The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-23
Ian the Famous Hotel Keeper
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Nen .,ot Mr. Hiram Cranston, the
Df iisnown keeper Of the New York
Wll NJisd suddenly this morning At 9
ho''' MFR. Cranston was perhaps rs
5t9Y,, lawn as any hotel'keeper in the
s'la , u states having been engaged in
gn'i h".ness for nearly fifty years Two
Mg assaults upon him during his
sD1 ,gg,o,tened To end It violently, and
le w".i,ed his general health that for
9lI Iast lew years he has contended for
'ps @ by the exercise Of the utmost
@s'J W" oll his movements He was
slle SSontember -, 1914 in Rensselaer,
OOIn n,y New York, When only sixS
ou n Years of age he entered the Troy
I'' ,,S At Troy, New York, rs clerk.
T lSI'y nlaoe he occupied for three years,
WAN 1I scarcely twenty years of age he
~o 10 this city, entering the Pacific
SD,ol on Greenwich street In 1899 he
pus lbs keeper and retained the
a"s for several years, He also leased
'' pavilion hotel Mt Rockaway, In the
% 1a,or of 1916 he became, for C. brief
" .a.on the managerof the Eutaw house,
fillmore and raised it to the rank of
s,'tcl0ss establishment, His stay in
Rldmore was marked by
A PAINFUL OCCURRENCE.
la had occasion one day to strike a
want for some neglect Of duty.
T'tinp oilcnse at his remarks, the man
hacked Mr.. Cranston on the sidewalk
,"itbo knife, which he trust into his
Ireost through the right lung woundng
n, Cranston 50 severely that for n long
ina il was believed that he would die,
Fam Baltimore Mr.. Cranston went to
p,T6eld Connecticut, where he cons
incted the Pavilion hotel for two or
Groe wears. Then he came to this city,
md in company with Mr.. Curtis Jud>
an now of the Gramercy Park hotel,
Conducted the New York hotel for one
war At the end of that year, Mr..
rronston became sole manager in 1858.
Heapain narrowly escaped death at the
hands Of an infatuated assailant about
Nav 1858. A Spanish gentleman
named Armenteros stopped at the New
York hotel and was taken sick few
davis afterward, DR.. Gaillart was called
10 attend him. DR.. Cranston, hearing
that Armenteros had the smallpox, in
oored of DR.. GaiIlaret about the matter
and was informed by him that the patti,
ent was suffering from an attack of the
measles, but another physician pros
nOunced it
A CASE OF SMALL P0X,
and Mr. Cranston wrote note directly
to DR.. Gaillaret, requiring him to secure
accommodations elsewhere and not to
appear alone or in company with his
wife Indignant at its contents, despite
the entreaties Of his wife, he rushed
from the room declaring that he would
kill DR.. Cranston. This was heard by
two walters, who seized and tried to
hold him as he was about to enter the
dining room, where Mr. Cranston was
seated, next to DR.. Woodworth, Of the
United States navy, seized bottle Of
champagne and dealt Mr.. Cranston
blow on the top of the head, SCATTERING
the bottle with the remnant of which ,
he struck Mr.. Cranston a second time,
telling him, and leaving him stunned
and bleeding. Mr.. Cranston for long
time was in precarious condition, Dr.
iailaret was arrested, tried, found
guilty and sentenced to imprisonment
or seven years, but through the conni>
rance or neglect Of an officer he es~
aped and returned to France
WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT,
n 1861, Mr. Cranston was well known
IS an Outspoken sympathizer with the
xtreme southern people, and,his known
,osition made him an object of great
ience to many Of the Union men in
bis city. His house was the resort of
rominent southerners and democrats,
With whom it was popular, because poll |
ticans were always sure of meeting
somebody worth knowing" a. the
'ew York Hotel. During the war and
fter it Mr.. Cranston was friend, not
My in sentiment, but in act, to all
Outherners. In August, 1861, he vis-
ed the rebel prisoners at Fort Laiay- /
tie, and made complaint at the treat
lent they received, and from time to
me, as opportunity offered, he took j
elpless southern men, discharged pris>
ners and others into his hotel and pro-
Ided for them until they were able to \
Ike care of themselves. He supplied A
le Maryland legislature with every /
llng they needed while in Fort lIaiay. +
tie. When Lee surrendered more n
IAN 800 confederate officers were quar- i
red in the house HIS death was b
ute sudden. About s o'clock he was y
the hotel Office and gave an order to +
lie clerk.
SOON AFTER WHICH
vent to his room and gave his order \
r breakfast This was brought by the ,
alter, and Mr.. Cranston was about to II
down at the table, when he sent the Il
alter for his nephew, Mr., James H. r
ranston, who was also his partner t
r. Cranston was found by his nephew, !,
reaching the room, lying on the bed p
ruggling for breath. lie said to his
'phew as he entered, Give me air J
an meW This was done, and as soon :
possible Mr.. James Cranston went !
It for help. Physicians were sent for, ,
I'd soon DR.. White, Mr.. Cranstons !
lysician, DR.. Field, Mr.. Vanderbilt \
nd Mr.. Daily, all friends, were in the
ON. Before the physicians came in, i
said, family at cant last long
Then he made several efforts to get
cath, but did not appear to be in PAIN d
lrty minutes after he fell upon the
d he ceased to breathe. Mr.. Grams
MS wife is now in France 1