HALE, SIR MATTHEW

(1609-76), famous Eng. judge and chief justice; took no part in Civil War; justice of Common Pleas, 1653; chief baron of Exchequer, 1660; Chief Justice of Engsland, 1671; wrote numerous works on sdaw and history; many of his collected > MSS. at Lincoln’s Inn library. can revolutionary soldier. B. in Ooventry, Conn., June 6, 1755; d. in New York, Sept. 22, 1776. After graduating from Yale College in 1773, he taught school and intended to enter the ministry, but moved by patriotism he enlisted in 1775 and became a captain in 1776. After the retreat from Long Island he volunteered to penetrate the enemy’s lines for information. Disguised as a Dutch schoolmaster he succeeded in his mi ion, but was caught by Howe who ordered his execution the next morning. His last words were ‘I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country See Part ripen ‘Naraan HAL, THE