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SIGMUND ZEISLER IS DEAD TSigmund Zeisler, prominent Chicago lawyer and civic leader, died on Thursday, June 4, at the Michael Reese oj hospital at the age of 71 years. Phy- st sicians attributed his death to pneu- di monia following an operation for stom- di ach ulcers, which was performed last bi Monday. ttAttaining’ prominence as defense ti counsel in the anarchist cases of 1886 tl and 1887, Mr. Zeisler had occupied a •' conspicuous place in Chicago’s professional and social life. He was for- P merly president of the Municipal Vot- lt;g ers’ League, had been a lecturer on q law at Northwestern University, and rr served as first assistant corporation n counsel in 1893 and 1894. wWhile he was master in chancery flt; for the Circuit Court, from 1904 to r; 1920, many equity cases of importance flt; were referred to him. Nearly all of a; his findings were confirmed by the cl chancellor and the higher courts. -Mr. Zeisler was noted as an /orator. e: On one occasion he talked before a p judge for four hours a day for ten ir days on a single case, and shortly v afterward went to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., tl to deliver a 300,000 word oration. J This took him four days, speaking six ti hours a day. pMr. Zeisler was born in Bielitz, ii Austria, on April 11, 1860, and re- c ceived his early education in his na- o tive town. Later he studied law in b the University of Vienna, from which he received a degree of doctor juris J in 1883. tiIn that year he came to Chicago v i and continued his law studies at North- o western University, receiving an j LL. B. degree from that institution in b 1884. He was then admitted to the Illinois bar, He was a lecturer in the a John Marshall Law School between r T 1901 and 1904. aHe was married to Fannie Bloom- n 3 field, internationally famous concert j, 7 pianist, in 1885 and three children B f were born to them, Leonard, Paul and c- Ernest. Mrs. Zeisler died in 1927 and3 in January of last year he married3 Amelia Spielman of Chicago. 71 Mr. Zeisler took an active part in a| politics. He was a member of the 0L executive committee of the Municipal j r Voters’ League from 1899 to 1905 and ,-j 7 in 1925 he was elected president. He ^ was a member of the American, Illi- f | nois State and Chicago Bar Associa- c c tions, the Chicago Literary Club, the s City Club of Chicago, Little Room, nI Cliff Dwellers, and the Book and Play a Clubs. o Mr. Zeisler’s home was at 5000 East j. End avenue. He is survived by his aII widow and his three sons, Leonard B. Zeisler of New’ York, Paul B. Zeisler, ^ a hanker in Berlin, and Ernest B. j'11 Zeisler, a physician. . Funeral services were held Saturday ^ morning, June 6, at Furth’s Chapel, ‘ 936 East 47th street. (In the will which was filed for pro- j 7 bate before Oscar S. Caplan, assistant j f to Probate Judge Henry Horner, Mr. j Zeisler left $50,000 to his widow, Mrs. , Amelia Zeisler; $5,000 to a son, Leon- ,c ard B. Zeisler, and provided that the 7 remainder of the estate, with the ex- ( ception of bequests totaling $3,500, be _ divided equally among Leonard and f h two other sons, Paul B. Zeisler and Ernest B. Zeisler. ^ti Various gifts were made to ehari- f f ties: $1,000 to the Jewish Charities of t n Chicago, $1,000 to the Fannie Bloom- f- field Zeisler Musicians’ Relief Fund j : administered by the United Charities ]:of Chicago in honor of the testator’s c- first wife, the pianist, who died on- August 20, 1927; $1,000 to the Art s Institute of Chicago; $500 to the s Julius Rosenwald Foundation for Gen-- eral Law established by the law school ti of Northwestern University7; $500 toc the legal aid bureau of the United t e Charities of Chicago, and $2,000 to f f the University of Chicago as part of t- its publication fund, “the income to Sj t be devoted to the printing and publi- c ;- cation of books and monographs s o wrorthy of preservation and publica- t r tion, for the printing of which ade- £quate funds might be lacking.” 1
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Chicago Sentinel
Chicago, Illinois, US
Fri, Jun 12, 1931
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