Evening star., 1941-10-24
Rites Set Tomorrow
For Judge Aukam;
Tributes Paid
Father of Municipal
Court EuIoeized by
Fellow Jurists

SC, JOnn S EplSCOpdi SnuICn, OIL
Sixteenth street NV He will be
buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers selected from among
Judge Aukam's close friends in the
Barristers' Club will be Jerome F..
Barnard, R. Aubrey Bogley, Arthur
]. Hilland, Ernest F. Henry, Rich
mond B. Keech, corporation counsel,
and James w. Lauderdale, assistant
corporation counsel.
Personal "reminiscences of the late
presiding judge were given today at
District Court in the courtroom of
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat.
Kept Docket Current.
At the instance of the Bar Asso-
citation of the District of Columbia,
one of its former presidents, H.
Winship Wheatley. said that Judge
Aukam distributed equal justice
and that through his efforts the
docket of Municipal Court was kept
practically current. This insured
jury trial within three weeks in a
case involving $1,000 or less.
Mr. Wheatley made the formal
announcement of the juriSrs death
and Chief Justice Wheat, in paying
tribute to Judge Aukam, directed
that an appropriate entry be made
on the courts records and adjourn
ment be taken out of respect for
his memory. A copy of the record
will be sent to Judge Aukam' S
family.
THE community is indebted to
Judge Aukam for a decided advance
in the administration of justice" +"
declared Mr.. Wheatley.
He was truly the father of the
Municipal Court. When he came to
the bench the justice of the peace
system prevailed. He framed, and
by his efforts there was passed, the
original Municipal Court Act"
Helped Bills Enactment.
Mr.. Wheatley recalled that Judge
Aukam sat in the Senate gallery
while the legislation was being
pushed and enlisted the aid of mem
bers of the bar in securing its pas
sage, even getting Senators off the
floor in its behalf.
A prominent, Well-reSpected law
yer was before Judge Aukam in court
one day, Mr.. Wheatley said, and by
overzealousness the counsel referred
to the poor plaintiff and the rich
defendant corporation. Judge Aukam
Immediately stopped proceedings
and admonished the attorney that
in his court all men stood equal be-
fore the bar, there being neither rich
nor poor, black or white, or creed.
Mr.. Wheatley quoted Judge Aukam
as saying that the most despicable
man he knew was the pretended
friend, who asked that friendship be
weighed in the scales of justice. In
his courtroom the jurist knew
neither friend nor fee, the speaker
said.
Quietly Aided Poor.
One of Judge Aukam'S last acts
was to take the children of St. Johns
Orphan Asylum on his boat at Glib
son Island, Md, said Mr.. Wheatley.
Repeatedly in hearing landlord
and tenant cases, declared the aSSo-
cations former president, the jurist
came across some individual who,
although worthy, could not pay his
rent. and Judge Aukam called in
the Police Department to help him,
unbeknoWn to the litigant. A men,
Der of the Police Department os-
tensibly would pay the rent, but
Judge Aukam would quietly reim-
burse the police for expenditure, and
nobody but the juriSt'S closest per-
sonal friends ever knew this, said
Mr.. Wheatley.
The minutes in the courts of two
other District Court jurists showed
that they adjourned out Of respect
for Judge Aukam's memory yester-
day.
In Motions Court, Justice David
A. Pine, a close personal friend of
the deceased jurist, recognized At
torney Frank H. Myers, who made
an official announcement of Judge
Aukam's passing.
Justice Pine expressed great sor-
row, said that the bar had lost
valued friend and the public had
lost an able judge, and offered
sympathy for his bereaved family.
In one of the civil courts, over
which Justice Jesse C. Adkins pre-
sides, adjournment was also shown.
The jurist said that Judge Aukam's
death was a shock.
He was an able judge and un-
usually fine administrator, said
Justice Adkins. He was respon-
sible for the good showing made
by Municipal Court"
Honorary pallbearers designated to
represent the Barristers are F. Regis
Noel, Paul B. CromeIn, Frederick
Stohlman, T. Gillespie Walsh. Nor
man B. Frost, Francis w. Hill, jr.;
Harry A. Grant, Robert F. Cogs-
well, Kenneth N. Parkinson, James
c. Wilkes, Joseph c. McGarraghy,
Joseph A. Rafferty,, Richard H. Will
mer, B. Woodruff Weaver, Preston
c. King, jr,; Howard Boyd, Frank
H. Myers, William c. Ashford, and
Justice Pine.
The official committee represent
ing the District Bar Association will
be John j. Carmody, J. Spalding
Flannery, George E. Hamilton, jr.;
Francis w. Hill, jr.; Paul E. Lesh,
Godfrey Munter, Elwood H. Seal,
George E. Sullivan, Roger J. White
ford, Harlan Wood, Mr.. Wheatley
and Mr.. Keech.
Judge Aukam died in Doctors