The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
CHARLES {. COX
| DIES FOLLOWING
SUDDEN ATTACK
Former State Supreme JUS
tice Succumbs in Hospital
at AGE of rs.

Charles E. Cox, rs, former In
diana Supreme Court Judge, IS dead.
A native Hoosier and the holder
of numerous judicial and public Of
fees, Mr.. Cox was stricken yesterday
in his offices in the Insurance
Building and died last night in ST.
Vincent's Hospital.
Services are to be at II tomor-
an Mortuary and burial is to be in
Crown Hill. DR.. F. S. C. Wicks,
All Souls Unitarian Church pastor,
is to officiate,
Mr. Cox was born on Hamil-
ton County farm Feb. 81, 1860, and
was educated in the Hamilton Coun-
ty schools. He became assistant Ii
brarian IN the Supreme Court Ii
brary and while in that position
read law to Judge William E. Nib
lack, whose eyesight was falling.
Became Librarian in 1883
Mr.. Cox became librarian in 1883
and held that position until he en-
tered the practice of law in 1889.
He was chief deputy to Prosecutor
John w. Hoffman from 1891 to
1894 and was elected city judge in
1895. He refused third term
after serving two two-year terms.
Returning to the practice of law,
Mr.. Cox was elected to the Su-
preme Court in 1910 and served six
years. None of his decisions was
reversed while he was on the bench
although he was the author of
many important opinions on such
controversial questions. as the So
called Marshall Constitution" and
Technical Institute" cases.
Mr.. Cox aided William H. Remy,
former Marion County prosecutor
in prosecution of D. c. Stephenson,
grand dragon of the Indiana Ku-
Klux Khan, who was sentenced to
life imprisonment for the murder
Of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, Indian
apolis.
Married in 1884.
M. Cox was married in 1884 to
Miss Emma Milliken Cooley. They
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary in 1884 Mr.. Cox forbaars
were North Carolina Quakers who
conducted a water power mill on
Deep River before and during the
revolutionary War He was a MEM
Der of the Sons of the American
Revolution, the Indiana Democratic
Club and the First Congregational
Church.
Surviving are the widow, two
sons, Major Charles E. Cox Jr.,
regional supervisor of airports for
the Bureau of Air Commerce, and
Samuel L. Cox, former indianapolis
newspaper man and now repre-
sentative of the Lord & Thomas ad-
Wrestling firm in Los Angeles;
daughter. Mrs. Elinor Karsten,
Washington: a brother, Leslie Cox,
San Francisco, and four grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services for Hugh B. Rey-
nolds, retired terminal trainmaster
for the Pennsylvania Railroad in
indianapolis, were to be arranged
today.
Mr.. Reynolds, who was 70, died
yesterday in the Pittsburgh (Pa)
Hospital, and his body is to be re-
turned here today He formerly
lived at APO Broadway and had
been spending the winter in Pitts
burgh.
Surviving Mr.. Reynolds are the
widow, Mrs. Mary Larkin Reynolds,
with whom he celebrated their gold
en- wedding anniversary last year;
brother, Thomas Reynolds, Mt.
Carmel, Ill, and two sisters, Mrs.
John D. Brosnan, Indianapolis, and
Mrs. j. Charles Seitz, Omaha. Neb.
Beginning with the Pennsylvania
Railroad as messenger, he became
terminal trainmaster with head
quarters in the Union Station here.
During the World War, Mr.. Rey-
nolds served as regional safety di-
rector for railroads.
He was a member of st. Joan of
Arc Catholic Church, Indianapolis,
and the Knights of Columbus.