Show BECK A LAWYER FOR YEARS assistant to attorney general knox once As oc abed with harrity james M beck assistant attorney general of the united states was for merly a lawyer of philadelphia he was born in that city in 1861 receil ing a common school education sub go ng to private academies and then graduating in law in april 1884 in 1885 he entered the law of fice of former national democratic Chal chairman william F harrity and was associated with him in the practice ot of law for several 3 ears in the first cleveland adminis tra tion mr beck was assistant district attorney of the eastern district of pennsylvania mr beck has been at af fil with gold democrats and is an expansionist A A |