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Bellefonte, Pa., December 5, 1924.
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Clearfield Boy Accidentally Killed
His Little Brother.
Lester Ogden, aged 19 years, acci-
little
brother, Alvin, aged 8, at the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Ogden, of Clearfield, last Friday night.
The parents of the two boys were
at church at the time of the tragic ac-
about 9 o’clock. The older
brother had been amusing the young-
er one by playing bandit with him.
The latter had a toy pistol but the
bigger boy was using a new revolver,
which was not loaded, while they were
at play. They pointed their pistols at
dentally shot and killed his
cident,
each other and pulled the triggers.
Believing that he heard a noise at
the chicken house Lester went out to
first placing cartridges
Finding everything all
right out there he returned to the
house, where the little brother was
waiting for him and confronted him
investigate,
in the pistol.
with the toy pistol.
Forgetting that he had loaded his
revolver the older brother pointed it
at the make-believe bandit and pull-
ed the trigger.
The child was killed almost instant-
iy. .
ANOTHER CLEARFIELD BOY KILLED.
Edward Bennehof, aged 17 years, of
Clearfield county,
was killed on Monday while hunting
Girard township,
rabbits. He was attempting to dis-
lodge a rabbit which had run under a
pile of stumps, slipped, the hammer
of his gun hit a log with such force
that the weapon was discharged.
High School Students to Appear in
Light Opera.
The first exhibition work of the
Bellefonte High school’s glee club will
be given in the High school auditorium
Thursday evening, December 11th.
The entire club of almost one hun-
dred members will participate. One
large group will sing the choruses
from the light opera, “The Toreadors,”
another will do the dancing numbers,
while to still another group falls the
dramatic interpretation of this de-
lightful work. Several splendid voic-
es will be heard to excellent advantage
in the beautiful and catchy solos con-
tained in this light opera. The en-
semble numbers are bright and pret-
ty and the rehearsals promise a fine
rendition.
In the second part of the evening’s
program, a minstrel group will enter-
tain with a clever little arrangement
of jokes, antics, and songs, that will
make you forget your troubles, if you
have any, and make you glad these
peppy, bright, happy young folks are
part of the Bellefonte High.
Don’t miss it. A full two hours of
real entertainment and enjoyment is
promised for the small admission price
of 385 cents for adults, and 25 for
children under twelve. The date is
Thursday, December 11th, at 8 p. m.,
at the High school auditorium.
Dr. W. J. Kurtz Seriously Ill.
Dr. Walter J. Kurtz, well known
physician of Howard, underwent an
operation in a Philadelphia hospital
yesterday morning. He has been suf-
fering for some time from the effects
of a tumor at the base of his brain.
It developed to the point where total
blindness threatened and his condition
became so grave as to make an op-
eration the only hope of his survival.
——Christmas gifts at moderate
prices, at the sale at The Basket
Shop, on Linn street. 9 a. m. to 5 p.
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REED.—Mrs. Bertha Corl Reed,
wife of Wray Reed, passed away at
her home at Pine Grove Mills at 8:30
o’clock on Monday morning following
some months’ illness with dropsy and
heart trouble.
She was a daughter of W. K. (de-
ceased) and Etta Garner Corl and was
born at Pine Hall on April 17th, 1896,
hence was in her twenty-ninth year.
Four years ago she married Wray
Reed and during the ensuing year
Returning
to Centre county they took up their
lived at Waynesboro, Pa.
residence at Pine Grove Mills, where
they have lived ever since.
In addition to her husband she is
survived by one daughter, Rosie; her
mother and the following brothers and
Maria Fry, of Rock
Springs; Mrs. J. F. Musser, on the
Branch; Mrs. Florence Wogan, of Ju-
Albert,
Brooks, Grover C., Fred, Norman,
sisters: Mrs.
niata; P. Waldo, Clayton,
Robert and Esther Corl, all at home.
Funeral services were held at her
late home at 1:30 o’clock on Wednes-
day afternoon by Rev. S. C. Stover,
assisted by Rev. J. S. English, burial
being made in the Pine Hall cemetery.
JUDGE QUIGLEY DIES SUDDEN-
LY ON SATURDAY. A FULL
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Fifty-seven years ago a boy was
born at the village of Beech Creek,
Clinton county. He was a sturdy lit-
tle lad and grew to rugged manhood.
Coming to Bellefonte when but sev-
enteen years of age he has been an in-
tegral part of the history of the town
and Centre county through all the in-
tervening years. He attained the
highest honors the county has in its
power to give but always remained
just one of the people. They laid him
to rest in the Union cemetery on Tues-
day afternoon and the hundreds who
attended his funeral went with bowed
heads and grief-stricken hearts be-
cause it was their friend who was be-
ing laid away. What better tribute
than that could be paid to the life and
the memory of Judge Henry Crosky
Quigley ?
“Judge Quigley is dead,” was the
startling announcement flashed from
tongue to tongue last Saturday morn-
ing and the appalling suddenness of it
seemed so utterly incredible that the
truth of the statement was hard to re-
alize. A man of splendid physique
and apparently robust health he had
no reason to anticipate death hover-
ing in the offing. He spent practical-
ly the entire month of November sit-
ting on the bench of the Philadelphia
courts and his original plan of going
to Pittsburgh for the Thanksgiving
day football game was interfered with
by the death of Orlando Johnson, he
remaining in Philadelphia until Fri-
day to attend the funeral.
After the funeral he presided at a
brief session of court and just before
leaving his hotel for the Broad Street
station he signed a large number of
liquor condemnations on which he al-
ready had passed judgment. He reach-
ed Lock Haven about 11:25 o'clock
Friday night where he was met by
Robert Roan and brought to his home
in this place. He was in the best. of
spirits and discussed with Mr. Roan a
proposed hunting trip. They reached
Bellefonte at 12:30 o’clock and the
Judge retired shortly thereafter.
A few minutes before eight o’clock
on Saturday morning he complained
to his wife of a dull pain in his left
side which he believed to be an attack
of muscular rheumatism, and he said
he would stay in bed awhile longer.
But instead of diminishing it
grew ‘more intense and the family
physician was summoned. He prom-
ised to be there within a half hour but
a second summons a few minutes later
took him as fast as possible to the
Quigley home, but the Judge was al-
ready beyond all aid. His death oc-
curred at 8:40 o’clock and was ascrib-
ed to an acute attack of angina pec-
toris.
Judge Quigley was a son of Captain
James A. and Mary Shaw Quigley
and was born at Beech Creek on Oc-
tober 15th, 1867, making his age 57
years, 1 month and 14 days. When a
child his parents moved across . the
county line into Eagleville and there
his boyhood days were spent much
like the other boys of the village. He
attended the public school during the
winter season, played ball on the town
lots and did errands at his father’s
store during the summer. When not
quite seventeen years of age, or in the
fall of 1884, he came to Bellefonte and
entered the Bellefonte Academy to
prepare for a college career. Because
of his virile nature and big-hearted
geniality he became a leader among
the Academy boys and during the two
school years he spent there proved a
popular and much-liked student.
In the fall of 1886 he matriculated
at State College as a member’ of the
JUDGE HENRY CROSKY QUIGLEY
From. a recent photograph by the McGarvey Studio.
class of 1890, and his many likable
qualities resulted in his becoming a
leader on the campus. But his college
; career was brief; as in March of 1887
i
he was appointed a cadet at the West
Point military academy and on April
10th of that year went to West
Point to learn to be a soldier. It took
less than a year to convince him that
a military career was not to his liking
and leaving the Academy he returned
to Bellefonte and entered the law office
of Hastings & Reeder for the study of
aw. After three years of application
to the intricate principles of Black-
stone he passed a creditable examina-
tion and was admitted to practice his
profession at the Centre county bar on
April 16th, 1891.
He continued his work with the law
firm of Hastings & Reeder and Gen-
eral Hastings having become embroil-
ed in State polities, it was therehe -
got his first lessons in practical po-
litical manipulation. When Hastings
was elected Governor of Pennsylva-
nia in 1894 he retired from the law
firm and Mr. Quigley became the jun-
ior partner of Reeder & Quigley. In
September, 1897, Governor Hastings
appointed Wilbur F. Reeder deputy
Attorney General and during the en-
suing year and a half much of the le-
gal work of the firm devolved up-
on Mr. Quigley.
When Mr. Reeder died Mr. Quigley
established an office in Temple Court
and embarked in the practice of his
profession independent of any col-
league. But he kept up his interest in
politics and in 1906 accepted the nom-
ination for State Senator in this dis-
trict against the late George M. Dime-
ling, his Democratic opponent “of
Clearfield. He was defeated in the
district but carried Centre county by
102 of a majority. This was an indi- !
cation of his personal strength in his
home county and shortly thereafter he
was chosen county chairman. He
served a number of years and met
with such a measure of success that
when the judicial campaign of 1915
loomed upon the horizon Mr. Quigley
became the logical candidate of his
party, the only other Republican as-
pirant being the late Clement Dale.
At the primaries Mr. Quigley polled
2543 votes to 504 of Mr. Dale, but the
contest being on a non-partisan basis
he, of course, had to reckon with three
Democratic opponents, Judge Ellis L.
Orvis, a candidate for re-election, N.
B. Spangler and J. Kennedy Johnston.
Judge Orvis securing the next high-
est number of votes the contest was |
between him and Quigley. It was a |
memorable campaign, hotly contested, .
and Mr. Quigley was elected by a ma- |
jority of 412 votes. Commenting up- |
on his election at the time the "Watch- |
man,” which naturally fought him
hard, but fair, during the campaign,
said editorially:
He won an unusual honor against
odds that seemed greatly against him. |
The trait we admire most in the victor :
is the ambition that has actuated him. !
It must be remembered that Mr. Quig-
ley has achieved his present position
practically by his own efforts. He is
a man of modest means, he had not
been recognized as brilliant in his pro-
fession and he has not at all times
been in the'good graces of the organ-
ization of his party. With an eye sin-
gle to a coveted goal he planned and
worked until the moment of opportu-
nity arrived and then he struck with
the force of preparedness and found
his dreams realized. He had a per- |
fectly laudable desire to get up and |
his success in doing so must inspire |
admiration in the minds of his sup-
porters and opponents alike.
Mr. Quigley was sworn into office
and took his seat upon the bench on
the first Monday in January, 1916. It
must here be confessed that there
were skeptical minds who questioned
1 his ability but these were disabused
at his first term. of court. . He presid-
ed with a quiet dignity that quickly
won admiration from members of the
ba: as well as litigants. Several pre-
dominant characteristics became man-
ifest early in his judicial career. They
were his quick comprehension of per-
tinent points in the issue before him;
his humane, almost fatherly interest
in first offenders and his uncanny in-
stinet or intuition in reading the mind
of the habitual criminal. He was fair
and just under all circumstances.
When punishment was deserved he
administered it without hesitation, but
his justice was tempered with un-
stinted mercy and leniency when it
came to dealing with the young or
first offenders. This trait was espe-
cially noticeable in his work in the
juvenile court.
Early in his career his work upon
the bench attracted the attention of
the judiciary throughout the State
with the result that he began to re-
ceive invitations to preside in other
i courts. As the years went by and his
| experience grew these invitations be-
came more numerous and of late years
ihe spent considerable time on the
: bench in both Allegheny and Philadel-
“wphia counties. In both cities he was
highly regarded as an able jurist, and
it is a matter of record that less than
a year ago he disposed of more cases
in one day than any other judge sit-
, ting in the Philadelphia courts.
| During his nine years on the bench
, of Centre county he has been reversed
: some five or six times by the higher
| courts, but that is not in excess of the
average. -He also made law in at least
i two mportant cases, that of Stine vs.
| The Pennsylvania Railroad company,
and Shaughnessy vs. the same compa-
ny. In the latter case, particularly,
| there was no precedent to go by, but
‘all his rulings were sustained by the
| higher court. He was a hard and dil-
| igent worker and kept the docket as
| nearly up to date as possible.
i One of the prominent traits of Mr.
| Quigley’s character from boyhood to
{ his tragic end was his love for the so-
‘ cial side of life. This had much to do
with winning him so many steadfast
friends in all walks of life. And in
later years, with all the arduous du-
ties of his judicial career sitting upon
his shoulders he was the same genial,
companionable gentleman he was be-
fore he attained to such distinction.
Possessed of a most charming and
gracious manner his presence in any
gathering, whether it be the parlor or
the hunting lodge, added a certain
zest and feeling of good fellowship
that seemed almost inspired.
He loved his fellowman and he lov-
ed Bellefonte, the town of his adop-
tion. No economic project brought to
his attention was flouted or turned
down. He willingly gave his time and
his money to every worthy cause, a
fact only lately demonstrated when
last spring he headed the big drive for
the Centre County hospital fund. A
number of years ago he served as a
member of the Bellefonte school board
and was its president one or two
years.
He was an ardent lover of all kinds
of sports and it was his delight to
jump into an old suit of clothes and
hie to the mountain or stream on a
hunting or fishing trip. Notwith-
standing the fact that he spent but a
few months as a student at State Col-
lege he always kept up his class in-
terest and was exceedingly loyal to
all athletic sports in which the col-
lege engaged. Only last June he at-
tended a reunion of his class held on
Fishing creek, and it is a marked co-
incidence that the two men who were
the life of the party at that time have
passed away, Fred A. Bryan, of South
Bend, Ind., and now Judge Quigley,
and theirs the first break in a class
that was graduated thirty-four years
ago.
For many years the Judge had been
a member of St. John’s Episcopal
church. For a long period he was su-
perintendent of the Sunday school,
was later elected a vestryman and of
late years had been the junior warden
and the church treasurer. He was a
‘member of the Bellefonte Lodge of
Masons and the Williamsport Consis-
tory of Scottish Rite Masons. He
was a charter member of the Belle-
fonte Camp P. O. S. of A., an Elk and
Kiwanis, belonged to the Red Men and
the Logan Fire company. He was a
member of the Nittany Country club,
the Acacia club, of Williamsport, and
the University club, of State College.
He was also a member of the Penn-
sylvania Bar association and the
American Bar association. He was a
member of the board of directors of
the Whiterock Quarries and always
took a great interest in its successful
management.
On April 17th, 1895, he married
Miss Augusta C. Merriman, of Brad-
ford, N. Y., who survives with one
son and two daughters, Hugh M.
Quigley, Miss Henrietta C., and Mrs.
W. Frederick Reynolds, all of Belle-
fonte. He also leaves four sisters and
one brother, Mrs. W.D. Horne, of
Yonkers, N. Y.; Miss S. Gertrude
Quigley, of Lancaster; Mrs. George
F. Hess and Mrs. J. Frederick Wynn,
| of Beech Creek, and S‘ate Senator
Richard S. Quigley, of I ~~k Haven.
A meeting of the Centre ~ounty bar
association was held in the court
house at 10:30 o'clock on 'Trosday
morning as a mark of esteem to "ge
Quigley’s memory. Ex-Judge “is
L. Orvis presided and a minute ar
resolutions was presented by a com-
mittee of which John Blanchard Esq.,
was chairman.
deceased Judge were paid by M. Ward
Fleming and George W. Zeigler Esqs.,
of Philipsburg; Judge H. Walton
Mitchell, of Pittsburgh, and Messrs.
Hipple, Geary and Hall, of the Clin-
‘ton county bar. A telegram of condo-
Brief eulogies of the |
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lence from the Philadelphia Bar as-
sociation was read and letters from
Congressman W. I. Swoope, Seth T.
McCormick, of Williamsport, and the
Delaware county Bar association.
All the business places in Bellefonte
as well as the public schools were
closed during the funeral services
which were held in the Episcopal
church at two o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon by the rector, Rev. M. De-
Pui Maynard, and the remains were
laid to rest in the Union cemetery.
The floral offerings came from all sec-
tions of the State and were unusually
profuse. Among the large display of
hot house flowers was a wreath of ar-
tificial roses made by a prisoner in
the Centre county jail recently sen-
tenced by Judge Quigley. Among the
out of town jurists present at the fu-
neral were Judge H. Walton Mitchell
and Judge Stephen Stone, of Pitts-
burgh; Judge Thomas J. Baldridge, of
Blair county, and ex-Judge Max
Mitchell, of Lycoming county. Repre-
sentatives from the bar associations
of most of the surrounding counties
were also at the funeral.
The deep sorrow that has hung
like a pall over Bellefonte ever since
the announcement of Judge Quigley’s
death is evidence of the high esteem
in which he was held by his neighbors
and friends, and the following editor-
ial tribute from the Philadelphia
North American will show the stand-
ing he had in that city:
The sudden death of Judge Henry
C. Quigley robs the Commonwealth of
a distinguished son, whose character,
personality and talents had marked
him for high place. But for his un-
timely end he would have risen to
greater things than those already at-
tained. Philadelphia, in whose courts
he has frequently presided, will feel
his loss, and extend its sympathy to
his. home district, Centre county,
where his death brings sorrow into
every household.
Editorially the Altoona Tribune
laid this wreath upon his tomb:
Pennsylvanians were greatly shock-
ed Saturday morning to hear of the
sudden death of Judge Henry C. Quig-
ley at his home in Bellefonte. ' Appar-
ently in the best of health, he was
suddenly seized with a heart attack
and died within a short time. His
death brings a distinct loss to the le-
gal profession throughout the State,
for Judge Quigley was not only re-
spected for his legal attainments at
home, but elsewhere. He presided in
many courts outside of Centre coun-
ty, to which places he was called be-
cause of his scholarly interpretation
of the law.
Aside from his judicial equipment
Judge Quigley was a stalwart politi-
cian, a brother of Senator Richard S.
Quigley, of Lock Haven. He was re-
garded as onc of the coming political
figures in Pennsylvania and would
probably have played a prominent part
in the gubernatorial campaign in this
State. :
There are too few men like Quig-
ley. That is why his loss is so keen-
ly felt not only in his native Centre
county, but throughout the State.
CRUST.—Mrs. Amelia Mary Crust,
widow of William E. Crust, died on
Thanksgiving day at the home of her
sor Charles, east of Centre Hall, fol-
lowing an illness of some weeks. Her
maiden name was Amelia Martz and
she was born -at Axe Mann sixty-
three years ago. Her husband has
been dead several years but she is
survived by two sons, Charles E., of
near Centre Hall, and Frank, of near
Bellefonte. She was a member of the
Methodist church and Rev. B. A. Sto-
ver, of Millville, had charge of the
funeral services which were held on
Saturday, burial being made in the
Meyers cemetery.
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BEATES.—From Tuesday’s Pitts-
burgh Post we learn of the sudden
death in that city, on Sunday, of
George Herbert Beates, a native of
Centre county. He was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward J. Beates and was
‘born at Pine Glenn about thirty-five
years ago. He married Miss Mary
Gramley who survives with two
daughters, Bessie and Geraldine
Beates. Funeral services will be held
at his home in Pittsburgh this (Fri-
day) afternoon, burial to be made in
that city.
HARPER.—Following a brief - ill-
ness with stomach trouble Ralph Har-
per died at his home near Baileyville
at 3:30 o'clock last Friday morning.
Just the Saturday previous he attend-
ed the Sunday school conference held
in Bellefonte and on his way home
stopped in Pine Grove Mills to attend
the bazaar at the Lutheran church.
Arriving home he complained of not
feeling well and went to bed. Not-
withstanding the care given him he
gradually grew worse until his death.
He was the eldest son of Gordon E.
and Catherine Bowersox Harper and
was born at Pine Grove Mills on
March 24th, 1907, hence was in his
eighteenth year. He was a bright and
ambitious young man and his death
is mourned by a large circle of
friends. Surviving him are his par-
ents, one brother and a sister, Earl
and Ada. Funeral services were held
at the Harper home at ten o’clock on
Tuesday morning by Rev. Norris, as-
sisted by Rev. H. D. Fleming, after
which burial was made at Pine Grove
Mills.
BOAL.—George O. Boal passed
away at his home in Washington, D.
C., at 10:45 o'clock on Wednesday
morning, following an illness of some
months. He was a son of David and
Frances A. Burnside Boal and was
born in Bellefonte on August 11th,
1852, making his age 72 years, 3
months and 22 days. During his ear-
ly life Mr. Boal filled various clerical
positions in Bellefonte going to Wash-
ington about thirty years ago to ac-
cept a clerkship in the offices of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
On September 8th, 1887, he married
Miss Jennie M. Gehret, a niece of Miss
Rachel Marshall, of Bellefonte, and
the late Miss Anna M. Longwell, who
is his only survivor. The body will be
brought to Bellefonte on the 9:15
train this (Friday) morning and tak-
en direct to the Union cemetery for
burial. In the absence of Rev. Thomp-
son the services will be in charge of
Rev. Dr. Schmidt.
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COMFORT.—Elias = Comfort, for
many years a resident of Gregg town-
ship, died on Monday at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Mildred Albright,
at Burnham, following an illness of
some weeks. He was seventy-one
years old and a retired farmer and
lumberman. In addition to the daugh-
ter mentioned above he leaves two
sons, Frank Comfort, in South Dako-
ta, and John, at Spring Mills. His
funeral was held yesterday, burial be-
ing made in the George’s Valley cem-
etery.
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