Daily globe., 1883-05-02
GONE GLIMMERING.
That's the Course Pursued by the Editor of
the saltwater ''Sun"-The Why's and
Wherefores as Mysterious as His De-

the saltwater "Sun"!The Why's and
Wherefores as Mysterious as His De-
parture.
Saltwater has sensation, and has it
bad. E. D. Taylor, late editor of the Sun,
in that city, has mysteriously disappeared,
leaving behind him, it is said, numerous
financial liabilities, besides wife and two
children, and taking nothing with him, so
far as can be ascertained, beyond limited
supply of money and unknown quantities
of adverse public opinion. He came from
Utica five years ago, bringing with him no
inconsiderable amount of assurance, grip
sack, and less than 500 in cash. He began
life here as a lumberman, but was am
bilious to mount the editorial tripod, and
dictate responses to those consulting that
oracle of public opinion, the press. He
succeeded in realizing his ambition, but at
the expiration of about four years, dicta-
tion he descends from the tripod to take
his leave of the profession, without taking
the Sun creditors by the hand to bid
them adieu. He has gone glimmering,
like school boys dream, the phantom of
an hour.
Along in 1873, in conjunction with S. A.
Clewe, he established the Lumberman,
weekly publication devoted to the lumber
interests. Mr. ClGwell was then but lately
from Hudson, Wis, practical printer and
a man possessed of considerable executive
ability. Under their management the
| journalistic infant throve, and grew to
vigor and influence. In fact it accom-
plished success that is described as phe-
nomenal, being we'll conducted, we'll backed
and widely circulated. AS it grew in years
and strength, the youngster began to put
on airs, and having successfully courted
public opinion it two years ago brought
forth an heir, which was christened the
Sun, and received with expressions of pub
lie favor befitting the descendant of so IL
lustrious a parent as the Lumbermau was
esteemed to be.
| Father and son, metaphorically of
course, labored together in behalf of the
public veal and the result of their combined
labors was success that was alike crafty
ing and profitable to Messrs. Taylor and
Clewell, their sponsors at baptism, and
| guiding stars through the perplexities of
youth. Succeeding months brought with
them many evidences that their youth
would escape the pet-falls of strikes, bank
| ruptcy, and these evidenses were further
confirmed by subsequent history. At this
juncture it is said Taylor's habits of life
were not such as to inspire satisfaction
to Jail concerned. He is reported to have
joyed in the trespassing upon forbidden
ground. To have assumed the airs of
dude, as also to have manifested dudes
weaknesses. To have capered nimbly
into a lady's chamber to the lascivious
music of something more charming even
than the lube. The lady in the case is said
to have been a muscular German
girl who loved him fondly, too fondly for
her own peace of mind, or his either, for
that matter-ending in an appeal to the
courts by the g. g. to right the wrongs she
alleged to have suffered at his hands.
There were other cases also of a similar
import, but left to die and be buried by
those who aided in their creation. During
the summer of 1882, Mr.. Clewell, by sud-
denly withdrawing from the firm, an
nounced that he knew when he had enough
and that time had arrived. The latter's
interest became the property of the Hon.
D. M. Sabin, R. F. Hersey, Samuel Judd,
81. R. Murdock, j. Fl. Townsend, E. L..
Hospes and 81. W. Cannon all solid moneyd
men of the city, they representing an
ownership of two-thirds and Taylor the
remaining one-third. The latter there
upon did the tripod business and man
agerial direction, and all thought
he did the dual act to the Queens
taste. His chief excellence is said
to have consisted in the possessionof won
derful capacity to convince incredulous
merchants of the SUMS value as an adver-
tising medium, and delinquent creditors of
the necessity to iquidate. But as time
| passed on, Taylor's deficiencies as above de-
| ihod oil 4O oho ha
the earth, earthly, admonished the stock
| holders of the LunlbeTmdn and Sun that
| something was necessary to preserve the
popularity of the publications. Business
had begun to fall off, and as Taylor had
hypothecated his ownership, it came to be
concluded that he was uuable to handle
the concern. This decision was reached
short time ago, it is said, and done under
the impression that no one beyond those
who had consented to the verdict was
familiar with the fact. This is where
they got left. By some unexplain-
ed medium of communication Tay
lor was advised in the premises,
and didn't get left. On the contrary, he
left the rest, and so mysteriously as that
no one can even guess where he is likely to
bob up, serenely or otherwise.
On Saturday evening last, while the
stockholders were debating matters of great
pith and moment, Taylor lit out, levanted,
absquatulated, mizzIed, went his way for
getting his wife and family, and to leave
his address with the city authorities. His
departure is ascribed to the fact that his
prospective decapitation weighed heavily
upon his too sensitive pride. and made on
| the impulsive conclusion that it was better
to fly to distant points than stay and face
tie logic of events. At least that's the
way gentleman at the Merchants put it
yesterday afternoon. The latter was dis
inclined to converse at length on
the subject, for reasons that will become
apparent when it is stated that he was one
of wedding outfit en- route to the north
west.