Evening star., 1944-08-18
Justice Oscar Luhrino
Dies Of Heart Attack
In Hospital Here
D. c. Jurist, IS, Stricken
Two Days After Return
From Rehoboth Beech

Justice Oscar H. Luhring OF
District Court died early today
in George Washington Hospital
The 65-year-old jurist wa.
stricken with heart attack
yesterday afternoon, severa
days after he had returned from
his summer home at Rehobotf
Beach, Del.
He was rushed from his home a
1901 Connecticut avenue NV. to tn,
hospital, where he was placed i'm
mediately in an oxygen tent. Deatl
occurred shortly after midnight.
Funeral services will be held a
IL am. Monday at Joseph Gawle
Sons funeral home, 1856 Pennsyl
vania avenue NV. Burial will b.
private.
Out Of respect to the memory O
Justice Luhring, Chief Justice Ed
ward c. Eicher adjourned the sedi
ton trial this morning. Since tn,
trial was due to recess tomorrow
for two weeks, further proceeding!
were suspended until September S.
Activities also were adjourned ir
Motions Court, the only other court.
room in session during August. Jus.
tice T. Alan Goldsborough an
nounced that the court would be
closed until after the funeral.
Justice Goldsborough paid warm
tribute to his departed colleague.
Members of the bar as well as
myself have been familiar for many
years of Justice Luhring's sound
judgment and human sympathy
he said. I'VE also have recognized
the splendid courage he had dis
played throughout his long illness
and the consistent effort he has
made to carry on his judicial duties
under a severe physical handicap"
Justice Luhring's death creates
q vacancy on the District Court
bench and reduces the number o1
judges sitting there to II. Appoint.
ment OF a successor must be made
by presidential nomination and Sen.
ate confirmation.
Appointed an associate Justice ir
1880 by President Hoover, Justice
Luhring was known as one of the
hardest workers on the Fedora
bench until February, 1912, when hs
suffered a heart attack while sittins
as a Court of Appeals Judge at thu
opening of arguments in the Ameri.
can Medical Association case.
Second Attack Year Ago.
He returned to the District Court
bench after period in the hospita
and heard cases until the recess ir
the summer of 1943. Then, In Au.
gust Of that year, he was stricker
again while at his summer home Al
Rehoboth Beach.
For some time it was thought tha,
death was imminent, but he rallied
during November and told the man,
friends who called on him that h,
was planning to 60 home on Decem.
Der l. He had another attack last
Thanksgiving Day.
AS Judge he was very popular
with both lawyers and his fellow
justices.
Lawyers liked to have their case;
before him." one attorney said. H,
knew life, he was no prude and h,
expedited the business OF the cour
by hard work"
Justice Luhring was a prosecuting
attorney and legislator in Indian,
before he came to Washington il
1919 as a Republican member O
Congress. When the Republica,
tide ebbed in Southern Indiana il
1922, he became an assistant t,
Secretary of Labor (now a Senator
Davis, drafting immigration legisla
ton, and later assistant to Attor
ney General Sargent, in charge O
the criminal division of the Justic,
Department.
Helped in Indian Case.
1t was at this time that one O.
the most interesting legal problem,
OF Justice Luhring's career cam,
to him. Roy st. Lewis, now {
Washington attorney, then tn,
United States attorney in Okla.
homa, came to him for help. Mr.
st. Lewis was convinced that a larg,
family of Indians in Usage Count,
was being murdered for theil
"headrights," their share in tn.
oil royalties from Indian land
which then amounted to from So.
000 to &12.000 . year.
Lizzie @, an elderly woman, die,
under circumstances thought late
to be suspicious. One daughter wa
shot on . golf course. Anothe
daughter and her whole family wer'
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