Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-07-23
MARCUS CICERO STANLY.
DEATH IN NEW YORK OF A NOTED
NORTH HsCAROLINIAN,

NOkTH sCAROLINIAN,
Who was One Of the Original Corpo-
rators OF the Louisiana State Lottery
Company.
From the Ne,o York Tribune, July II.
Marcus Cicero Stanly. one OF the
most widely known men of New York,
died at 4: II P- m. yesterday at his
hume in the Gramercy Park Apart
ment House. He had been an inva-
lid for years, but possessing rare cour,
age and spirit, he never succumbed
to his indisposition Until the last week
in June.
Mr.. Stanly had singular career.
He never told his age and was strange
ly sensitive upon that subject. His
birthday was August 2, and it is be-
lieved that had he lived few weeks
longer he would have been sixty-fve
years old. He was born in Newbern,
N. G. His father was John Stanly,
distinguished in the early politics of
that State-a man OF fine family, rare
culture, learning and ability. Edward
Stanly, his oldest brother, was appoint
ed military Governor of North Caro-
lima by President Lincoln. Another
brother was Admiral Fabius Stanly,
well-known as a naval officer. He
died few years ago. When Marcus
Cicero Stanly was about 10 years old,
his father died, and his mother went
to live with her daughter, Mrs. Cen
ertl Armistead, OF Ben Lomond, West
Virginia. Marcus came to this city
and lived with Rev. DIR. Hawks, then
rector ofSt Thomas Episcopal church,
which was at Houston Street and
Broadway. DIR. Hawks had studied
law with John Stanly, and consented
to be Marcus guardian. He placed
the boy in drugstore, where he re-
manned as clerk for some time. Tir-
ing of that prosaic life, he began the
study of the law, and showed much
fondness and ability for criminal cases.
His mind was active and penetrating
and it dwelt on the sinister and evil
phases of life. He was born detect
i've, and after little, following his
natural inclination, he became re-
porter for the early issues of the Po-
lice Gazette. In this capacity he saw
much of the undercurrents of human
life, of its miseries and criminalities.
He became connected with the Her
aid later, working still among the
classes of people in whom he found
such a strange fascination,
With his keen penetration, his ever
active mind, his watchful suspicion
and his naturally subtle mental tenn
permanent, ever alive for the discovery
Of motive, far-seeing in his views of
purpose and marvellous in his intui-
tive judgment of character, Stanly
soon obtained an unparalleled knowl-
edge of the criminals of New York,
their habits, faces, deeds and haunts.
This knowledge extended to all classes
of people, from the most depraved of
brutal knaves to the polished scou1-
drel, and even to those whom accident,
revenge and passion had involved in
sudden and unwonted crime. He
traced mystery to its most secret and
impenetrable sources, and held in his
mental possession the proof of many
an unpunished sin. Speaking of death
to his wife few days before the end
came, he sasd: There's many man
who will be happier when am gone"
Stanly was one of the original COR
porators of the Louisiana State Lot
terry Company, in which he held a
large interest until its reorganization
some years ago. He had interests in
other lotteries, and was supposed to be
associated with complex system of
policy-dealing and lottery prizes. His
nature was devoted in its friendships
and wholly incorporating in its en-
mites. He waged a terrible warfare
on some varieties of gamblers, and
was of frequent and incalculable SER
service both to the police and to the
press in the discovery and punish
ment of many notorious criminals. He
possessed great courage, which was
required in many an emergency. He
was accused of wholesale blackmailing
of gambling and of other serious of
fences, and his enemies took the pains
to publish pamphlet detailing long
variety of wicked acts attributed to
him. But none Of these accusations
clung to him.
In his domestic life Mr.. Stanly was
model of tenderness and consider
alton. He married Miss Grivet, of
this city, twenty eight years ago, and
she was his constant companion upon
his rambles over the world. She sur
wives him. They have two children
living. One is married to German
merchant and lives abroad. The 9TH
er, William Edward Stanly, is a lad
of fifteen and has lived with his par
ents. Mr.. Stanly was man of fine
mental attainments and noteworthy
appearance He was associated with
George Wilkes when the Spirit of the
Times was founded. He leaves q
handsome fortune.
The Youngest d. ID. In the south.