The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-22
STANLEY RuNrLwY.
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Stanley Huutley, the well-known jour nAlist, died TAursday st his residence. No. lSo West Fossy-6AA street, of REightS disease ol che kidneys, alter hnRering illness of several mon,hs He vas the son of Judge K H. Hantley. weAltAy resi- deHt of Brooklyn. His hrst work tor the press WAs as reporter for the New York zl5ess<, for which nc wrote but one Arei- cie. He was assigned to report ths mevH- ing oi the Farmers Club, Without lry- ing to obtain any information by Qaes- tioning the memhen of the club. he wrote sarcastic article, poking tun at sibs chairm an and dwelling upon the haysced in that worthy's hAil. The next day he was informed that his services were no longer wanted, and the fact was explained to him that Horace Greeley had presided at the Farmers Club
 His next experenee in newspaper work was iR Si Louis, where As =e.ke4 es all the leading papers, tor some time as so. ciety editor ot the MssSosyT RftsAiiesa, While in th,S position 1t is saiu that he never took note, either os a tact or name. In IS7s he went to Chicago and became a reporter on the Isfsr- OteaR and subsequently on the 7tfAsss. Mhlle In Chicago he acquired considerable re putauon. ln iS76 he prepared a two page article charging Ben) amin F, Beis- tow, then secretary of tho treasury ~i,h l complicity tn the whisky frauds, creating great sensation Immediately after the presidential election Huntiey inter viewed Rutherford B. Hayes and atu,b- uted to him the expression that " for him. selt he cared nothing tot his deteat by Tilden, but it made his heart bleed to think of the poor negro" bit ot cant which was extensively copied, but which Hayes denied having uttered. While Sitting Bull and hts tribe were in revolt Huntley started out for the plains to in- terview the great Indian warrior. He ! gained admission to the chiefs tepee m the plains and obtained long and tn. tereStisg interview with him.
 Severing his connection with the Chi cago papers Handey went to Dakota Aad bee anne editor ot the Bismarck Dibass, then owned by Major Edwards, also pro prietor and editor of the Fargo (DAk Argns From 1878 to 1880 Hnntley wAs on the staff of tho Brooklyn Eagle, and began to make a reputation as . humoF ous writer. He began by writing wha, he himself termed measly paragraphs" and subsequently devoted himself to work Of that character. He wroie sssies C: sketches entitled the "Spoopeudyke Pa pers," which were widely copied at the tune of tbesr publication, and were alter ward rcps biished in beck form.
 The forged Morcy letters published by Ils1h during the presidential campaign l af tRN1 AkHsth,tkssA ht hn AnnR- Icy. The attorney for kenwood Pheip, who was tried on the charge of having forged the letter felt convinced shss q uct- ley had committed the forgery. while General fryor is said to have becu of the opinion tAat the leStex was written by Garfield or else written by Stanley Bsown and signed by Garfield and that it had fallen into the posssssion of H untley, who had altered the envelope and stamp and secured it's publication.
 Alter leaving the EdgG Huntley be- came editor of Dydk<'S IydVeIetS' Mag azisf, and contributed humorous ar,icles to many leading periodicals. During his residence m the west Huntley was adopted into tho tribe of the Teton Sioux Indians, whose chief died last winter leaving no lineal descendant. Huntley vas elected chief. and wrote remarkA- ble letter to President Arthur assuring him that the Teton tribe would ever dwell in peace and harmony with the pale faces if the great white chief would keep them supplied with plenty of whisky, guns, blankets and provisions. and would see that they never were expected to do any work.
 Never very strong. his health had been steadily growing worse during the las, few years, and for four months he had been unable to do any journalistic work He was a man of very liberal ideas, and was never able to accum ulate any money although his contributions have been very well paid for since he began to write about the Spoopendykes.