George Purnell Fisher (New York Times)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. – Georg Purnell Fisher died here to-day, aged eighty-one years. He was a native of Delaware, where in his younger days he held several important offices. In 1849 he came to Washington, where he since resided. In his capacity of Associate Judge of the District Supreme Court he presided at the trial of John H. Surratt, one of the men charged with complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln. Later Judge Fisher was District Attorney and First Auditor of the Treasury. At the beginning of the civil war he raised a regiment, but was elected to Congress by the Union Party of Delaware. The body will be buried at Dover, Del.