The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-15
Members of Bench and Bar in Kenosha Coun-
ty Show Deep Regret at Death of
Their Dean on Tuesday. 81
RECALL MANY SERVICES IN KENOSHA
While Judge of Circuit Court Here He Served with
Many Men Who Afterward Became Famous
Heard Gates Murder Case in $780,

questionably, one of the abJes+ mann
bers that has adorned the bench o4
.ie supreme Court since its organiza-
ZION; MS loss will be peculiarly felt
by the members of the Kenosha Coun-
W Bar association, who have always
considered that he ~z~ one OF their
own number, hav. srved as the
circuit judge of the First Judicial
District for many years prior to his
elevation to the Supreme Bench No
man stood higher in the estimation of
the people of the city and county of
Kenosha than did Judge Winslow.
he was a great lawyer, of keen
vision, Judicial mind and ability. fear
less and absolutely honest and was one
of the men in whom the people had
implicit confidence and whose place Il
VIII De exceedingly difficult to FILL"
Recently Spoke in Kenosha.
ChIef Justice Winslow had kent IN
all Of his close relations with the neo-
pie OF Kenosha and he had made IRE.
quent visits to Kenosha in recent
years. Less than year ago he came
to speak before The organizations of
men IN the tity A that time he vas
giY IS endid 3tioa bv the
members of the bench and bar in Ke-
nosha. Only a little while ago the
members of the bar here showed their
deep love for Justice Winslow when
without exception they contributed to
fund presented to him by the lawyers
of the state. The total fund in the
state amounted to more than fifteen
thousand dollars and the spirit shown
in the presentation of it was one of
the brightest features of the decIin-
ing years of the eminent jurist.
Came to Bench in 1884.
Judge John B. Winslow was elected
as Judge of the First Wisconsin Cir.
cult in 1884 and his first visit to the
bench in Kenosha was at the opening
of the term on April IA, 1884. The
old records of the court show that the.
judge was escorted to the bench bv
the late Joseph " Quarles; afterward
United States Senator from Wisconsin
and the late James Cavanagh, who at
the time was district attorney of Ke-
nosha county. The record shows that
the late Walter L. Dexter was sheriff
at the time Judge Winslow opened hiy
first session of court in Kenosha coun-
ty. The clerk of the Circuit Court was
J. A. Gallaghan.
Famous Attorney as Friends.
Only a few of the attorneys who
practiced at the bar in the Circuit
Court of Kenosha county during the
years that Justice Winslow presided
here.
Among the number are Myron A.
Baker, who for years was district at.
torney and who had part in some of
the most stirring scenes in the courts
under Judge Winslow. Peter Fisher
who came to the bench only a short
time before Judge Winslow was called
from this circuit to be an associate
justice of the Supreme Court and John
c. Slater who was admitted to the
practice of law during the last years
Of the term of the jurist.
Names which appeared on the dock
ct on the morning that Judge WinsIov
took his place on the bench included
the late Charles Quarles, Nathan B.
Hyde, John T. Fish, D. o. Fairchild.
Munson Paddock Anthony Van Wyck.
C. E. Mcintosh S. Y Brande, joseph
E. Dodge J. M. Stebbins and Henry A.
Cooper. The last named was after.
ward member of Congress for many
years and he was one of the younger
attorneys who practiced before Judge
Winslow.
Admitted Dan MahOny to the Bar.
The record shows that on the first
day Judge Winslow was on the bench
he granted motion admitting Daniel
A. Mahoney to the practice of law in
the county Mr. Mahoney, now dead
for many years, was afterward mem
Der of the state legislature. On the
same day he admitted to citizenship in
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