| Show J DGE MERRITT GALLED HOME One of the Oldest Democrats in Utah Succumbs to Old Injury YEAR IN N HIS mill lII c fully nt lit the tho a Iter for Cor six elx with tin tho of ot u a blow received on he heh Col 01 car hrail h ad m ill a II A Jurist politician poll Mil and dubman In his hie SUh year da afternoon succumbed nt at the tho homo of lr M lIps rs Lydo Wells 15 II t treel A host hosl of ot but no reI reIt t ts a mourn hl hie loss 10 In III Utah JU KO known a ar r one nel wo for one of or Iho IT st t prominent DRUM In III th public iff II f r Sill Salt Uiko City II Judge of oC th tho t court Justice of oC the S EI A court rt of ot tho Alta Alia club thc ind mori mor linger to 10 his hla mem memory ory or Three slates partook of or tho n tius IlIe activity of oC which VOM all nn nil activity which result resulted ed fc from the arduous duties duUs of or early curly in jn the tha west Col eol Merrill was waB lorn In III Stanlon Vv Y AUff Aug 1 I At the tho ngo of ot 29 2 year arl he from unil a I year later lured by b tho of or the thc went made mado his way ay to 10 county California where ho hoMas Mas Admitted to 10 tho bur bar In In Col hold the tho of oC Itce of or county count clerk and public t served enod two years un ah Iti a lL to tho tn and six b years earll In tho eon ate From Kroin all III ho went tnt to 10 Idaho from fr m which territory ho he elected ol ted u 1 to the tho In that capacity from In the Iho Jatter fart of or 1873 JUlIe Judge Mer mi t i nine to Suit Salt I luke ako City II forming th tho law lal partnership of oC ft hater ho hI was appointed upP city cly I lOrl e of ot Halt Luke City which 1 fiti Mi 11 under tho old Liberal party ho rr to accept tho position of oC na nI on tho Iho 1 ti Ii ket kel In January Januar 1894 1891 Mer J 1 II t wax waH appointed chief Justice of oC the theiu iu court of tit the territory of ot Utah Ulah Ark retirIng from active law t e Merritt who Wall not mar mor took up lip his residence nt at tho Ihl AHu Alln and It wa In 11 f tont mt of thin th bill id Ins lx lix years that a II Third car him the H nho k hi hili mind to nn that JUdge W C Hull was hili Monday han o fur tur the worse wor o iia noticed the end soon came cume Tho only relatives c the de eased aro alO In Virginia The funeral services will bo be hold held from the lIc residence of MIR 15 nt at 4 pm While definite not et rl be bren n completed It Is believed that the funeral will bi delivered t 1 y two lito prominent members of oC the tho bar barwin win h were associates of tho Ihl decedent itar nars Bo go Tho rho Interment will bo ut lit ft ft meter L |
