The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03
By TEIE OUT EAsTER

An old line Democrat went out d
 life on May i8 last, when Frank P
 Brett of 26 Chapman Avenue died
 Mir. Brett was born in Waterbury
 in the south end and was beyond
 his middle seventies when death oc- cured. You may have known .or seen him about town, for he was generally Q daily visitor, making the rounds of various places of business,
 meeting old and new friends, and always leaving an impression of good will and real sincerity.
 A lawyer by profession, Frank Brett was admitted to the bar in the middle Nineties, and for years had an office in the building on the 2nd floor of the structure where the well known Liggett drug com- pa1y has its place of business. There in the office of the late Edward r. Cole, Frank Brett carried on e practice that brought him many clients from among the many Irish people of Waterbury. It was in this time that the celebrated John O'Neill was in his glory and when the late Jim Russell, and William Kennedy were 6 part of the leading figures in the trial of the many irl1- portant cases found on the docket of the Waterbury Superior and dis trict courts. And 1t was also at this time that the well known Col. Lu- cien ?. Burpee was in his prime as q lawyer, along with John P. Kel- logg, Charles c. Root, George H. Cowell, Wilson H. Pierce, George T. Terry, Porter L. Wood, Judge Rob- ert A. Lowe, Judge Albert P. Brad street and others just like them, constituting the leading lawyers of the city. Others came after them, and rose to places as the years rolled along. This was e period of much litigation among the people of the city, and important issues in the trial of these cases were raised during the course of the various cases. Mir. ONeill, Mir. Russell and Mir. Kennedy were real fighters They were students of the law, and fought their cases from beginning to end. My, how the great O,Neill studied; how he could cite the law, and apply its reasoning in the mat ter before him.
 And Mir. Russell, tall and erect with e voice that penetrated every corner of the court room. The same was true of MT. Kennedy, whose presence in the famous Kritchman case will never be forgotten by those present to hear fltn1. Mir. James M. Lynch was also q lawyer in these days, not long out, but one whose ability was recognized and adn1at- ted by the older lawyers, with whom he became associated in many inl- portailt cases. MT, Lynch, we are happy to say, is still with tis, Spry and active as he always was, and good to know for the law he inn parts to, the many clients he still advises among our people.
 7, Became P0pular Candidate
 Frank Brett knew all of these men; he was close to them in the tklAt cOIACOEIIeo lIiIH, bcVuiG for his clientele. But while Frank was given to the law in his early days, the Democratic party soon saw in him just the type of man they wanted to run against Q strong Eddie Belden, iIn- bedded in the town clerks 0filce for a number of years. No one seemed able to otist him until Frank finally allowed his name before the convention. He was nominated and his popularity proved itself In the votes received, for they made him the legal representative of the of. fice, and he held the place for of years. And then, too, he served in the General Assembly ak q representative from Water bury, looe we think.
 Frank was graduated from the old Waterbury High school in 1888, after which nc went to Yale. even-