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Show WHOLE COMMUNITY MOURNS 1 1 DEATH OF DENNIS C. EICHN0R Court Adjourns Out of Res- I L , H pect to the Memory of Mr H the Attorney.. Public Funeral Services at the 12 i' First Presbyterian Church W This Afternoon. f U j The Body Will Lio in State at the ' ' I , Family Home on Fourth East Street. Jl Funeral services over the remains of cj , tho late District Attorney Dennis Clay ' Eichnor, who died suddenly Friday J H evening, will be held this afternon aU fijl 3 o'clock from the First Methodist Wa , church. The funeral of the man, so" n' ' ' widely known and liked by all who V j JH knew him, will be public In order that ;( , hia numerous friends may be given an IjyJ ( IH opportunity to attend and pay Tespect ja I i to his memory. The announcement of j 1 ( 1 J his untimely demise yesterday morning i -' i' i , created a shock throughout tho entire 1.? 'V j ' county, and expressions of tho deepest , : regret were heard on nil sides. 4 4 Sorrow was apparent on the faces of lm V ' all In the offices of the joint building W : ' 'IH yesterday, and a solemn ulr of mourn- SI j lng pervaded the atmosphere. Out of ; l ' J H respect to Mr. Eleanor's memory tho j 31 i jH flags on both sides of the city and J il county building were suspended at half a il most all day. There was deepest sor- ' 'll row In Judge Morse's courtroom. Men . 3 , could not realize that never again 9 ijH would they see the District Attorney's m , , jlH genial countenance before tho bar W , 'vl where ho has so ably and fearlessly " 4 1. J prosecuted the cases of the State. S i , 'ijl An important water suit had been M, l , I set for trial before Judge Morse yes- l ! t I'll terday," but neither ihe court nor the : )i ' ; J 1 IH attorneys in the case wero inclined to ''tl. 1 I jH take up the trial, and an adjournment 1 IH was taken until tomorrow morning. At- 1' , ; torney Lindsay R, Rogers formally yt 1 , V notified the courtof Mr. Elchpor's ft ly ' ( death. Mr. Rogers spoke in a low tone, ' 1 and there was suppressed feeling in his j 'J voice: ? - a ' "Aa a member of the bar of this 5 1 ; 1 , , ' IH court it becomes my duty to an- i t'lH nounce to the court the death of Dennis s I C. Elchnor, esquire, an officer of this , ; Ii 1 'M court and a distinguished citizen of this ,.,' i 'tH State. I move the court a committee ift y, jl of five members of the bar be appointed , . fLlC Jl by the court to make arrangements to jjy j(aKy ''JfM attend the funeral of our deceased IJ'PvV il brother and to prepare resolutions to ''LApr 1 be presented at an adjourned session cf1 ,'f fj& ) tho court and when that order of busl- l IH ness Is concluded, I move you that your ul B ' , !H honor adjourn this court out of respect '$Jj ' -to the memory of our deceased brother r jH and friend." j 1 Sitting beside Mr. Rogers was Col. M. k M. Kaighn, who said, If proper, he v m VM would second the motion. The court , v then appointed the committee nnd an- : nounced that out of respect to the Dis- " ft I trlct Attorney adjournment would be 2p I taken until Monday morning at 10 I o'clock. The committee appointed by "3 1 Judgo Morse was as follows: L. R. '. Rogers, County Attorney George W. v I Westervelt, Judgo H. P. Henderson. , 1 IH Capt E. A. Wedgwood and Col. M. M. -Kaighn. These men will meet this ' morning at 11 o'clock at Judge Hender- "i eon's ofTlce to draw up the resolutions. I -1 Judge Howatt, president of the State V 1 IH Bar association, has Issued a call for x ' VI the members of the bar to attend the '. ' 1 mm funeral in a body. A '. flfl The remains of the deceased may be Ml I viewed between the hours of 12 and 130 i' ! ' lU p. m. at the family residence, 223 South ' H Fourth East street, where the body will I1 . !H lie In state. The Interment will be pri- !': " IH vate at Mt Olivet. The pall bearers ' j have been chosen as follows: Thp- Hon I' Ml Charles W. Morse. Hon. S. W. Stewart - IH Judges of the District court; County , 1 Attorney Georgo Westervelt, Attorneys H D. N. Straup, A. L. Hoppaugh and 1 Deputy County Clerk J. U. Eldredge, Jr IH The appointment of a successor to' ! f Mr. Elchnor In the office of District 1 ' Attorney has not been considered. The i- 1 1 appointment will be made by Gov ; ' !H Wells the fore part of the week but M ' 1 until after the funeral tho successor- t 1 ' ship will not be mentioned. Jud-o- 1 I Morse will continue the Shockley case If'-' '" IH until Wednesday, by which time a new I H District Attorney will have been an- f IH pointed. y I |