New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-21
B.F. NAPHTALY'S INGRATIrUDE.

now he BROUGHT ABOUT CHARLES DE YoUNG's
DEATH.
The San Francisco ChrOn!cle was started as q
sensational the first sensation hadwas
furnished by Naphtay, the who caused the death OF
Charles DE Young the founder of the paper Among tho
many "hoodIms," the Whyos" OF san Francisco was
b. f. Naphtay, who had been committed to the In
dustral School for reformation. If possible. The boy
escaped from that badly managed institution and
going To The Chronicle Office related how nhumanely The
inmates treated, that they were logged halr
starved and illcothed. In series of articles The
Chronicle exposed the bad management which led TO an
official inve gaton and the removal OF the superin
tenden and other officials of the institution These
articles brought The Chronicle forward local paper,
and from that time the struggle for existence was no
longer probematlcal
NAPHTALY A. A REPORTER.
Charles De Young liberal in expenditure for news
and as partial for thi, beat the other papers
took the ueucated Industrial School refugee into his
Office and in a few years the latter became reporter
For some nprofes onal conduct he discharged lie
was subsequently discharged from The Erensng toss
for publishing scurrilOus paragraph about a man
whom he wanted to get even with" This shows tho
nature of the young man who eventually caused the
death his best and only beneIactor.
In 1873. ephemeral looking sheet called me Sn"
sprang into existence. j. NJ. scanand wrote the editor
ias Napthaly then being out OF work, as usta, Mr.
scanland introduced him the pro- retor stating that
ne WAS good average reporter long he was held IN
check Napthaly was employed city editor and con-
sttuted the entire reporting stan. Wishing TO control
the entire editorial department, lie secretly under
mined the editor who placed him In position by
offering to do the editorial work in addition to his local
work and for mans salary. This had the desired
effect with the proprietor. whose money was ao9ut exc
baused, and the unpaid editor resigned, PaVihX
Napthaly in charge az editor in-chIef
THE ARTICLES ATTACKING DE yoUNG's FAMILY.
On the third day Naphaly took advantage OF his posi-
tinn nd sh.b
against DE Young's mother and sister. While the
press was printing the small edition Augustus
De Young aud Napthaly were shooting AZ each
ober m the streets former hal into the press
room secured one of the first copies thrown on Knocked
down the business manager AMI then had run out WIN
his revolver search of Napthsy. In Few hours the
papers were selling AT 20 each
SURPRISING THE PAPER BY FORCE.
An attempt to print second edition Of the Infamous
article was stopped by Charles DE Young. who with the
chief Of the detective force and Others made desceht
mon the office through the skyllght and arrested
lie ynnug smashed the forms of type then In readiness
frr the press lie aerward paid AL damages, po-rei
tions we're slapped and the matter nps, pts'ed on, Q,
,ue,uory until revived IN 1879 10y kalDchl VINO wasa
candidate fut MAYOR me rhf0nie posed his " strn
ferotd and vas extremely bitiet and personal Io slen
me rhrDuits kalloeh threatened tV ftah etnf m ah'
RAiioeh's usn Uf taf iBtIl
Eaoeb sent fof saphaly Who dehled the tthh ~ the
senffIions article he hal written AMI hhalis aleai
AMI, kao,h, " ,oa ieai that a,tiele, ~ fehhs WIZ
siii foa"
kaiiop dld not heed the advice ~ ne man ~he "a' %
oa,,d ua,t tnppugh WI shooting anafs brought sllsnt
b Ins article aad tis attempt ~ thtflps i'r fHe ~
Nil hali0eh lna Ia his avn iHll snt ~ 'S
iIienless wall whom he lad b'iilshapi a'N ""'''''