, 1884-06-26
KINsELLA's EooENTRIoITIEs
UndoinE ON His Denth-Bed Many o
rhe Thing Done in Life.

UndoinE ON His Denth-Bed Many of
the Things Done in Life.
New York Cor. Chicago Tribune.l
Thomas Kinsella, who edited The Brooklyn
Eagle. and who last week diei and was
buried, lived a singular life, some of the
strangest ecceutricities of which havo not
come to light in the papers hereaway. His
plucky hght for recognition; his climb from
a common Cease" OF the type-settsr in the
Office through all the ntermedia positions
to that of editor-in-chief and managerial
this has been dwelt on-but his matrimonial
and theological versatility the local
papers have dropped a veil over. Kinsella
was an freshman and a Catholic, as was his
first wife, who bore him i've daughters. All
went well until he fell in with the wife of q
politician and oficeholder OF local celebrity,
known as Tom Fields. OF her he became
deeply enamored, and after a short courtship,
ms it were, divorces were obtained, at his in
stigation, all around, and Mr.. Kinsella and
Mrs. Fields were duly married by Henry
Ward Beecher. Fields brought suit against
Kiusella for alternating the affections of his
wife and won the suit, the jury awar ling
him 100000, He declared that no didn't
want the money for himself, but wanted to
deposit it in the name OF his erring spouse,
for her to use whenever her new admirer
should desert her. This he did, and the $50
90 has been on interest ever since-till last
week.
Mr.. Kinsella's daughters abandoned him
and followed the fortunes of their cast-oif
mother, while he and MRS. Fields-K ~insella,"
as she has always been called In Brooklyn,
took a high-p iced pew in Mr.. Bsecher's
church. Of which they became memhers.
This all happened some years ago, and Mr..
Kinseila was an ardent supporter of tho
great Plymouth pastor during his trials.
When Mr.. KinsellG was brought face to
face with death in his last Illness he sent for
Mr.. Beecher, who came and prayed with him
and talked with him, but it did not seem to
ego to the spot" he said. The old menaces OF
the life to come which had been instilled into
him by the Catholic church when a child roso
imperstively before him. He was afraid to
die, and he admittedi it
His latest wife guarded his haunted bed
side, hut he induced some friend TO carry a
note to a Catholic priest with whom he was
well acquainted. The priest came but could
not get in. Mrs. "Fields"-Kinsella assured him
that IL sho wanted him she would send for
him, but that ut present his services were
supegfiuous. He reiterated reluctantly, was
again summoned and boldly made his way
to the sick's man bedside. Kinsella wanted
confession, communion, baptism and tho rites
OF the Catholic church. The caller told him
ne cOulu not Dc puTieu hs u SatuoIc except
by speedy repentance Of his sins, especially
the sin OF putting away his wife aud
marrying another. He was in mortal
agony and mortal fear. He said he
would do rs he was told. Under
the urgency OF his spiritual adviser he called
Mrs. "Fields"- Kinsella into tho room and for
mnlly discarded her, and ordered her to pack
up and leave, and then his former
wife was recalled to his bedside. The
will was changed. This is the strange
story told and generally believed. l
suppose it is correct. AND now the first wife
VINO shared with him the hardship of his
early struggles and her daughters will inherit
his great wealth, and Mrs. Fields Kinsella
has already, it is said, drawn from the bank
the $50, OOO obtained from Kinsella. But if he
had lived wonder who would have been his
wifel