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Judge William H. Snyder, the present judge of the circuit court, began the practice of the law at Belleville in the year 1845. His birth place was Prairie du Pont, St. Clair county. His father, Adam W. Snyder, was in his day, one of the leading lawyers of the St. Clair county bar. He completed his scholastic education at McKendree College. Before reaching his majority he acted as postmaster at Belleville, under the admistration of James K. Polk. He prepared himself for the legal profession in the office of Gus- tavus Koerner. He served in the Mexican war as adjutant of the Fifth Illinois regiment. He was elected twice to the legislature, and in 1855, was appointed by Gov. Matteson, state's attorney. He was elected judge of the circuit court in 1857, and at that time was on the bench four years and a half. He was a member of the convention of 1870, which framed the present constitution of the state of Illinois. He was elected judge of the circuit court in 1873, and was re-elected in 1879. He is a gentleman of genial manners, and thorough attainments as a jurist ; and has made a popular and efficient judge.
Nathaniel Niles was born in the state of New York, and obtained his education at the Albany Academy, and the College at Prince- ton, New Jersey. He began his legal studies at Albany, New York, with Messrs. R. W. & G. W. Peckham, and continued in New York city, in the office of Slidell & Livingston. He was licensed as an attorney in 1837. In 1842 he came to Belleville, opened an office, and engaged in the practice of the legal profession. He served as county clerk twelve years. For a number of years he
was editor and proprietor of the Belleville Advocate, which in his hands became the recognized organ of the Republican party in St. Clair county. During the war of the rebellion he was colonel of the Fifty-fourth regiment Illinois volunteers, and afterwards of the One Hundred and Thirtieth regiment. He was made brigadier- general by brevet. In 1864 and 1865 he represented St. Clair county in the General Assembly.
Theodore J. Kraft was born in Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, and came to America in the year 1832. He began the practice of law at Belleville in 1850.
Theodore E. Englemann, who, is now living near Mascoutah, practiced law at Belleville from 1852 to 1860, as a partner of Gus- tavus Koerner. The latter year he abandoned the profession and went to farming. He served as clerk of the circuit court and master in chancery.
Jehu Baker was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, and in the year 1829, came to Illinois with his father, who settled on a farm near Lebanon. For several terms he was a student at Mckendree College. He studied law at Belleville, and in 1846 was admitted to the bar, and began practice as an attorney. In 1864, and again in 1866, he was elected to represent the twelfth (now the seven- teenth) district of Illinois in Congress. He is now Minister from the United States to Venezuela, South America. He is a good lawyer, and fine orator; his mind is of a very philosophical cha- racter.
Edward Abend studied law in the office of Lyman and George Trumbull, and was admitted to the bar in 1842. He was in active practice till 1852, since which time his attention has been devoted to business pursuits. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, came to St. Clair county in the year 1833, and obtained his scholastic edu- cation at McKendree College.
John B. Hay prepared himself for the legal profession at Belle- ville, in the office of Nathaniel Niles, and was admitted to the bar in the year 1852. From 1860 to 1868 he served as state's attorney. He was elected to Congress from the twelfth (now the seventeenth) congressional district in 1868, and again in 1870. He is justly regarded as an attorney of superior abilities.
Thomas Quick is a native of St. Clair county. He obtained his education in McKendree College, studied law in the office of George Trumbull, and was admitted to practice as an attorney in 1846. He practiced at Waterloo till 1855, and then established himself at Belleville. He was appointed bank commissioner by Gov. Bissell, and held that position for several years.
Charles F. Noettling was born in Union county, Pennsylvania. He came to St. Clair county in 1856, and took charge of the public high school. After pursuing his legal studies for a time in the office of William H. and J. B. Underwood, he was admitted to practice in 1859. He is regarded as an office-lawyer of fine abilities.
Robert A. Halbert is a native of St. Clair county. He was edu- cated at McKendree college, and at Illinois college at Jacksonville. He graduated from the latter institution. His preparatory legal studies were carried on in the office of William H. Underwood, at Belleville, and he was admitted to practice in 1866 at a session of the supreme court at Ottawa. In 1868 he was elected state's attorney for St. Clair and Bond counties, and is one of the ablest lawyers at the bar.
Gustavus A. Koerner is a native of Belleville. In 1862 he ac- companied his father, who had been appointed Minister to Spain, and after remaining in that country six months, entered the Uni- versity of Heidelberg. He returned to America in 1864, and in 1865 was admitted to the bar. In 1867 he formed a partner-
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ship with his father, which has since continued. He has filled the office of master in chancery, and is a good lawyer.
Alonzo S. Wilderman is a native of St. Clair county. He studied law at Belleville, and was admitted to the bar in 1866 ; since which time he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, and is a lawyer of recognized ability.
William Winkelman was born in Prussia. He prepared himself for the legal profession under the instruction of Judge William H. Underwood, and was admitted to the practice of the law in 1862.
James M. Hay is a native of Belleville. His education was ob- tained at the Normal School at Ypsilanti, Michigan. He studied law in the office of his brother, John B. Hay; became a member of the bar in 1858; and has since been engaged in the practice of the legal profession.
James M. Dill, a native of Rhode Island, has been a member of the Belleville bar since 1866, and has attained distinction as a lawyer. Before coming to Belleville he practiced in the courts of Nevada, then a territory.
Charles W. Thomas was born in Jackson county, Ill. He read law at Belleville, and was admitted to practice in 1866, and is an able and skillful lawyer.
Charles P. Knispel comes from Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. He studied Blackstone in the office of Joseph Sloss at Edwardsville, and was admitted as a lawyer in 1860. Soon afterward established himself in practice at Belleville, where he has resided ever since. He has served as state's attorney and master in chancery.
Marshall W. Weir was born in Mississippi. He was educated at the Western Reserve Seminary in Trumbull county, Ohio. He came to St. Clair county in 1858. He began the study of the law in 1861, under the instruction of Spencer M. Kase, and since 1863 has been practicing his profession at Belleville,
Frederick E Scheel is a native of St. Clair county. He secured his education at Belleville and in the Washington University, St. Louis. He was admitted to the bar in 1866. He is now acting as master in chancery. For a number of years he was the editor of the Stern des Westens.
Louis P. Kraft was born near Belleville. He spent two years at school in Germany. He studied law at Belleville in the office of his father, Theodore J. Kraft, and became a member of the bar in 1866.
James M. Hamill was admitted to the bar in White county, Illinois, in 1871, and began practice at Belleville in 1872.
R K. Feeny was born in Washington county, Illinois, studied law with William H. Snyder, and was admitted to practice in 1870.
Edward L. Thomas is a native of St. Clair county. He studied law at Belleville with his brother, C. W. Thomas, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1868.
W. C. Kueffner was born at Rostock, Germany, and came to St. Clair county in 1861. He was Colonel of the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Illinois regiment in the war of the rebellion. He pursued his law studies in the St. Louis Law School from which he graduated in 1871. The same year he established himself in practice at Belleville. He is a good lawyer.
H. R. Challenor is a native of Randolph county. He received his education in the College of the Christian Brothers, St. Louis, and McKendree College, Lebanon. He was fitted for the bar at Belleville, under the instruction of J. B. Underwood, and was ad- mitted to practice in 1866. He is now police magistrate.
George W. Brockhaus was born in Hamilton county, Ohio. He secured his education in the common schools of St. Clair county, and in the Normal School of Bloomington. He was admitted to the bar in 1873, having studied law with Benjamin Mattice at
Mascoutah. He was elected prosecuting attorney for St. Clair county in 1876.
Frederick B. Phillips was born in New Madrid county, Missouri. His education was obtained at Arcadia College and the College of the Christian Brothers, St. Louis. He was a student in the law department of the University of Michigan, from which he graduated in 1877. The same year he was admitted to the bar of Illinois, and has since been practicing his profession at Belleville.
John N. Perrin was born on Ridge Prairie, St. Clair county. He received his legal education in the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He was admitted to the bar, both in the states of Illinois and Michigan, in 1876, and began practice at Lebanon. In 1878 he established himself at Belleville.
L. T. Boutcher is a native of Washington county. He studied law at Boulder, Colorado, and at the Union College of Law at Chicago, from which he graduated in 1880.
Don Turner is a native of St. Clair county. He was a student in the McKendree College, and Washington University, St. Louis. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michi- gan in 1873, having previously begun his legal studies in the office of G. and G. A. Koerper.
William J. Underwood was born in South Carolina. He began reading law in 1851, and was admitted to the bar in Alabama in 1855. After the close of the war he came to Louisville, Kentucky, and in 1872 became a resident of Belleville, where he resumed the practice of his profession in 1876. He is the present city attorney.
Franklin A. McConaughy was born at Litiz, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He read law in the office of William H. Under- wood and Charles F. Noettling, and was admitted to practice in March, 1871. He is a graduate of McKendree College.
Robert D. W. Holder is a native of Jefferson county, Illinois. After leaving McKendree college he read law with Judge White and F. A. Lietzel of Carlyle, and in 1872 entered the law depart- ment of the University of Michigan, from which he graduated in 1874. He began practice at Mascoutah in 1875, and in 1877 opened an office at Belleville. In 1880 he was elected State's At- torney.
J. A. Willoughby was born in St. Clair county. His legal studies were pursued in the law department of the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the bar in 1876. Since December, 1880, he has acted as Recorder of St. Clair county.
Henry M. Needles was born in Brown county, Illinois. He graduated from McKendree college in 1873. He began his legal studies in the office of Underwood and Noettling, at Belleville, and afterward attended the law department of the Wisconsin University. He was admitted to practice in Wisconsin in 1876, and in Illinois in 1877. Since the latter date he has practised his profession at Belleville.
John Hay was born at Belleville, and educated in the Washing- ton University, St. Louis. He studied law at Belleville with his father, John B. Hay, and became a member of the bar in 1879.
John N. Huggins is a native of St. Clair county. He prosecuted his preliminary studies in the office of Wilderman & Hamill, and was admitted to the bar in 1880.
Frank Perrin was born at Mascoutah. He graduated from McKendree college in 1878, and afterward fitted himself for the legal profession in the law department of the same institution. He was admitted to the bar in 1881.
Among the prominent lawyers resident in East St. Louis is J. B. Bowman. He was born in Germany, and received a good educa- tion in his native country. Coming to St. Clair county, he followed the trade of a blacksmith for a time at Cahokia, taught school in
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Canteen village, and then studied law and was admitted to the bar. His connection with the most important events that have occurred in East St. Louis during recent years is well known.
Spencer M. Kase, now practising his profession in East St. Louis, is a native of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. He received his education at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, and graduated from that institution in 1855. He studied law with Washington McCartney, at Easton, was admitted to the bar io 1856, and began practice at Danville, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1858 he came to Belleville, and there established himself in the practice of his profession. In 1879 he removed to East St. Louis.
Joseph B. Messick was born in Macoupin county. He was a student for two years at Shurtleff college. He studied law at Carlin- ville, Illinois, and was admitted to practice in 1871. After practi- cing one year at Carlinville, he opened an office in 1872, in East St. Louis. In 1875 he was made Judge of the city court of East St Louis. Judge Messick is a lawyer of ability, and an eloquent and forcible speaker.
William G. Kase was born in Northumberland county, Pennsyl- vania, and received an academic education at Danville, in that state. He came to Illinois in 1859, studied law at Belleville, with his brother, Spencer M. Kase, and in 1862 was admitted to practice as an attorney. He served one term as city judge.
Luke H. Hite is a native of Lancaster, Ohio. His father moved with the family to Illinois when he was eight months old. His edu- cation was obtained in the public schools of Salem, Illinois, and in the Normal University at Bloomington. He studied law with Judge William H. Snyder at Belleville, and was admitted to prac- tice in 1863. He was engaged in practice for two years at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and in 1865 opened an office in East St. Louis, where he has since followed his profession. He served as City At- torney of East St. Louis five years.
Jesse M. Freels is a native of Tennessee. His education was ob- tained at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and at Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1871. He subsequently at- tended the law school of the Iowa State University, and was admitted to the bar in Iowa in 1874. The same year he began practice in East St. Louis. Since 1877 he has acted as counsel for the city of East St. Louis.
George F. O'Melvany was born in Monroe county, Illinois. He was educated at the Normal University, Bloomington, and prepared for the bar in the office of his uncle, Judge H. K. O'Melvany, at Salem, Illinois. He began practice at Salem in 1868, and in 1870 came to East St. Louis, where he has been practicing ever since, with the exception of five years spent in California.
George W. Brackett was born at Cahokia. He attended the St. Louis University two years and studied law at Belleville with Na- thaniel Niles. He was also a student at the Cincinnati Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1858, and since 1865 has had an office in East St. Louis.
Mortimer Millard is a native of Pennsylvania. He studied law at Pontiac, Michigan, was admitted to the bar in East St. Louis in 1864.
James J. Rafter is a native of Maine, but has been a resident of this state since he was two years of age. He was a student of the law for two years in the office of Stuart, Edwards & Brown, at Springfield. On his admission to the bar he began practice in East St. Louis.
Charles T. Ware was born at Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence county, New York. He came to St. Clair county in the fall of 1865, and taught school three years at O'Fallon. During his leisure time
while teaching he read law. In 1869 he entered the office of Judge William H. Underwood, and in 1870 was admitted to the bar. In 1872 he received the appointment of Register in Bankruptcy for the southern district of Illinois, and in 1880 was elected Judge of the city court of East St. Louis.
William H. Bennett was born in Sumner county, Tennessee, and obtained his literary culture in the Hartsville Academy and the Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee. He studied law in the Cumberland University, and was admitted to practice at Gallatin, Tennessee, in 1838. In 1871 he removed from Gallatin to East St. Louis, where he has since been engaged in practice. He has served as city attorney of East St, Louis.
Edward R. Davis was born at Attica Genesee county, New York. He was admitted to practice as an attorney in 1860, at Co- runna, Michigan, where he had been a law student of Luke H. Parsons. He opened an office in East St. Louis in 1865, where he has since practiced his profession, except from 1866 to 1869, during which time he was a resident of Springfield.
George W. Locke is a native of Ross county, Ohio. He received his education at the Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana. He was admitted to the bar in 1879.
George D. Green is one of the active practitioners at the St. Clair county bar, and has an office in East St. Louis.
Frank B. Bowman was born in Johnson county, Missouri. He received his collegiate education at the college of the Christian Brothers, in St. Louis, and in Europe. He graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1877, and the next year began practice in East St. Louis, in connection with his father, J. B. Bowman.
Alexander Flannigen is a native of Galena, Illinois, but was raised in Washington county. He received his education at the. Illinois Agricultural College. He read law in the office of William G. Kase, in East St. Louis, and was admitted to practice in 1876. He is now serving as city attorney.
Benjamin H. Canby was born in Ohio. At an early age he came to Olney, Illinois and studied law in the office of R S. Canby. He was admitted to the bar in 1877, and the same year began practice in East St. Louis.
William P. Launtz is a native of Guernsey county, Ohio. He ob- tained his education chiefly in St. Louis and East St. Louis; stu- died law in the latter place, and in 1873 was admitted to the bar, and began practice in East St. Louis.
J. F. Greathouse was born in Pike county of this state. He read Blackstone and Kent at Louisiana, Missouri, under the instruction of John B. Henderson and D. P. Dyer. He was admitted to the bar in 1867. From 1870 to 1881 he had an office at Pittsfield, Illi- nois, and in 1881 located in East St. Louis.
James H. Mannners was born at Highland, Madison county. He studied law with his father; Joseph D. Manners, who was then prac- ticing in East St. Louis, and in 1876 became a member of the bar.
Archibald Lyons, the sole representative of the legal profession at Marissa, is a native of Wayne county, Illinois. He obtained an academic education at Irvington, Washington county, and Carbon- dale, Jackson county. His instructor in his preparatory legal studies was Isaac Clements of Carbondale. He was admitted to the bar in 1878, and the same year began practice at Marissa.
Henry H. Horner, a native of Lebanon, St. Clair county, Illi- nois, read law under the Hon. William H. Underwood, deceased, late of Belleville, Ill. He was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Illinois, July 14, 1847, and immediately located at Leba- non, where he has ever since resided. In 1865, he succeeded Ex- Gov. French, as Dean of the Law Department of McKendree College, situated at Lebanon, which position he now holds.
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John Eckert was born in Waterloo, Monroe county, Illinois. He studied law under H. H. Horner, and was admitted to the bar in 1877, and located at Lebanon. He is the present city attorney of Lebanon.
M. W. Schaffer, nativity Troy, Madison county, Illinois. Was also a student of H. H. Horner, and was admitted to practice at the bar in 1879. Is located at Lebanon, and is also engaged in the banking business at that place.
M. M. Lindly is a native of Madison county, Ill. He graduated from the Law Department of McKendree College, and was ad- mitted by diploma June 10, 1880.
Louis Zerweck, nativity Cleveland, Ohio, is also a graduate of the Law Department of McKendree College, and was admitted on the same day, and in the same manner as above.
CELEBRATED TRIALS.
The most celebrated criminal trial that ever took place in the circuit court of St. Clair county, was doubtless that of Timotby Bennett, for the murder of Alphonso C. Stuart. The circumstances which attended this sad affair are related in the history of Belle- ville. A sham duel was gotten up between Bennett and Stuart. It was intended that the rifles should be charged with powder only, but at Bennett's fire Stuart dropped dead. Stuart's rifle had not been fired at all. This event took place in February, 1819. Bennett escaped from jail, and was not recaptured for two years. He was tried at Belleville in 1821, at a special term of the circuit court, presided over by Judge John Reynolds. Daniel P. Cook was the prosecuting attorney, and the defense was conducted chiefly by Thomas H. Benton of St. Louis. Bennett was hung on the third of September, 1821.
Only three executions have taken place in St. Clair county, and one of these belonged to Madison county, and was tried in this county on a change of venue. Beside that of Bennett in 1821, a man named Orban was executed in 1854, and a man named Guidel (from Madison county), in 1863.
The most noted civil case that was ever tried, was that of St. Clair County against the Wiggins Ferry Company. The Ferry Company, claiming that the legislature had granted to it a mo- nopoly of the ferriage business, brought an action against St. Clair county, to prevent the county from operating a ferry to St. Louis. The case brought forth an eminent array of legal talent, and excited much interest. The trial resulted in favor of St. Clair county. The county was represented by Lyman Trumbull, James Shields, and Joseph Gillespie. For the ferry company there appeared Stephen A. Douglas, Edward Bates, and Hamilton R. Gamble of St. Louis, and Stephen T. Logan.
CHAPTER XII.
HISTORY OF THE PRESS OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY.
BY D. MACKENZIE.
WESTERN NEWS-PIONEER-ST. CLAIR GAZETTE-ST. CLAIR MERCURY-RE- PRESENTATIVE AND GAZETTE-BELLEVILLE ADVOCATE-DAILY ADVO- CATE-BELLEVILLE SUN-ST. CLAIR COUNTY FAIR GROUND JOURNAL- WEEKLY TIMES-DAILY TIMES-WESTERN PRINTING COMPANY-THE SPIRIT OF 76-AMERICAN BOTTOM GAZETTE-BELLEVILLE BEOBACHTER -- BELLEVILLE ZEITUNG-BELLEVILLE VOLKSBLATT-DAILY ZEITUNG-
STERN DES WESTENS-ST. CLAIR BANNER-BELLEVILLE TIMES-ILLI- NOIS REPUBLICAN-ILLINOIS ADVOCATE-SON OF TEMPERANCE-LEBA- NON JOURNAL-LEBANON REVEILLE-LEBANON COURIER-DEUTSCHER DEMOKRAT-THE EAGLE-ST. CLAIR TRIBUNE-STAR OF EGYPT- BELLEVILLE DEMOCRAT-BELLEVILLE WEEKLY SUN-BELLEVILLE BANNER-VOLKSBLATT-DAILY DISPATCH-FREIE PRESSE-NEWS LET- TER-MASCOUTAH BANNER-ANZEIGER-MINER'S AND WORKMAN'S AD- VOCATE-SUNDAY HERALD-EAST ST. LOUIS GAZETTE-DAILY GAZETTE -PEOPLE'S GAZETTE-EAST ST. LOUIS PRESS-DAILY PRESS ST. CLAIR. TRIBUNE-EAST ST. LOUIS HERALD-NATIONAL STOCK YARD REPORTER -- WESTERN LIVE STOCK JOURNAL-RAILWAY AGE-NATIONAL-THE FUTURE GREAT-DOT PAPER-ILLINOIS REPUBLICANER-DER TEEU- BUND-REFORM-DAS JOURNAL-NEW ATHENS ERA-MASCOUTAH EN- TERPRISE-INDEPENDENT-DAILY INDEPENDENT-DER STERN-DAILY STERN-BELLEVILLE REPUBLICAN-MARISSA MONITOR.
HE inventor of printing, Laurentius Coster, was born in Haerlem, Holland, about the year 1370. It was while rambling through the forest, con- tiguous to his native town, that he cut some letters on the bark of a birch tree. Drowsy from the effort, and relaxation of a holiday, he wrapped his handiwork in his handkerchief and lay down to sleep. While men sleep the world moves. Damped by the atmospheric moisture, the paper wrapped about his carvings had taken an impression from them, and Coster awoke to discover an inverted image of what he had carved upon the bark. The phenomenon was suggestive because it led to experiments that resulted in establishing a printing office, the first of its kind, in the old Dutch town of Hacrlem. The date of the discovery was between the years 1420 and 1426. In this office John Gutenberg, whose proper name was Gansfleisch, served a faithful and appreciative apprenticeship. Gutenberg was born near the close of the 14th century at Mentz, Germany. He is re- garded by some German writers, as being the inventor of printing, but the preponderance of evidence is in favor of Coster. He, how- ever, was the first to employ moveable types in printing, the date of which was about the year 1438. After the death of Coster, he ahsconded, taking with him a considerable portion of the type and apparatus. He settled in Mentz where he won the friendship and partnership of John Faust, a wealthy goldsmith and of sufficient means and enterprise to set up the printing business upon a secure financial basis. The date of the co-partnership was in the year 1450. It was dissolved several years later owing to a misunder- standing. Gutenberg then formed a partnership with a younger brother who had set up an office in Strasburg, but had not been successful, and becoming involved in law-suits had fled from that city and joined his brother at Mentz. These brothers were the first to use metal types.
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