Justice Moses Herman, of Special Sessions, appointed to that court in 1913 by Mayor Gaynor, one-time president of the Park Board, died of apoplexy Monday in his apartment in New York City. He was in his fifty-ninth year. All parts of Special Sessions were adjourned for the day.
Educated in the public schools and City College, he attended law school at New York University and read law in the offices of the late Samuel G. Courtney, one-time United States Attorney here. In 1894 he was elected to the Assembly from the 21st District and served on the Judiciary and Education Committee. From 1898 to 1901 he served as an Assistant District Attorney.
Mayor McClellan named him to his cabinet in 1906 as president of the Park Board and appointed him to the bench, as City Magistrate, in 1907. He served in that capacity until 1913, when Mayor Gaynor appointed him to the Court of Special Sessions.
He was a member of the Democratic and Osccola Clubs, once serving as president of the latter; a director of the Purim Association and widely known for his charitable and philanthropic activities. Two years ago he was one of three magistrates receiving bequests of $2,000 each by the will of Moses I. Mendel.
Funeral services will be held today at 10 a.m. at Temple Beth-El.
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