The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-03-10
JUDGE CONSTABLE
DIES SUDDENLY
Associate Justice of State Court of
AppealS-WaS Prominent Demo-
crat-Had Declined to be Candi-
date For Governor.

/ Elkton, Md, March S.-Albert
| Constable, chief judge of the Second
judicial circuit, comprising the coun-
| ties of Kent, Talbot, Queen Anne's,
| Caroline and Cecil and associate JUS
tice of the State Court of Appeals,
j died suddenly last night at his home
of heart trouble.
The Judge, with Judges Adkins
and Hopper, heard cases in court yes
terday until 10 o'clock at night. At
that hour the court adjourned and
the three held q little chat. Judge
Constable seemed to be in excellent
health and bid his associates CHEEKY
goodbye. He went to his home,
where his wife and he conyersed for
little while. He then went to bed.
A few minutes later Mrs. Consta-
BILE heard an unusual noise in her
husbands bedroom. She went to
the room and saw Judge Constable
lying still on the bed. She called to
him, but received no answer. Mrs.
Constable sent for a physician, who
pronounced the Judge dead,
The Judge was stricken i'll about
a month ago, the trouble then being
diagnosed as acute indigestion. At
ter resting at the home of his broth
er, he returned home apparently re-
covered, but. those who knew him
closely felt that he was not in the
best of health, although he kept up
his work without complaint.
The news of the sudden death of
the Judge spread all through the
county and circuit this morning. His
friends were shocked and dazed.
Many of them had been talking with
him yesterday and they could not
believe the news at first. Judge
Constable had been prominently iden
tilted with politics and legal work in
Cecil county and was known to ev-
cry person in this section of the
State. He had many friends throu-
ghout Maryland.
Albert Constable was born in Elk
ton on July %, 1871, and was a son
of the late Albert Constable, who
was murdered by John Shippers about
II years ago, his slayer paying the
death penalty afterward. He was
educated in the public schools at Elk
ton, later attending Princeton, from
which he was graduated. He took up
law and became States Attorney. He
then was persuaded to run for judge,
and in the Democratic primaries was
opposed by William H. Adkins,
whom he defeated. In the election
the Republicans declined to run an
opponent, and his election was unop-
posed.
Prior to the nomination of Emer-
son c. Harrington for Governor,
Judge Constable was prominently
mentioned, but he declined as he had
never entertained any serious thou
ghts of leaving the bench.
His survivors are his widow, who
was Miss Emily Evans, a daughter
of William S. Evans, one of the old
est members of the Cecil county bar :
son, Albert. aged 10 years, and
three younger daughters; three bro
theirs, William p, Henry L. and John
G.. Constable, the latter two Of Elk
ton, and two sisters, Mrs. Catherine
D. DeSteiger, of Washington, and
Mrs William H. May, of Trenton,
New Jersey.
Well known all over the State and
particularly in Baltimore, Judge Con
stable was notable figure in the af-
fairs of the community and, being
still under so years, bid fair to be-
come one of the leading figures in
this section of the country.
His brother, William P. Constable,
a member of the Board Of Liquor Ii
cense Commissioners, is now on
business trip in Florida
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