Identifier: newyorkstatesprov2harr (find matches)
Title: New York State's prominent and progressive men : an encyclopaedia of contemporaneous biography
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Harrison, Mitchell Charles, 1870-
Subjects: Civic leaders
Publisher: (New York) : New York Tribune
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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he later convictions of Dr. Buchanan andHenry W. Meyer, also involved poisoning cases, have markedhim as one of the most efficient prosecutors of criminals in theUnited States. The fact that in those cases he was opposed bythe best legal talent obtainable further emphasizes the capabili-ties of the man. In 1894, Mr. Wellman resigned from the District Attorneysoffice to devote his attention to his very extensive personalpractice, which, in the matter of trial of cases, probably exceedsthat of any other member of the New York bar, he being con-ceded to be one of the very best lawyers in New York in thatparticular line of work. He is the leading counsel for theMetropolitan Street Eailway Company, which operates one ofthe largest systems of street traction in the world. Mr. Wellman has been married three times — to Miss CoraAllen, to Miss Edith Watson, and to Miss Emma Juch, and hasthree children, Roderick, Allen, and Edith. He is a member ofthe University, Racquet, and Lawyers clubs. I
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CHARLES HAIN WERNER THE State of Pennsylvania has long been one of the fore-most of the Union in industrial development, and espe-cially in the various branches of engineering, including railroads,mining, and iron and other mechanical manufactures. Nativesof that State have been prominent and successful in the prose-cution of such industries, not only in their own communities, butin other parts of the United States and of the world. A con-spicuous example of such achievement is found in the career ofCharles Hain Werner, who has been successful and has made hismark both as an engineer and as a member of the legal profession. The families of Werner and Hain have been settled for morethan a hundred years in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Theirrank in that community is indicated by the fact that the villageof Wernersville takes its name from its founder, a member ofthe Werner family of two generations ago. This was WilliamWerner, a man of marked ability and enterprise. His son, HenryB. Werne

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