heart a
soft voiced, he was immovable on
points not for the right. His hor
and integrity was beyond issue.