Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1912 — Indiana Supreme Court Judge Passes Away. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Supreme Court Judge Passes Away.

Indianapolis, Ind.,. April 6.—The death of .Judge Janies H. Jordan of the supreme court',' at, his home at - Martinsville last evening makes a vacancy on the bench of that court, and it will be the duty of Governor Marshall to appoint some one 'to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. Judge Jordan’s term would expire, the first of next January. He was elected to the supreme bench in 1 894 and took office in 1895, and at the time of his death he was serving the last year of ids third six-year term. He was 70 years old. He was born in Virginia and served in the army in the civil war where he was engaged in seventy pitched battles, receiving wounds in two battles.

There is much speculation as to who will be appointed by the Governor to fill the vacancy, but the opinion seems to be that he will appoint Judge John W. Spencer, of Evansville. Spencer was nominated at the recent democratic state convention for judge of the supreme court to succeed Judge Jordan, and this, it is believed will 1 give him the call l on the appointment, to fill the vacancy.