The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-07-16
From New York Tribune

When Marcus Cicero Stanley was about
- years old his father died and Marcus
came to this city and lived with Rev DR..
Hawks. DR.. Hawks had studied law with
John Stanley, and consented to be Marcus
guardian. He placed the boy i'll a drug
store, where he remained as a clerk fn1
some time firing of that pi Osaic life, he
began the study of law, and showed much
fondness and ability f T criminal eases.
His mind was active and penetrating, and
it dwelt on the sinister and evil phases of
life. He was born detective, and after
a little following his natural inclination he
became a reporter for the early issues Of
the Police Gazette. In this capacity he
saw much Of the undercurrents of human
life, of its miseries and criminalities. He
became connected with the Herald later,
working still among the classes of people
in whom he found such a strange fascina-
ton. With his keen penetration, his ever
active mind. his watchful suspicion and
his naturally subtle mental temperament,
ever alive for the discovery of motive,
far-seeng in his views of purpose and
marvellous in his intutiye judgment Of
character Stanley soon obtained an un-
paralleled knowledge of the criminals of
New York, their habits, faces, deeds and
haunts. He traced mystery to its most
secret sources, and held in his mental
possession the proof of many an unpun-
ishe SIN Speaking OF death to his wife
a few days before the end came, he said:
There's many man who will be happier
when | am gone. Stanley was one OF the
original corporators of the Louisiana State
Lottery Company in which he held large
interest until its reorganization some years
ago He had interests in other lotteries,
and was supposed to be associated with
a complex system of policy dealing and
| lottery prizes.
| -. One of the Atlanta papers copies
| from Il newspaper published at JonesborO,
! Ga the statement that Brooks Thomas,
| of CLAYTON County, has received a postal
card from Washington announcing that
! his pension claim has been favorably pass
ed upon and that the money will be for
warded in few days The Jonesboro'
| paper says:
Mr.. Thomas was a brave and good Con
federate soldier, and during the war was
captured and placed in prison. He saw o
| stav in prison would result in death, so lie
| took the oath of allegiance and was sent
to the Northwest plains to fight the Indi-
ans Soon he became sick and remained
! in the hospital until the end Of the war.
| Mr. Thomas will draw $50 per year fCf
each year since the war. Principal and
| interest amout To about 50, 900, besides a
a pension of 800 a year during his or his
wife's lifetime. and he is also entitled to a
land bounty of lot of land
Instead of being a ''braye and good
Confederate soldier" he was a common
deserter and has been rewarded as such.
That he fought against the Indians instead
of against his former comrades availS him
nothing He took the oath of allegiance
TO the United States Government and en-
tered its service, receiving a bounty fol
his treachery at the time and a pension
now The Federal soldier whose place
Thomas filled in the Northwest fought
against the Confederates, and, perhaps
near Thomas own home. He earned hi:
hire and is to be congratulated upon get
ting it. By the same token he forfeited
all title to the name of Confederate soldier
and to the respect of honorable men.
YoUNG and middia-aged men suffering
from nervous debility, premature old age
loss of memory. and kindred symptoms
should send 10 cents in stamps for lar,
illustrated treatise suggesting sure mean
of cure Worlds DIspensary Medical As
| sociation, Buffalo, n. \.