E.T. "Judge" Fuget
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle County Blade - December 19, 1901
Death of E . T . Fugat
E.T. Fugat after a ten days illness , died Thursday morning at 2:15 o'clock, then was buried in the Hayden cemetery , But little is known of his past whereabouts . He name here last winter from Steamboat Springs . The above item is from the Hayden Routt county , correspondence lo tho Steamboat Pilot . It no doubt refers to B . T . Fugat , who for several years resided at Minturn , the only discrepancy being a very natural one in the spelling of the name. The date of tho death would be December 5. Judge Fugat , as he was familarly known in this vicinity, was for years the inspector and foreman of the Denver & Rio Grande wrecking crew at Minturn , where he also at various times he hold the office of justice of the peace . His eccentricities made him a conspicuous character in the community He was decidedly negligent of his personal appearance except on occasions where his services as justice of the peace were required . Let him have an engagement to perform a marriage ceremony , or let a petty litigant or suuit of any kind come before him , and ho would don his silk hat and black frock coat and assume us much dignity as tho bishop of a whole diocese . In his best ruiment would appear on Iho street , and everybody know when Judge Fugat had a case coming up by this preliminary parade of Ins honor in his stately wardrobe . The deceased was a native of Virginia or Tennessee, and often spoke of a daughter residing in some of tho Southern slates . He was between 60 and 70 yearn of ago and had at sometime been a Mason , though-it was not known whether in good standing at tho time of his death , or the location of the lodge lo which he belonged.
