New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Justice Dugro,
Who Beat Astoa'
LIN Politics, I)ies
Victor Over Late Viscouna
in Congress Race, Lcgis-
lator and Builder Sue
cumbs to Long Illness
Active i'm Tammany Hall
Elected to Bench in 1896
Urged Federal Jurisdic-
ton for Divorce Cases

Justice Philip Henry Dugro, OF tho
Supreme Court, builder and owner OF
the Hotel Savoy, died early yesterday
i'll his apartments at the Savoy. He
had been i'll for several weeks with a
complication of ailments. A few days
ago pneumonia set in and his condi-
tion became practically hopeless OF
Sunday night. His wife. who was Miss
Sophia Groller; his son. Charles
Dugro, and his daughter, Mrs. Antonio
Young, we're at the deathbcd.
He was born in this city on October
2, 1856, the son of Anthony Dugro, \
{ prosperous contractor and real estate
! operator, whose business tastes and
talent he inherited, together with i
fortune. He was graduated from Co
lumbia College in 1876 and from the
Columbia University Law School in
1878, and Immediately engaged in legal
practice, in real estate dealings and in
politics as a member of Tammany Hal.
Defeated w. w. Astor for Congress
Mr.. Dugro was elected to the State
Assembly in 1873, and in 1880 vas
elected Representative in Congress,
his Republican opponent being William
Waldorf Astor, the late Viscount Aston
In 1884 he declined the Tammany nom
ination for City Comptroller, on &C
count of the death of has father, Nhica
had just occurred. IN 1856 he was
chosen Grand Sachem Of Tammany
HALL
In 1886 he was elected justice o
the Superior Court of New York. run
ming 1000 votes ahead of hiss tictet,
on which Abram S. Hewitt was canai-
date for Mayor The term was FOR
fourteen years, but in 1896 the courts
were reorganized and Justice Dugro
was transferred to the Supreme Court
He was reelected to the latter bench
in 1900 and again in 1914, for the term
lasting until 1923. During his carees
on the bench he was frequently men-
toned as a candidate for Mayor, bas
never would seek that office. He at
tracted wide attention in 1905 by his
advocacy of committing all divorce
cases to the jurisdiction Of the Fedora
courts. About year ago he WAS ac-
cepted as umpire in the buildlNt
trades dispute and made an award
which both sides regarded as entirely
satisfactory.
Organized Union Square Bank
He built and aftorward sold thu
Hotel Seville and built and rcmalsed
the owner of the Hotel Savoy, in whice
he made his home, and WAS ;he or
ganizer of the Union Square Bank
Judges in the SIX parts Of Genera
Sessions Court, when they learned of
nis death yesterday, delivered Are
eulogies on him as man and as {;
jurist, and had inscribed in thc min
utes suitable memorials.
Judge John r. Mcintyre paid tribut.
to the dead justice by saying n part
Justice Dugro was the highest t,-p
OF our citizenry. lie was no. alora =
jurist skilled in the law, but he WIS 81
man whose friendship was considered
by all who shared it a priceless Jewel
AS a jurlst he was known in all ,arts
of this comm monwcalth and throughout
the Republic; as a business man he
stood in the highest ranks amone his
fellows. Justice Dugros death is q
real blow to the people Of this STATE"
Judge Otto Rosalsky said he had
known Justice Dugro for many year
and that he had always entertained
for HIM the highest respect as a jurist
The decisions of Justice Dugro. saia
Judge Rosalsky, showed the breadth
OF vision and the legal learning OF the
man.