Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — JUDGE COOLEY DEAD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JUDGE COOLEY DEAD.

Famous Jurist Passes Away at His Home in Michigan. Judge Thomas M. Cooley, the noted jurist and constitutional lawyer, died Monday at his home in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Three months ago he returned from a private sanitarium at Flint, Midi., where he had been treated chiefly for mental weakness. He was then so much improved in mental health that he was able to recognize acquaintances. He reealized his weak p h y s ic al condition and his failing meil-

tal abilities, and often expressed n wish that death would come. Several weeks ago he relapsed into a comatose condition. During the ensuing interval the only intelligible utterance he made was once when he inquired for his eldest son. His demise had been expected for weeks past.

THOMAS M. COOLEY