The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-26
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fhs Thestfich masasef Interviewed
ffis fsnsthy Csfeer No y usnHfefl
uhf ueath Ruled president o. tsiH


lUnitfd staltn to-day. Mr. ratd ~ ~
the \ AGO on tour Of pleasure aud
business con hined, aud expresses him.
self greatly plossed win Texm and
UTTERLY sufpriaed a. tho siz0 ard
beauty OF Der gltias. l. ka n gIoat
many who haVa never aan ia the
stare, he had formed ere leous ideas
~ Texsa mud Ttxaus.
Said be: al doU't think have ever
boon spywhero whore utganHera are
treated more o0ufteOualy and with
greater dsf.reuce then I have expa
risnood IN Texas, snd | hud the people
Hs lsw-sbls ing a. those of any state In
| tue Uninu,h
| M. F0rd's career M q MANAGER has
been brlllisnt and phsnomepEi. His
ife has been = successful ont, npd for
tho lsss third II u century h0 hiss boon
ideItlRsd with the sisge.
| He ~ss born In ihe city OF Baltimore,
nut NJ an early age won't g. Richmond,
| Vuglnia, with the intention al iamii-
| iarizipg hine II with the manufacture
NJ tonscco and aev0ting himselfto thst
brenon ~ srade. He HaS isk0n Into
/ TO fseGeTy OF au uncle who wAg In tao
business ~ that tino Ia Richmond.
Tho factory Occupies by his uncle aud
nulit by him. add in which Mr. Ford
IRE, began ~ hand,o tho weed" after
1
famous es n prison, being mono Other
| lnsn ths oslebrsted "CsstlR Thunder"
Blu. the young man, WHOSE friends had
CHOSEN tor him th6 occupation OF n To-
| basHoni.t, Was destined 10 Ill other |
sod higher walks IN tho drama |
of lilo, His ambition carried
| hina sssond the OloS0 CONFINES |
~ q counting room Or the smoky |
| d ssiacts OF a tobacco factory, and |
tras L. 4 a ID ..lsa IL
aos oelsruaiuKton 20 carry cut an |
ssR ogss 60 ncsivsi, In early lie bis |
| atpr alton wss sttrnot,u toward ths |
| stage, aud he WAC fond OF forming the
| scqlaintLucs % theatrical people ~hU
iNine tn Richmond. When he was
'nOut 30 Year, Of sgs lie wIotp y farce
TOR ? uutOArsl troupe playing Ia his
city, mud they rsro 40 wall plGSood
vi h 10 Wat tkeJ engaged him 70
ravel shsId fsr tksm. He thus oesan
nj Connvoren with this gtAsH, which |
nas continued uninterrupted from
tnat line 10 It's presSnt. hr. Fore
nRc a happy faculty of getting
up readable Advertisements Tor his
JEIurs, which sdsn brought him
proa'ususiy bsfcIo chs theatrical
world ssa mSnsgsr.
"sr. Ford" sasga.led Tas hsRALD
msu inlrrroGati,ely, 'ynu have prob
1
iotre ssss OF the 4 meriex u stage"
"Yus, | may -hy that have eeown
ths ~ st OF then jntin ately. Hdwin
BSoih PLAYED mis- frls giRr engage,
M Mt OF the Atlantic coaay under my
msusYs asnt in Balt.sapra Jonn Me-
ca 'lOaLh also played Bis h'IS atar oL'
gGeevssnt unsar ny Nsnsgrmrnt, as
did Joan =. Clark, no1 OF London, the
elobrssna COZ sdiau, sud Joseph
}, n gscg, While john Eiires Booth
ruaGo his first sppearanse
un tho stps. asdsr me. ] Art starred
rhonss ", Rsere. john T Raymond,
Joseph Je6nrson, Siut,t Il bison, G. s.
Bah rp and George ". D5shan, tho
gunsedinns, " no eece cri ,inaliy in g.ock
- Hsai6s spder my msnsgomun
There was aiso Theodore HamiltDp,
wso 81 ono ntns WAS ths WosG promis
Ing Of American artors. Ee onse gave
prUa.iss Of senG he successor OF Ed
win Forest. Hamilton wax 4 printer
hy irsd.. Charlotts Cushmxn.
4nry 4 Asrson, Jshn E o"ons
all HisysJ their f;sE diSinga. sled |
enEassWantA ia JsS Sputo under my
mauNsemsns."
"Edwiu Eurrest FROM 1910 to 1866 WAS
The srsstssb American tragedian. He
httrsetsG more attsuiion, made more
noncy and aaid aore for new piays
|
H. acton for long 'ius under my
mSaassnent. dr. Forrest was y great
frisnd Of General Sc n HUuktor :"
Eiss krry Anders0n'a c&fiiest cue
seas va VITA Mr.. Ford. Her man
ager, Dr. Gritan, gladly accepted ano
Tor irJm biu OF $40 ger wssk.
Ha hen, ia good lasts, bsS wlts tho
most lavish iiooreiiLy, WORKED up her
faRe, co that ~ the oIa o. six weeks
IA L. \
sic 80 the suo of the year y 0aO ger
Hcba. She 10 now realizing 5000 Por
~esk la her services.
Mr. Forc's dauguter, Annie, With
gress sRili and 40 Aptdnility, wrote az
EusIi,h version uf HSsyGne, the Dsegh-
Ter OF RowiRod," for N 80 Anderson,
wsich sac ss.ed Trequeatly Yith great
suCceHe
In 1854 AR. Ford bssama manager Of
th3 holiday E5roeE theatre, Of Bslsl-
mare. He built thu present Eord's
Grand opera AOule ia Baltimore, Rnd
aieo GGfeD tb5etres ia Washir gtOn and
ono 10 Alexandria, Virginia, during
the war Ha hs algo managed
Theatres in Risbmo I'd and Norfolk,
Virginia. Cna leston, South Caro- ina,
aud ia Pnilndelphts, where his son
produced Piu&to @ aheed Of Nov York,
and here il was thai this opera scored
ita frat great BuccssH.
1t win ba rene Al 5ared that Mr.. Ford
was tho manager OF the theatre il
watch Mr Lincoln wds killed. Gen
eral Lee hsd just surrendered q snort
time before lbn killing of the presi-
dent, aud Mr.. Ford was in Elchmnpo,
this being the fitst time for long
time that has offered au op ortaalty OF
visiting th,s clsy, whore he b I'D aud
sull has scores OF friends and Telitives.
Il oil nm, Ia vat tsr IA l.
more no wss srres6ad, &nd, withou6 q
trial, thrown into Carroll PRISON at
Washington, where ne remained ~
days, et The end Of which time he was
released By order OF General Greut.
"What was he coDtrO ling l. fuei ce
that caused John Wilkes Booth To =
sassinete President LincoluT vas
aehed Mr.. Ford, ia whose h0ues ,he
crime was eommttted ia 1865.
Ills Iepy was: "Thia conspicuous
connection Of my name with the
Booth crime IA painfully distssteful 10
me, out the unsOvernsble Curiosity o.
the people generally to hear about that
tragic evopt forces me to reply TO quea
tl.ns or to appear uGoivil. In Texas"
no added, lauShingly, "this Ray be
DANCE oRp; 40 will tell you my con-
vicuoD, which ID 10 decided 90 TO be
strengthened ny 10 years' OF rehsc-
tion.o
"The crime OF Rrutus, equally with
out excuse, was sanctioned by history
as "a act Of unseiish berOism, IL was
sanctioned by Shakespeare II was
Qualified by Patrick Hsury. The
Booth family fairly msdo d demi-aod
oi Bsutus. The father aud the FL 1855
son wee ualaed eaoh janus Brutu..
rhey frY qnsntly acted tho charsc or
nd portray ed 10 applsuding sudieucsS
the Roman crime; 50 John Wilkes
Booth detsrmiGed, few hours bstore
no slaughtered the president, 10 be an
American Brutds, ard carried out in
due time his Intention"
Mr. NDri married in AunOyur