The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-10-07
John MCCULLOUGH.

| The sad fate which has befa.len this emf
neni TRACE lar, will give Idilior al intel
est to the following sketch of his LIE:
| Mr.. Mccullough was born in Ir. lard in
1887, AID is. therefore, IL years old. He
came TO This country when very young, and
his parents setIl-d In PhilaGelI bia. He
was a. prenticed or worked al the trade of
chairmak ne or willow work He made
baskets. etc. He get into The the,trical
swim about 1856, AID h.H some numb bic
position about the theaiers there until Ed.
W ,rd Forrest was attrac;e 10 him AMI IN de
him a kind # sttsche of his person. For
several months Forrest employed him as
''dr s.er." and finally, in 1857, Jchn was
put on The sage in small part. He dis
plaved talent, and Forrest mad hopes of his
prot.g.. When Forrest went on MS graz
farewell tour, in 1866 under tie mansge-
mept of Nixon, ne took McCu'l Tough with
him as "dre,ser" and kind of personal at
tendani. he instructed him, gave him az
cess 10 his ooss and his properties, and
taught the youIgster mach o. his own great
art. Soon after ne promoted Mccullough
10 support arts, and as the young mans
talenrdeveloped Forests interest In him in
creased. Whea the two went TO California
in 1856, john Mccullough went as Mr..
FORESTS leading N n. That engagement
was tie end of FORESTS career, and McCul-
Tough, having made friends in San Fran
cisco, concluded TO remain there He and
Forrest pSried as father ard son. Mr.. Nc
Cullough remained in San Francisco play-
ing in stock under Tom Mcclure ana 9th
ers until, in 1858, Vim. {. Rallsioa and
party OF rich friends resolved 10 set hun up
in theaIer. They bull; the famous CALI
forn;a thester aud in Octi Der, 1869, Mr.
Mccullough and Lawrence Barrett opened
ii with great eclat as lessees and managers.
Ii as tire first tteate buiit west If Chica-
60. Its fame exists 10 day.
Mr. Barrett Withdrew SION, and for more
than seven years Mr.. Mccullough remain
ed as manager. The finest stock mpany
ever org .nizsd was there. Most of the stsr.
OF toby were ih-re in the stock az one
time. Barrett, John T. Raymond, VIII
Hanson, Tom Keere, Harry Edw ards. |
Marie Gordon, Ellie within, w. A. Mes. |
tayer, and SCORES of names not now at hand, |
were there on weekly salaries. There was
brough, out The higbe,t tragedy Grea,
names from Europe cane sing'y and were 1
magniicently supported. AdeIside Ne J. |
son came alone, and with AL Inc cid face.
took N $4,000 In one week. The orches-
ira was removed to make room for 3 seats.
|: was the heyday of prosperity for John
But he spent money faster
han he could make it and Lis love f the
art vas growing. He had develoIed and
Oloomed into two or three grea. cha raciers
in trs getty, Virginius, Spartacus, Jack
cade-ail Of The great Forrest roles were
his by right of Inheritance. He had much
If Forests wardrobe, all Of his properlie-
and the great actors good will He had
Forrts 8 litrary-his concordinances. his
studies his notes, and everything that gave
l key 10 the great trageGian's artistic i'm
pulses. Mr.. Mccullough had grown from
dresser" 10 manager, and MS ir;e ,Cs DE-
ermined be should come cas-. He shook
he dust of California from his feet in
SI4 ard his career since then is we'll
Known 10 sll Americans I
The only enemy John Mccullough has
yer had has been himself. In thst free !
nd open life in San Francisco he contract
d daily customs and methods from which |
lie now suffers. He was ALWAYS high {
liver and his associates were Of the same I
lass. He, with Ralsion, Wakelee, Colt
nd scores of others who had thousands | I
ear TO spend in follies, lived lives of glo- !
ious bachelordom, Ralston committed c
uicide, Wakelee is dead, ard tie pace has e
{ last proved too het for John.
Mr.. Mccullough, in spite of his extrava-
ances, has accumulated money. He is be-
eyed 10 be worth from $4,000 to Sl0O,-
90. His wife in Philadelphia still shares Z
is name and his income. By be. be has 1
IN, now grown to manhood, who, il is said, =
i'll, should Mr.. Mccullough pass away,
lherit all his property. That is fixed by .
provisions, and Mr.. Counor, :
is believed, will see that the will is taken :
ire OF. There are plenty of women who :
lay claim TO have post norton interests in !:
le proits of Mr.. McCulloughs gre at
areer, but it is asserted by his frie ads that
lat is all guarded against in the interest of =
ls family ne has always recognized. .