A Lincoln Judge Buried: Olympia Mourns C. C. Hewitt

Judge Hewitt was interred in Odd Fellows cemetery today, with fitting ceremony. The superior court adjourned in respect to his memory, after which the Bar Association of Thurston County held a special meeting to adopt resolutions and take other action in memory of the deceased. When the regular business of the superior court was disposed of this morning, Judge Dennison addressed the court:

'If the court pleases, as one of the old members of the bar, perhaps it would not be out of place to make a motion that I think should be made at the present time. Death has removed from our midst another of the old pioneers, whose name will appear on many pages in the history of Washington Territory. The old pioneer in this case is the ex-chief justice, C. C. Hewitt. He was appointed chief justice by Abraham Lincoln. He presided as such during a stormy period in our national history, and I take occasion to say that Judge C. C. Hewitt was a man of the exact type that Abraham Lincoln would be apt to appoint to that position or any other. He was a plain, unostentatious man. He did not seek notoriety. He was always governed by the dictates of his own convictions of right and wrong, regardless of what others said. At all times and under all circumstances, in office and out of office, in war and in peace, he was loyal to the flag of his country, and to the rising star of empire in this new Northwest.'

N. S. Porter seconded the motion, recalling that he had been deputy clerk of the second judicial district during the eight years Hewitt was on the bench. He remembered the judge's 'sterling integrity and scrupulous honesty, acute sense of right and justice and high regard for truth and honor.' Judge Henry added his tribute, saying Hewitt was 'a fair, honest, honorable, upright citizen—a kind father and a devoted husband.' Judge Robinson said that in the last five or six years he had known Hewitt quite intimately and had transacted much of his business. 'I can truthfully say that he was a man of very high honor and integrity,' he said. 'But he died as full of honors as of years. For eighty-two years he has toiled with life's troubles and trials, and at last he is at rest. A patriotic citizen, a loyal friend, an excellent neighbor, an upright lawyer, a just judge, an affectionate husband, a loving father; this covers all.'

After the remarks, every person in the courtroom stood with bowed heads, and Judge Robinson adjourned the court out of respect to the memory of Judge C. C. Hewitt. At the meeting of the bar, a committee consisting of C. H. Ayer, George M. Savage, and Byron Millett was appointed to prepare the remarks for publication. Judges Henry and Dennison, Daniel Gaby, T. N. Allen, and M. A. Root were appointed to draft resolutions for the superior and supreme courts. Six members of the bar were appointed honorary pallbearers: Judge Robinson and Attorneys Simmons, Milroy, Savage, Root, and Ayer. Many persons attended the exercises at the house. The services were read and fitting remarks made by Rev. Mr. Hoagland. The Odd Fellows took charge of the body immediately after the ceremony; the pallbearers were J. M. Swan, C. B. Mann, Robert Marr, Dr. Ostrander, Nathan Puttison, and H. S. Dobbins. T. N. Ford was marshal.