New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-17
WILBUR +. STOREY.
me NOTED JOURNALIST A MENTAL WRECK

PROBABLE plsrositiUN oP ms cuicAao rsKs-
Az kvsNIEuL CARRIER.
lfRoM Az OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENCE OF fiiu rInuskl
CHICAGO. Aug Ia 1t Ii nav some i've weok,
sinoo publicity given Ia an application by tho
raj heirs of Wilbur y. Storey. the agod proprietor d
Tho Chicago Times" Tor tho appointment ct col.s,.
vaior "a manage hls estate ia consequence OF bs
bity from ply sioal and mental disorders. u attend
any longer 10 hs own Affairs. Tho application has
been refused By the courts. and tho present intent
the parties interested is 10 have medical inquest into
the condition of the journalists mind. which will not
probably be made before the latter part of the month
Everybody appears 10 agree that for fully twelve
months Storey. now near sevonty-hve and confirmed
invalid for years, has been unit 10 assume
any kind of responsibility The delay in the proceeding,
ia supposed to arise from endeavor the par. Of the
Hgant, to arrange the matter that 1t may be settled
among them ,elves without the notoriety and scandal
which such l case would necessarily excite. if carried
through the courts.
a private settlement would be desirable; but
able " II can he accomplished. Therc are thes
parties interested, represented BY the journalist,
brother sister, nephew and niece, another by bis
third wife, Eureka G. Storey and still another party
bg Austin H. Patterson. Publisher, and Charles IL Den
nett managing editor Of Tho Tmcs' Such at least
the division Of the parties few days ago 1t may
have changed since II not II probably will change,
the publisher and manager lot being partners
have no other pecnniary interest than their salary
The will be apt to side with the blood relatives be-
ca,,so Mrs Storey has long been antagonzmg them as
l.. alleged on account OF her inability " control tho
paper since her husbands misfortune. They have
been many years In their positions. having been ap"
POINTED by Mr. Storey when in tho prime OF has pOwers
Mrs Storey It IL asserted charged them with irreSu
lariiies and cupabe careC In the administration
of the office. The blood relatives fear that Mf'
Storey who Is accused Of intent TO put her nephew
~ entirely Inc 1penenced man. at tho hsah oil 'ho Jour
nal should got possession Of the paper she wouid
,sriou.ly impair its value. She on the othes hand
m tkos similar accusations against them In truth,
there are Re- usual In such ordinations and 10
ordinations without end
The results, from present indications. will Do TIE
defeat of Mrs Storey's ambitious plans and the con.
tinuation of The Times under the existing manage
nen with partition of the estate between the villa
and the .oncuneous heirs. II that when tho
proprietor marr ed eight years ago. his third wife
a widow. not more than hall his age-he bound him
self by legal paper 90 leave her largo sum Of money
AT hi, death tho sum 20 be determined by the amount
of property he might then possess. Storoys estate
estimated 70 be worth. exclusive OF debt about
81, 100000
Il storey had had children. most Of this trouble would
have been avoided. lie was divorced from the ira
wle and his second died under circumstances that
caused great scandal. OWING 10 the reiterated snd
vehement declaration by the journalist that she had
been killed by the ignorance and malpractice OF her Az
tendan phy scan who stood At the bead Of hs pfoles
zion BAY after day " The lines ~ attacked him
s,,aaely. mrea ening 10 drive him out town. Fmal
H. ,h. phy stefan published card PLAIN statement
Of fact, he called It, which It was Thought would impe
-tr,e, avoys violent and reckless, tu seek the phJsi
,n lite ,,ut he never did 40, rs the aua1t nent u
tie putiie cummunltv which had always iesh'ed
him a nian capable Under pto'nta'nh ~ "espe'"s
thmss ~, ..,.... .t.,t.
has conducted " he iim,s' whrh he e,nsW Hs
tho lac tAiHs Metutmvb . pnhstthhnhal i'NWF'h,Pi
ani At the saiHp tiHp able peiie'a, absolutely Hae
pp.isni journalist Mhile he has eeeh hs,isns"'M ~
tuiatm4 thp esiefn pess lp ah etlpht, hp hss ien
lrg,d II ehlpgpiishs ahd rhp splh va paper h'' ""'
htaa eluan " Aas p,er bpph sensational lh mo eNh'""
mining whaln,pr u punld hhd, iesa' ~ ihfNN{'
wilA his a assumption that tho pubic hemahH' ho''
II has Duen a1is and 10 example has heen very rs'
nioinds Tor writing up" thnss, ~ " Ia llloss'hahI
formed aud tAis pr1ooaa has ol'eh '"h ih'" "'''"P
,tnrey Ina, lis ava deiied public and private opinion
In hs ealing and Individually, and has Osfa''"g
fIousL l ht, defiance. still, hs has 40 been aoCused
of any personal dishonesty or pr0iesSiohtl "'uP'""
Ills journalistic fiilts have beeu manly tl"So " =
yer,tablo ryuc who believes the worst OF us nina anu
delights IN exposing no very Tow " hsh'o5 have
always been such As 10 rePei friendship o''r MINES
IA,
cnuo.I Merely As newspaper. Us hies h.s
hr one OF tho first, and has been prod gal IA o1pehui-
tnro IL has been deeIdedy plosperoa clearing Oh ah
average IL 10 said. trom @7o,OOO to soOooV ahhutJi
Although when Storey purchased IT. 1t Was, and had
long been. losing money -. -,
Born IN Vermont, lie became printer very l."
anil accurate OLE IL Is sald--and in hs early years
went Ia New York, where he wOrked al the case On
The journal OF Commerce After 'sIIous eApen.
ence, inclination led aim " Detroit ana III QUO uh'
he opened "a drug store. and thfised III IhG uSue.
Having nub shed and edited TWO or tlree rural payers
in Westeln New Ork aud Northern ONO Win 'onc-
thing like city features. they bad proved nhIsHino
tive bat had convinced him OF la, JOURNALISTIC teu"
So having made $4,000 or S1O,OOO - an spotuci,
car y hearing hat controlling intores. coHn W %"
in The Free PIess,' he sold out Ills SHOP oouSns
jnterst in he paper after receiving some nnanci anu
aud made it one of the very best daiDes IA Vuo
West At the same time he Introduce many Oh liz ~
objectionable tGasires ~h s .t,Ied Storeyisas
When he went TO Detroit he had beiIoyed tA".
mi ght be tho commercial focus OF The Nortn%es'.
h. had not long pul llshed The Free ~ ess ooiV -
s,vs that IL was to BE- this city, and hitler he cast
keen journalistic eye discovering Whist be ""n''"
10 The Times 49,. wsll
snco he had stroke of paralysis in Paris seven te
aao-ho was . striking aud distinguished lookhs "'
III features were clearly and hney cut NJ, I'D
pressiye his figure tall and symmetrical with Vy U
shoulders. and his carriage erect and els-ue -
abundant hair prematureiy gray. and his iull s
added to his appearance Of distinction. Ills dress ~
very neat aud OF the latest and incest cut 80 thal
looked like high b. ed man Of the world ts'e"u
the mis.nthropo that he chose TO be- His mlhhes Ia
excellent, and his ways winning and couius III vss
wished % DO agreeable. which was seldom nc
always exceedingly polite 10 women, u whose eot
lie almost a stranger He has been ono OF nc an,
known anu most disliked OF Chicagoans-h1dy ~
prominent man here but be has ridicned or aous,a
though his worst enemy would ieel lenlehs s..r-
him II he could see how tho noted and notorious To-
nalist once 50 strong has sunk INTO pitiiui imDeu
One of his half dozen friends said recently SSsg.e
no longer capable Of resentment That teiis VIC ma
Of the sad story II Is Equivalent TO saying ths s,s,V
once marked the able and eccentric man " INV"
extinct