Randolph B. Martine

Martine was born in 1844 in the Sixteenth Ward of New York near 22nd Street and Eighth Avenue. In 1900, his niece, Mary Martine Carew, was shot by an ex-convict after Mrs. Carew rebuffed his advances. He graduated Columbia College in 1865, and from Columbia Law School in 1866. ==Career==

After his graduation from law school, he was admitted to the bar and practiced law with the firm, Flanagan, Bright & Martine, which dissolved not long thereafter, at which point he practiced on his own for several years before partnering with Charles A. Jackson under the name Jackson & Martine (with offices in the Morse Building). In November 1884, Martine was elected on the County Democracy ticket New York County District Attorney. On taking office, he appointed John R. Fellows and De Lancey Nicoll as Assistant D.A.s, and Vernon M. Davis as Deputy Assistant District Attorneys. Martine prosecuted Jacob Sharp and several Aldermen for bribery in connection with the concession for the Broadway Surface Railroad. In April 1886, he ordered to be arrested all the Ex-Aldermen who had in 1884 voted for the railroad concession, seven of whom were eventually convicted. In November 1887, he was elected on the Tammany, County Democracy, Republican and Irving Hall (another faction of Anti-Tammany Democrats) tickets a judge of the Court of General Sessions, and remained in office until his death. ==Personal life==

With his wife, Lucretia A., he one son, Randolph Brant Martine Jr. (b. 1869), was appointed Deputy Assistant D.A. by De Lancey Nicoll in April 1893. He died from "heart failure due to peritonitis" at his home at 2017 Fifth Avenue in New York City. ==References==