Denver-Boulder County CO Archives Obituaries.....Tedrow, Harry Beecher January 1, 1921
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Rocky Mountain News 1/2/1921
HARRY B. TEDROW, FEDERAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY, IS DEAD
Pneumonia Fatal to Leader of Colorado Bar After Crisis of Illness Was Believed 
to Have Passed.

	United States District Attorney Harry B. Tedrow died at 3:55 o'clock 
yesterday afternoon at his home, 744 Ogden street, of pneumonia, which affected 
him last Monday.
	Three physicians, Drs. L. V. Tepley, R. W. Arndt and J. R. Arneill, 
were called in consultation at 3 o'clock yesterday morning when Mr. Tedrow 
experienced a sudden change for the worse.  At a conference later in the 
morning the physicians agreed that there was little hope for his surviving 
another twenty-four hours.

Believed Crisis Past.

	On Friday Mr. Tedrow had shown improvement sufficiently to cause the 
physicians to let him receive a few friends and callers.  They believed the 
crisis of his sickness had been passed and he was on the road to recovery.  
This condition changed early in the evening, however, and from then on his 
strength steadily ebbed.
	Funeral arrangement have not yet been completed, but will be announced 
probably this morning.

Veteran of Spanish War.

	United States district attorney for Colorado since 1914, a lawyer in 
Cripple Creek, Boulder and Denver for nineteen years, a veteran of the Spanish-
American war, for nearly six years a member of the state pardons board and at 
one time a reporter on The Rocky Mountain News, Mr. Tedrow, thru these 
positions, had acquired a wide acquaintanceship thru-out the state and had been 
in the public eye especially since the beginning of the word war, during when 
he was called upon to handle hundreds of perplexing war time problems.
	President Wilson appointed him United States district attorney on Aug. 
1, 1914, and reappointed him in 1918 for another four years.

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	Tho he had lived in Colorado twenty-five years, Mr. Tedrow, thru 
nativity, was not of the West, for he was born in Woodburn, Clarke county, 
Iowa, on May 6, 1975.  He was a descendant of American colonial pioneers and 
one of eight children, four of whom are living.
	His early schooling was received in the public schools of Woodburn, 
Iowa, and later at Hastings, Neb., where his family moved when he was 12 years 
old.  He was graduated from high school at the age of 17, and following his 
removal to Colorado with his family, he entered the University of Denver law 
school five years later.
	Mr. Tedrow joined the staff of the Rocky Mountain News and was with it 
during his first two years' residence in the state.
	When the Spanish-American war developed in April, 1809, he responded to 
the call for troops, enlisting here in the organization that later came to be 
known as Torrey's rough riders.  He was a member of Troop B.
	Following his return to Denver after the close of hostilities, he was 
admitted to the bar and in 1901 entered the law practice at Cripple Creek.  Two 
years later he was married to Miss Camilla Roberts of Denver.  He prospered in 
the practice of law and later formed a business relation with Attorney Charles 
W. Franklin, under the firm name of Franklin & Tedrow, remaining in that 
connection in active practice in Denver until 1912.  During a part of this time 
he served as secretary to the Denver Bar Association.
	In 1912 he went to Boulder, where he became associated with Arthur W. 
Fitzgerald in the law firm of Tedrow & Fitzgerald.  He became Boulder county 
attorney in 1913-14, and from 1909 until 1915 he served as a member of the 
Colorado board of pardons.  During the war as federal district attorney he had 
the responsibility of a tremendous volume of difficult government business.  He 
came into contact with hundreds of people of every class and under all 
conceivable circumstances.  He became prominent thru his enforcement of the 
espionage act, trying five cases under this act and losing only two.
	He is survived by his widow, his mother, who resides in California, and 
two daughters, Irene and Imogene.

Additional Comments:
Colorado U.S. Attorney 1914-1921 (died while U.S. Attorney)

Fairmount cemetery Sec 0ll Lot 38 Blk 3

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