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Show Death Ends Career Of Justice Murphy DETROIT, July It (INS) Associate J unties Prank Murphy of ths United Stat supreme court, one of Michigan's moxt distinguished eons, died la his sleep of s heart attack hi Detroit De-troit Tuesday. The sudden death of the 50-year-old statesman stunned his native ststs snd ths nation. Justice Jus-tice Murphy died st 4 45 a m. MST in Henry Ford hospital with only his brother, Recorder's Court Judge George Murphy of Detroit, at his bedside. .The red-haired, bushy-browed justice waa a victim of coronary thrombosis. Telegrams of sympathy snd regret re-gret flooded Into Detroit from throughout the country, heeded by a message frran Prasad Truman. Tru-man. Ths president stated Justice Murphy "will b deeply missed snd widely mourned aa a jurist, ss a dtisea and as a humanitarian." humanita-rian." Funeral services wars tenta-thrsiy tenta-thrsiy aet for Friday morning la Harbor Beach, Mich, the late jurist's boms town. Justice Murphy's sister, Mrs. Marguerite Tealuuv announced hsr brother's body will be taken Immediately to Harbor Beach to tie In state at ths old family home-atd home-atd nntil the hour of ths funeral. fu-neral. Services win be held la the Lake Huron Catholie church, which ths jurist attended In boyhood. boy-hood. Burial will be beside his parents In the Rock Falls cemetery, ceme-tery, couth of Harbor Beach. After the sadden death. Justice Jus-tice Murphy's brother stated: . "Until the and be never wavered from any of his Ideals. His very last opinion written for the court See Fags S, Pumas ' - -.... v Joseph C OIahaaey . . . Beea as aoeaible sueeaeesr to Marphy. MURPHY Crattaaetl from Pfs Om wu a dtclsumtloa of human rtrhta." Ths health of th former Mlchi-t&a Mlchi-t&a forsrnor and Detroit mayor began to fail two yaara af o whan ha was thrown Into daap grief by tha death of hla younger brother, Harold Tha younger Murphy waa tn tha Phllippinee whea Justtee Murphy served aa governor (en araj of the Islands. Physicians said the Justice died ia hla sleep, Justice Murphy had been to and out af the hospital for tests for mora than a month, but never waa placed on the critical list. Us left tha hospital for a motor ride Monday afternoon and returned apparently tn tha beet of spirits. Justice Murphy had made rea-ervaUona rea-ervaUona to take ailneral hatha In Mt. Clemens next week and then planned to spend most of the remainder of the summer with his sister, Mrs. Marguerite Tehan, and other relatives in Harbor Beach, Mich. Tha Justice had planned thla fall to visit friends In Miami. Justice Murphy waa born tn Harbor Beach on April 13, 190, the son ef John T. aad Mary Murphy. In spits of simple taatea. Justice Murphy waa popular in tha lavtah Waahlngton society. He read the Bible dally, attended attend-ed mass regularly, kept fit with boxing, swimming, riding aad dancing. The bachelor Jurist never smoked nor drank and rarely at tended parties until after business hours. Justice Murphy's private motto waa: "Speak softly and hit hard." |