. . P, Edward H., Lawyer, Public Official. The State of Massachusetts has beensignally favored in the class of men whohave represented her judiciary, andprominent among these was the late Ed-ward H. Lathrop, who performed splen-did service in behalf of law, order andjustice. He believed that the real workof the court was not to bring punishmentfor crime, but to assist the individual tobecome a good, law-abiding citizen, andhe regarded punishment merely as ameans to this end. He awakened wideattention by his policies, and splendidsucc
. . P, Edward H., Lawyer, Public Official. The State of Massachusetts has beensignally favored in the class of men whohave represented her judiciary, andprominent among these was the late Ed-ward H. Lathrop, who performed splen-did service in behalf of law, order andjustice. He believed that the real workof the court was not to bring punishmentfor crime, but to assist the individual tobecome a good, law-abiding citizen, andhe regarded punishment merely as ameans to this end. He awakened wideattention by his policies, and splendidsuccess attended his efforts. In additionto a thorough understanding of the lawhe was, moreover, familiar with humannature and the springs of human conduct,and was guided in all his professionalwork by a genuine desire to assist his fel-low men to lead lives in conformity withthose rules which have found place onthe statutes of the State as a safeguardto human rights and liberties. He wasa son of Belia and Lucinda (Russell)Lathrop, and a descendant of the Rev. 368. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY John Lathrop, of Boston, who was or-dained minister of the Second Church inBoston in 1768, and he was of that branchof the Lathrop family of which Mr. Jus-tice Lathrop, of the Massachusetts Su-preme Court, is also a member. Edward H. Lathrop was born inSpringfield, Massachusetts, December 2,1837. The public schools of that townfurnished his earlier education, and hethen attended the English and ClassicalInstitute, of Springfield. He commencedthe study of the law in 1856 in the officeof Merrill & Willard, at Montpelier, Ver-mont. He was admitted to the bar inDecember, 1859. He first establishedhimself at Chester, Massachusetts, laterremoved to Huntington and still later toChicopee where he was associated withthe well-known and eminent attorney,George Knapp. Coming from there toSpringfield, he rose to a commandingplace at the bar, which he retained up tothe time of his death, a period of overforty
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