Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-08
Member Of Supreme e
Court Dies Suddenly at
Washington Residence
SHOCK TO CAP1TAL
Senior Justice Observing
seth Birthday As Death
Calls COmrade 9'

WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. DIP
Tragedy east its hand upon the SUI
preme court again today, with the
sudden death here of Associate JUS
tice Edward Terry Sanford, 65,
native Of Tennessee. He died short
ly after noon from a sudden attack.
Justice Sanford, who had been in
comparatively good health, collapsed
while sitting in a dentist chair and
was Immediately removed to his
home on Connecticut avenue, just o
few blocks from house where former
Chief Justice Taft has been fight
ing for his life for more than .
month.
The jurist never regained consci-
BUSINESS and died within half hour
after being brought home.
The fatal attack was understood
to have been caused by uremic pois-
oning, from which the justice has
been suffering for some time. He
had sat on the supreme court bench
earlier in the week and had attend
ed to his duties with his usual vigor.
This morning, however, Sanford
was bothered by a toothpche and
telephoned to the supreme court
that he would be unable to attend
conferences today. M
News Of the death came a. physi.
clans Of Taft reported the former
chief justice and President to be
weakened further, today from the
long struggle he has made for his
life since he was forced to give up
his duties on the supreme court
BENCH several days ago.
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While Sanford lay at the point
Of death at his home, unknown to his
colleague, they were congratulating
the dean Of the court, Oliver Wen
dell Homes, upon his s9th birthday
today.
Tentative funeral plans provide
that Justice Sanford's body bo
shipped to Knoxville, Tenn, for
burial. ""f
The death of THE jurist who elm,
axed long period on the federal
bench in Tennessee with appoint
ment to the supreme court by Pres
ident Harding in February 1898;
brings the second vacancy on the
bench in little over a month. M
Taft resigned Feb. 3, while he war
in Asheville, N. c., in vain effort
to recover his strength. e,
Sanford, who was born in Knox.
Vile. Tenn, July %, 1865, was apr,
pointed to the supreme court bv
President Harding in February,
1923, about a year after the apnoint.
ment OF William Howard Taft, who
now hes gravely i'll here, as chief
He, was graduated from Universi.
" or Tennessee in 1883 and from
Harvard.
WASHINGTON. March 9. (u.p Il.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, dean az
American jurists, received the cons
gratulations of his associates on thes
United States supreme court bench
today, the occasion being his s9tk
birthday.
The venerable justice, who was
appointed to the supreme court
bench by President Roosevelt in
1902, attended a brief conference Of
the court and planned TO spend thes
rest of the day quictely Mt his home
on / street. j
Justice Holmes birthday was,
called to the Senate's attention to-
day by Senator Walsh, Democrat,
Montana, who characterized him as
wants.
''one of the nobelest of public SER
Holmes birthday finds him aps
parently in better health thar for
several years and he has shown no
disposition to give up his duties.
Holmes was born in Boston in
1871, the son of one of America s
literary immortals.