The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-03

william ~. Ncwcomb Found Dead Upon HIS
Knee. In the city Hotel

One Of the tallost. most awkward. funniest,
most liberal. and best known Of Ministries in
burnt cork-N iiinm II. Ncwcomb-dicd on
ia shay night in the City Hotel. at Eighth
street and Broadway. When discovered, he
was upon his Knees and his head aud hands
J., stei on the bedside. About three months ago
hn WAS an actor in q pnntomime in HOolcy -
Opera House. in Brooklyn In one of the
scenes. whore II WIS necessary for him to fall
he awkwardy stumbled and broke his right leg
in two places. H. WAS taken to his room in the
CITY Hotel. and remained there up to the timo
OF his death.
There were strings all about him." said
Tony Hart the Irish comedian last evening.
He was in bed nearly all the time since the
urrdcut. and had strings attached Ia the bell
rop" the duur-latch. the thumh-s"r,'ws Of tn.
gt- hrackt t- and rope WIS fasteuedto the end
ui the hrd. H. used this rope for rNprrisr H.
drew himself up with il. Poor Bilv. he wis
ou"o the od-tlnlrrs and WAS "a splendid fellow '
prs Srclcs and Sands attended Mr. New
coroner Cusnman made the post- norton eN-
an nation and discovered that tho minstrel
died ~ heart disrHse.
While Mr.. Newcomb was confined to his bed
he WIS VISITED aud cared for by many OF his
,urnis m ihe minstrel and variety hus ness.
when his death was announced there WIS a
probability That his remains might be- buried 10y
inc CIV Iuihurti's. hut Mr.. Stanley Dust the
a.. NJ Tor Mt Robert Heller was the first Ia stop
forward and say. Billy New comb snail not b"
buried IN Pott,rs 7, a. In BAY tie funeral
expenses myself" Mr.. Dust knew Mr. Now
comb IA England when he was applaudrd Ia the
mmStrel halls If London and Liverpool.
Mr. Newomb was born IN Utica n. Y, nry-
three years ago. when mere boy he trav-
rnri with clr'uses Hs - Jig dancer Ne wore
long a r and was the favorite of the phildr,u in
g. r. city ami IN Boston. When he grew to man
Thaycr,. and started out with minstrel com.
p.uN. They played In their own opera house
va Court street. BOstOn. in lS49.
In 1852 Mr. Wv omh WIS At 444 broadway
AitrrNard he went u Boston. and then returned
To- thn city. VIII Mr. W. II. IA. Grinin. now al
Longs Warbl"rs, and the company travelled
through the country. When Euh Horn left
II ny Woods at Az Broadway ~ NV omh
took the vnHted place. and nearly all New York
Womaus Rights" For over a. year he nightly
appeared as the exponent of womons wrongs.
Th'n he Joined with II ram kumsey. and
tnr famous Kunl-cy & Nrwromh's minstrrls
g. t'l tha principal cities Of tins country the
II Indies. aud thence to Europe. NV omb
~p''u.ti with th" precious stones II WIS
un~u cts-ful. and the minstrel firm OF New
r"mn N Arlington WAS the n NJ venture. Later
ihr fam" OF New combs Minstr.ls spread
through the countrv. and whom MI NeWi'umh
came 10 ms city rom Cinflnnau a few years
hGo Do" Nti t9u,u.u Ia cash. H., was u great
iaNui &C. ln the stern rltiN~. and turrn fna,l,s
AMI lost several fortunes. H." mad a mania ior
ruIHing 20 pr 'lUu- stones. and he lost "a
handsome compet. ury IA this rlty through rash
srnre Of Ole Nrguuy" he wis nimitahlr
Bobby N'wromh. whose real name - Hughes
ihr singer and Jig dancer, was William New
combs prutrge.
Mr.. y omb WAS purely unscllish and WIS
everybody friend
lie Is to Dt buried to-day.