Judge Lee Tisdale

### Children

Lucius "Luke" Jefferson Bartholomew Tisdale II, Lincoln Thomas Roosevelt Tisdale, Theodore "Teddy" William Howard Tisdale, Jefferson Abraham Franklin Tisdale (sons), Marjorie Amelia Tisdale, Emma Samantha Tisdale, Katherine Joanna Tisdale (daughters)

### Relationships

None

*"Son, you don't have the sense of an asparagus." - Judge Lee Tisdale*

**Judge Lucius "Lee" Tisdale** is a Warren County Circuit Court Judge in New York state. A resident of nearby Lake George, he sees over court cases in the rural communities of the county outside the purview of the local sheriffs, including but not limited to Ashford Falls, New York, often referring crime trials to the Queensbury County Court. Originally from the South, he is quite popular for his eccentric folksy humor in the court room, and his tendency to spin long-winded stories from his past as morality tales in his cases.

Not much is known about his life, and much of his claims about his past have to be taken with a grain of salt. It is known he was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in the Late 20s or Early 30s. He was once in the United States Army, but he also claims to have stolen a German Messerschmitt BF-109 during World War Two while he was in the Air Force and hiding out in the tunnels under a POW Camp before being sent home in a submarine. He also said he had three battleships shot out from under him and having helped his Captain convert a radio into a transmitter while trapped by enemy fire at Guadalcanal. His future wife, Katherine Spenser, was a former USO dancer he married to keep his best friend, Stanley Roepper, from dating her. When Roepper began studying law to join the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG Corps), Tisdale went along with him "to keep him from getting lonely." They were kept stateside through the 50s and 60s.

After his military service, Tisdale worked for the County Public Defense office in Westport, Connecticut. He and Katy had seven kids between 1957 and 1965, but after they grew up, Katy longed for a job to give herself purpose. She worked as his assistant when he went into private practice, but she later opened her own bakery. Her business lead to their divorce in 1987. Katy went on to marry a dentist in New Jersey.

Retiring shortly thereafter, Tisdale retreated to his fishing lodge near Lake George, New York where he became friends with Judge Henry Thibodaux. Although he did some preaching on the side at the nearby Lake George Baptist Missionary Church, he also helped out Thibodaux on his crowded and busy schedule. Eventually, he decided retirement wasn't for him, and he became the county circuit judge for the area. Although he was considered eccentric, he became known for being a just and fair judge with a generous heart.

In Ashford Falls, Tisdale was often called by Sheriff Lionel Taft to set bail for major offenders, and Taft's successor, Sheriff David Carmichael, called on him to settle cases in which he was too personally involved. Both Bradley Larabee and Danny Featherstone passed through his court for trespassing and speeding charges. Not a fan of local businessman Carter Hedison for trying to pay him to overlook legal disputes, he was accused of differential treatment when he stripped Carter's daughter, Rachel Hedison, of her driver's license after she had been in too many accidents. He signed a warrant for the arrest of Bud Mason following his sexual attacks in Early 1990. Lou Riley, Russell Coleman, Annie Houghton, Daniel Waverly, Jason Pryde, Samantha Strickland, Ozzie Graham and Alex Iaocca also passed through his court on unrevealed cases. In recent years, he levied assault and vandalism charges on Lisa Creekmore and Lisa Holden for a fight that occurred at the NYC Delicatessen.

Around 1985, his niece, Marie Tisdale, daughter of his brother, Teddy Tisdale, came to live with him to escape threats on her life. She ended up working as a maid to Rachel Hedison for several years, later starting her own local housekeeping business.