Show PITIABLE END OF A PROMISING CAREER HON ISAAC P CHRISM rANCY NOY ex cli chief cef J ustice justice of the su supreme preme court of michigan ex united states senator and ex minister to peru died recently at his bis lonely home 1 in lansing in comparative poverty and surrounded and encompassed by wretchedness he attained as high honors as were ever reached by any man of his bis state but his descent to oblivion wu was much more rapid than his trip to power and influence As he a number of years ago introduced into the senate and championed one of the many infamous meas measures ures that have been aimed at the mormon people his career and fate have some loca I 1 interest attached to them one of the prominent journals of the country says his case is a striking example of how short a step it is from honorable fame and political success to total obscurity for a mouth month previous to MW death judge christiancy suffered intense agony from cancer near the roots yf vf his tongue find and greatly desired his end to come speedily indeed for several years he had stated that he had nothing to cause him to desire to live A Philadel philadelphia rhia paper publishes the following sketch of his career J adge Christiancy was 78 years of age H he e was born in johnstown N Y but removed to monroe mich in 1836 here he lived for a score of years rising from the ranks of struggling young lawyers to the position of one of the most widely known attorneys in the new state and gaining additional prominence nence as the editor of the commercial from 1841 to 1846 he was prosecuting attorney in 1848 he was one of the leaders in the free soil convention at buffalo and state senator in 1850 1 and free soil candidate for governor in 1852 he was oneff one of i the he founders of the republican arty party and a delegate to its first national nation convention in philadelphia in 1856 in 1857 he was elected justice of the michigan supreme court and eleeter in 1865 and in 1873 serving three terms as chief justice in 1875 he resigned from the bench to become united states senator and two years later resigned that position to accept the post of united states minister to peru the death of alis first wife left him with several sons it was not long after his election to the united states senate that his mich michigan friends were startled at the news iff of his his marr marriage jaFe to lillian lugenbeal a young empi employed oye of the treasur treasury WE department he took his bride with him when he returned to lansing to W arrange for his journey to peru not long after the minister went to peru grave stories were told about the young cifes conduct it was said that she soon tired of the minister and had transferred her affections to a young lieutenant with whom she had been fascinated before meeting the senator and who had boldly bolay followed her from washington to peru the scandal culminated in an exposure before the expiration of his first year in lima mrs Chriatian christiancy cy returned alone and gossip was again revived when minister christiancy returned to the united states after a change of administrations he at once applied for and secured a divorce on the ground of infidelity neither the young wife nor the lieutenant who was named as correspondent made defense to the suit mrs Christ christiancy lancy became insane one cold night in december she was found wandering in the streets of washington arrayed only in a thin nightdress night dress when taken home it was found that she had managed to escape from the house without alarming the family but how flow she had done so neither she nor they could tell she was very ill for some time following in hii on december 13 1883 she died a maniac in brooklyn for several months she had been staying at the residence of dr dupre under her maiden name A physician who was called to treat her for failure of the eyes discovered her mental condition and also her identity it was believed that she had become crazed by chloral and was killed by the drug she was 29 years old soon after this came the robbery of worth of diamonds from judge christ iancy in a new york hotel they had been in trusted to his care by a peruvian friend no trace of the missing gems could be obtained the spirit of the judge was absolutely crushed by the series of disasters he retired from public life and passed his days in absolute obscurity although engaging en agin in literary labors most of the t time t rne during the last ten years judge Christian cys evs passion for whist playing has been his only solace although he begun began failing physically as soon as he returned from south america the great legal mind which made him the peer of any jurist who has sat on the michigan supreme bench remained active and bright very little of his miscellaneous writings have been published owing to his pronounced dread of having his hiis name given further publicity but they will be collected and issued by his family one of the 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