The New York herald., 1879-08-08
THE DEAD ACTOR.

Mr.. FEcHTER's FUNERAL To-pAY-.AcTIoN or
Dl LpaIA-MR. FEcHTER's PROPERTY AND
WHY HE DIED POOR GOSSIP.
PHILADELPHIA August 7. 1879.
The'remains of Charles Albert Fechter will be dee
posted in their last resting place to-day. The
lgious services will be conducted in accordance with
the rites of st. Clements Protestant Episcopal
Church, which, while nominally Protestant congre-
cation. is really extremely ritualistic to be
closely allied to the Catholic FORMS In fact. st.
Clements is called the English Catholic Church.
Its rector Father Prescott readers Of the HERALD
will remember. recently tried by the Protestant
Episcopal Church Convention for Romanstic tens
denotes. The dead actors body will be conveyed to
st. Clements Church, ut Twentieth and Cherry
streets. and the mortuary ceremonies will begin at
eleven o'clock. Mrs. Fechter desires that there
shall be public display and wishes to conhne the
attendance to the tragedsns friends and profess
body will be taken to Mount Vernon Cemeterys
where Mrs. Fechters family have lot.
Mr.. Fechter brought up In the Roman Cath
olic faith nd tho widow desired to have the re-
ligous services performed by that denomination,
but the authorities At the cathedral declined to
officiate IL the body was buried at Mount Vernon
Cemetery, which according to their views) is not
consecrsted ground. 1t was then determined to
have the ceremonies ut st. Clements.
Professor Pancoast. at four o'clock this afternoon
began post-mortem examination Of the actors
body to determine the exact of death. The
scientific results of the investigation will be- sent to
o medical journal Mrs. Fechter at first opposed
the examination. but was induced to consent this
morning.
A meeting OF such Of the members OF the dramatic
profession in town during the vacation tooh
place this afternoon at the rooms OF the Actors
Order of Friendship. to take appropriate action
Ss @
Is. Roberts, John l.. McDonough. Harry Hawk.
George d. Enroll: John T. Donnely. w:'H. DAILY.
Frank Cotter, John Paul. W. II. Jones. j. p. Dueil,
Il. W. Page. T.. Dan Reilly. L. wiks, W. II. sey-
mour, Harry Gilmore. W. Ii. Fitzgerald. Thomas 4.
Deckett Jerry Taylor, George X. Goodwin George
Conway. and Harry Linden. On motion of General
Gill Mr.. J. B. Roberts invited to the chair. In
few words Of culcgy OF Mr. Fechter he said that all
II only vemained for the meeting to express their
sympathy and sense of the loss that has been
made secretary of the meeting and tho following
appointed committee to draft resolutions: -
Goodwin, Cottcr and Linden. They prepared the
following. which were adoptcd:--
RESOLUTIONS OF coNDoLENcE.
Whereas IL has pleased tho Supreme Power Of the un~
verse to remcys from our mids. by tho hand Of death
oa, bis iis dstnssishsd himself by his originality and
his Of The nssss Of the
which we sadly depIorc; therefore belt p,u.
viii body attend funeral Of our late associate the
FEcHrEn's. PROPERTY.
Mr. Fechter died poor man, although he made
great deal of money. His only property of special
value Is the small farm which he lived during
his latter years. This is mortgaged and there are
debts to the amount OF $500 besides. After these are
paid there will be but little left. He had made z
will. which. It is Believed, bcqucaths everything to
his second wife, but she will be compelled to return
TO her profession. There may possibly be some
legal complications in settling the actors small
estate arising from the fact that Mr. Fechtcrs first
wife, from whom he separated and who
now resides in Paris, is said to ques-
tion the legality under the French statutes,
of Mr.. Fechtei' : second marriage. The second Mrs.
Fechers union Is pronounced to be perfectly regu-
lar according to the laws of this country.
FEcHTER's ILDErALIry.
Mr.. Fechter would have left large fortune behind
him IL he had been less lavish In the expenditure Of
money. His purse always open to friend. or.
indeed, to all who chose to ask his relief He lived
high and drank the most expensive liquors. Even
the farm hands and tradesmen among the Pennsyl-
vania Dutch where he lived took advantage OF the
nctor's casygong generosity and careless busi-
habits to overcharge him and cheat him
systematically Work and materials were charged
for times the proper prices. and Fechter has
often been Obliged to pay bill tho second time boz
cause he had lost receipt or never taken one.
When the road travelling In his profession he
spent money like prince. On his last trip. about
year ago, he went to Pittsburg and played ut the
Opera House. well known actor tells mo that Mr..
Fechters bill for week at the hotel there, for
himself and wife, $305l His digestion was 80
impaired that he could eat nothing aud he was COM
PEELED 10 resort TO stimulants Most OF this money
was for sxpsnsivs hrandasas wines and oordialss