NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
SPOKANE, October 12--Judge Edward Whitson of the United State Court was stricken with paralysis today. The nervous strain connected with a long term of court in which several important cases have been tried is given as the cause.
Yesterday he sentenced c. D. Howells, a train robber, to life imprisonment. his entire right side is completely paralyzed, although his condition now is much better than it was when he was discovered on the floor of his room at his residence at 7 o'clock this morning.
Judge Whitson was appointed in March 1905. He had been a prominent practicing lawyer of North Yakima for 3 years. He is 57 years of age.
Morning Olympian, October 13, 1910
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OBIT:
Edward N. Whitson, judge of the United States Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Washington, died at his home in this city Saturday night, following an attack of paralysis last Wednesday morning.
Judge Whitson was born in Salem, Oregon, October 6, 1852. His education was received in the public and high schools of that day and in Oregon College. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar. September 3, 1885, he was married to Leora Nellie Bateman at Walla Walla. He lived a large part of his life in the Yakima Valley and was prominently identified with the commercial growth and political life of that section.
In 1875-76 he was auditor of Yakima County and was Mayor of North Yakima from 1886 to 1888. He was a member of the territorial legislature in 1877-78. He assumed the duties of district judge March 14, 1905, at the time of the division to this state into districts.
He was a pioneer of the Yakima Valley and was widely known throughout Walla Walla, Benton, Yakima, and Klickitat counties.
Bellingham Herald, October 16, 1910
SPOKANE, October 12--Judge Edward Whitson of the United State Court was stricken with paralysis today. The nervous strain connected with a long term of court in which several important cases have been tried is given as the cause.
Yesterday he sentenced c. D. Howells, a train robber, to life imprisonment. his entire right side is completely paralyzed, although his condition now is much better than it was when he was discovered on the floor of his room at his residence at 7 o'clock this morning.
Judge Whitson was appointed in March 1905. He had been a prominent practicing lawyer of North Yakima for 3 years. He is 57 years of age.
Morning Olympian, October 13, 1910
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OBIT:
Edward N. Whitson, judge of the United States Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Washington, died at his home in this city Saturday night, following an attack of paralysis last Wednesday morning.
Judge Whitson was born in Salem, Oregon, October 6, 1852. His education was received in the public and high schools of that day and in Oregon College. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar. September 3, 1885, he was married to Leora Nellie Bateman at Walla Walla. He lived a large part of his life in the Yakima Valley and was prominently identified with the commercial growth and political life of that section.
In 1875-76 he was auditor of Yakima County and was Mayor of North Yakima from 1886 to 1888. He was a member of the territorial legislature in 1877-78. He assumed the duties of district judge March 14, 1905, at the time of the division to this state into districts.
He was a pioneer of the Yakima Valley and was widely known throughout Walla Walla, Benton, Yakima, and Klickitat counties.
Bellingham Herald, October 16, 1910
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
SPOKANE, October 12--Judge Edward Whitson of the United State Court was stricken with paralysis today. The nervous strain connected with a long term of court in which several important cases have been tried is given as the cause.
Yesterday he sentenced c. D. Howells, a train robber, to life imprisonment. his entire right side is completely paralyzed, although his condition now is much better than it was when he was discovered on the floor of his room at his residence at 7 o'clock this morning.
Judge Whitson was appointed in March 1905. He had been a prominent practicing lawyer of North Yakima for 3 years. He is 57 years of age.
Morning Olympian, October 13, 1910
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OBIT:
Edward N. Whitson, judge of the United States Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Washington, died at his home in this city Saturday night, following an attack of paralysis last Wednesday morning.
Judge Whitson was born in Salem, Oregon, October 6, 1852. His education was received in the public and high schools of that day and in Oregon College. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar. September 3, 1885, he was married to Leora Nellie Bateman at Walla Walla. He lived a large part of his life in the Yakima Valley and was prominently identified with the commercial growth and political life of that section.
In 1875-76 he was auditor of Yakima County and was Mayor of North Yakima from 1886 to 1888. He was a member of the territorial legislature in 1877-78. He assumed the duties of district judge March 14, 1905, at the time of the division to this state into districts.
He was a pioneer of the Yakima Valley and was widely known throughout Walla Walla, Benton, Yakima, and Klickitat counties.
Bellingham Herald, October 16, 1910
SPOKANE, October 12--Judge Edward Whitson of the United State Court was stricken with paralysis today. The nervous strain connected with a long term of court in which several important cases have been tried is given as the cause.
Yesterday he sentenced c. D. Howells, a train robber, to life imprisonment. his entire right side is completely paralyzed, although his condition now is much better than it was when he was discovered on the floor of his room at his residence at 7 o'clock this morning.
Judge Whitson was appointed in March 1905. He had been a prominent practicing lawyer of North Yakima for 3 years. He is 57 years of age.
Morning Olympian, October 13, 1910
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OBIT:
Edward N. Whitson, judge of the United States Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Washington, died at his home in this city Saturday night, following an attack of paralysis last Wednesday morning.
Judge Whitson was born in Salem, Oregon, October 6, 1852. His education was received in the public and high schools of that day and in Oregon College. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar. September 3, 1885, he was married to Leora Nellie Bateman at Walla Walla. He lived a large part of his life in the Yakima Valley and was prominently identified with the commercial growth and political life of that section.
In 1875-76 he was auditor of Yakima County and was Mayor of North Yakima from 1886 to 1888. He was a member of the territorial legislature in 1877-78. He assumed the duties of district judge March 14, 1905, at the time of the division to this state into districts.
He was a pioneer of the Yakima Valley and was widely known throughout Walla Walla, Benton, Yakima, and Klickitat counties.
Bellingham Herald, October 16, 1910
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