Show MEN OF or THE HOUR some are bom born great so some me ac ie mat fatness ness and somo some have gt greatness thrust upon them shakespeare I iaz N JUDGE WALTER S COX AT THE GUITEAU TRIAL the trial in in progress directs attention in a special r manner to the learned gentleman gent gentleman lemau who presides thereat Jud judge geCox cox is is now and henceforward a historic personage age agerson therefore a few not notes es about out him haye special interest at the present time judge walter S cox is about forty five years of age he was born in the district of columbia hi hia prominence as a lawyer dates from the year 1863 and wag was earned in the courts under the shadow of the capitol his promotion by president hayea hayes to a judgeship in the district court was a general ethe custom having previously been to appoint the incumbents orthis of this honorable position from outside the district of columbia let it be remembered here that not quite all of mr 11 hancs ayes appod appointments nt were from the buckeye state but just enough to make ohio swim in official grease for four years the judges family history histo includes in that afan of an adventurous ath brother abo was prior to the war of the rebellion an in the united states army upon the breakie breaking out of the war ho lie deserted ani an fled to rebel headquarters where he found responsible employment under the redoubtable lee ac another brother has served a long time as blerk in the state department at washington he ire is a gentleman very much respected and physically among the fine looking men of the Ci capital pital there is no need of saying to persons who see the excellent picture pi odthe of the judge which heads this tills article that its subject is another handsome specimen of american manhood |