Obituary & Death Notice

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Justice Druhan Dies at Home -Continued from Page 1-

Justice Druhan Dies at Home
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that the loss of the departed judge was deeply felt and that a more fitting memorial service would be held at a later date, Eulogies were also expressed by Fred L. Gross, president of the Brooklyn Bar Association; Assistant Corporation Counsel William W. Wilson and former Supreme Court Justice John R. Vunk of Suffolk who declared that Justice Druhan had endeared himself to the lawyers and laymen alike of Suffolk.
The justices voted to close the Supreme Courts in Brooklyn Friday out of respect to Justice Druhan.
A brief memorial service was also held this morning for Justice Druhan in the Queens Supreme Court at Long Island City, Supreme Court Justices Edward J. Riegelmann and the Edward J. Byrne eulogized the dead justice.
Others who participated were Municipal Court Justice Rodman Richardson, District Attorney Colden, Henry Albert of the Queens Bar Association and Assemblyman Harold J. Crawford.
All his life Judge Druhan was peculiarly a Brooklyn citizen. He was born and brought up here, was educated in St, Francis College, Brooklyn; obtained his law degree from the Brooklyn Law School in 1902 and was active as a lawyer, public official and judge in Brooklyn.
He was appointed Assistant Corporation Counsel in Brooklyn shortly after his admission to the Bar in 1903 and left the Brooklyn office of the Corporation Counsel in 1925 when he was elected to the Supreme Court bench.
Son of a man who was for years 8 known as "Honest" Inspector Druhan and who frequently suffered because of his honesty in clashes with "the system," Justice Druhan had the reputation of being a hard man to convince when an application was made to him against the police.
While an assistant corporation counsel, he became highly regarded as an expert on municipal law and an able lawyer. He took an active part, before his elevation to the bench, in politics as a prominent member of the Flatbush Democratic Club. He was a member and former president of the Emerala Society and the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. He was a member of the Cathedral Club, the Crescent Athletic-Hamilton Club, the Brooklyn and the New York State Bar Associations and the Brooklyn Lodge of Elks.
He was married in 1911. His present term on the Supreme Court bench was to end in 1939.
Bar to Attend Funeral
The entire board of trustees of the Brooklyn Bar Association will attend the funeral of Justice Druhan as representatives of their organization.
The dead jurist was formerly a member of the board, which consists of Fred L, Gross, Edward H. Wilson, Ralph K, Jacobs, William R. Bayes, Edward J. Connolly, Edwin L. Snedeker, William Payson Richardson, John H. Schmid, Michael Furst, James P, Judge, Andrew F. Von Thun Jr., Herman S. Bachrach, Conrad Saxe Keyes, Robert H. Wilson and Leo J. Hickey.
Tributes to Justice Druhan were spread on the minutes in all parts of County Court by Judges Fitzgerald, Martin, Taylor, Nova and McLaughlin.
--The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, May 24, 1933 Page 13

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