, 1880-05-24
Incidents In the Career Of
DeYOmng.

10C10emtS IN the career OF
DeYOmng.
We find the following in the Portage
(WisconsiD) Democrat:
Mr.. H. c. Hansbrsugh. who is one of
the co."pilers and editors of the forth>
coming history of Columbia county, and
who is now in Columbus engaged in that
work, was for nine years an employe on
the San Francisco Morning Chronicle,
leaving there in February, 1878; and
during the last three years was nis BIT eds
itor upon that journal The assassina-
tion OF Charles De Young of the Chronicle
brings into prominence all his surround-
ing., and Mr.. H. being thoroughly ac-
qnainted with him, the city, the newspa>
per, and the Influences bearing upon it
and welded by it, is in POSITION to con-
verse very entsrtsiningly upon the cur
rent topic. He corrects the popular im>
preston that DeYoung was vigorous
ano brilliant writer by declaring that he
could not write at all; that he was un-
able properly to construct half dozel.
consecutive sentences; and that to his
know ledge he never attempted it but
once. Being at Omaha on trip east
when his train was wrecked, he tele-
yrsplled back to the Chronicle half col
umn account OF the disaster. This 'le>
scription WAS unique one feartully and
wonderfully made. DeYoung probably
knew it was formed on no model ancient
or modern, and that its originality per-
laps needed modification, as he sent after
it cipher dispatch to one of his editors
to fix it," But if DeYoung could not
write himself, he knew g"od writing and
could inspire it in Others. He was full
"t ideas, and he could infuss them into
his sul'ordinstes, and see that they
wrought them into effective results. He
was man of affairs and peculiarly ad-
apted to publishing successful newpa-
per. Hansbrough refers to the affection
cx ny between D Young and his. aged
mo- her rs the most perfect and complete
final and maternal regard he ever saw
manifesi ed. She nev-I went to sleep at
night without knowing that her son WAS
at home, or without having received
word from him that he would be detained
As Il single ms ance Of the tenderness
with which ne regarded her. it is said
that on the night vi his shooting affray
with Kalloch, u copy of the Chronicle was
prepared expressly tor his mother in
which the .ccouut IF tin. affair was lett
out; all knowledge of it was kept from
her, and she probably never heard of the
facts. 1t will be remembered that the
only person injured in that interchange
CT shots WAS n little boy upoE the side-
walk whose leg was penetrated hy =
wild bullet. DeY"ung took the lad in.
to his office vt the time. aud he has ever
since been tsvord employe there. To
show D~Young's c"olness, Hsnsbrough
relates this incident. The latter and an
other employe were seated one day in
one of the editorial rooms when the
door was darkened by stalwart despc>
RADIO revolver in hand, who declared he
had come for the purpose of Staying the
man who wI"te "that article" Hans
brough demonstrated with the truculent
obiector, and told him that he was liable
to kill the wrong man by aourishing
revolver about in that promlscous and
uncertain manner. But the intruder
continued to thirst for editorial gore,
and emphasized his sincerity of purpose
by incessantly pounding the desk with