Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-25

Rents fell, business langulshed and iaml
lies moved away.
This produced radical change In Mr.
lsaacs' life He conceived deep and
ruthless hatred for all playwrights, and
| consecrated his talents 10 their destruc
l tlon.
This Is how be came 10 devise the lnia.
nous and startling scheme which succeed
cd In thinning the ranks of the dramatlsts
and ended In hls own destruction.
After the managers had hold thelI
meeting aud consulted, he went TO Mr.
! 4 NJ Julmer and made some Kind OF 4
1 proposition which he wished laid before
tho associated managers. Mr.. Jalmai
was horrlhed at first az the scheme, anc
refused 10 entertain it But his better
sense prevailed 0ftorward, and natural
ly strong conviction Of duty TO the com
munity Influenced him IN modifying hi,
4 Vows by the advice OF the associated
managers, q contract was entered Int
! with Mr., laaaca by which ho was to re-
colve per capita an enormous sum for ihC
/ permanent removal Of play. wiights. the
only condition being that he should OK,
4 hlhit no violence and not soil the loDbies
on ilrst NIGHTS with blood and tissue.
IL IS necessary here TO Introduce ono
I other isclor To- this extraordinary con.
/ splracy, 10 ~ the wcll.kuown Mr. Adoph
! Gm1ackcr, theatrical hosiery and under.
I wear, and inventor Of the famous Clm.
I backef undouhlrt.
Between the Climbackers and thu
/ lsaacs deadly ieud hRd RACED for years.
I In the first place Mr. Ciimbacbcr was the
only man who out-hy'd Mi, Isaacs. II 10
I were not for this man hir IBuacs could
[ have made his own terms with the actors.
/ Besides, the entire ClImbacker family had
taken a box when IsaRcS' melndrama was
4 produced, and had not only guyod the
] whole performance, but had insisted In
calling Tor Mr., lsaucs Whenever the audi.
ence Kissed.
/ Mr.. lsaacs Rugged the delusion that one
day be would by Mr. Cllmbaoller.
! II was In the winter OF 'S2 that the
| playwrgAts began 10 fall Bagley died
I Ia January ana Fitzpatrick and Poole died
! Ia February In March Callahan and
Morrison passed away The millennium
began 70 dawn. Tho managers wore
bright iileos aad had regular champagne
meetings. loaacs was loaded with anony.
nous presents. His contract would make
him dOubly rich
But during oil the evening hours OF this
success, the cold, cynical face OF Cllm.
hacker regarded him impassiyely. II
! seemed always To say, 81 SEQ through
| your game, you old fraud, aud I'll bat
| you yot,h isa0cs dreaded this look
there was II dun, inevitable air OF destiny
about II that maddened him
But the playwrights continued to pass
away with calm regularity.
| Whom the winter Of 1883 set In there
was feeling Of buoyancy In all theat-
| rlral circles, owing 10 the glad prospect
OF there being no native plays TO be pro-
duoed aud paid for.
And up TO this time Mr.. lsaacs' meth.
DDS had not beou inquired into.
IL was then that he ran against MIR
Boz Norris aud Tell himself II Is now
known that the method pursued with this
gifted but yoluminous playwright was
inc sumo that had wiped out so many Of
his predecessors.
The tlrst thar Mr. lsaacs heard OF him
was when the managerial syndicate sent
Tor the Hy'er, and pointed out that he was
not doing his duty. In vain no produced
me aeatA registry and obituary notices.
lie was Told That all his work was as
nauaht No long as Bob Norris Nalked the
nN'NH NtNtA y l'Aft} Nv tnNH llhlNktbs
Mi lsaacs then promised To copceu
traic himself ON MIR. Norris. ami, If nos.
siole, stop hun In his mad career.
The mallgn tactics were nov applied to
Mr. Norrls, lie went to that Young man
aud told him conndontANy that he had
Young lazy Who wanted play She had
oeposlted $4,000 with hin 60 be paid for
u II suited her. lie was % have her
NAV night Ia . box az WallaCk's. Could
NJ Norris mNGe " convenient TO nut on
a utess'coai aud come therop Could heg
/ ile was There ME thermometer WAS .
ueRress below, Tho Young woman was
l9hao's daughter and confederate She
severed MI Nolfis wiJh "tattein.'
ono saiu all other playNrlnhts
made hor head acne Sbe
wanted his play. Five Thousand dol.
lars was No object with her. Mr. Norris,
head eWNm apparently Mr lsaacs asked
him % come outside the box, IIo be.
gulled him INTO the yosuhulr, whore ;le
dmughis blew, He then aaked him IA
come next door, whtro thev enull a.,
Hloue on business ION a few moments
Norris had left his ovorcot IN the box
Ills white shirt-hos0m Invited the MI.
HArd, But he did not hesitate They went
next uoor. lsaaes got him on tho corner.
huttouh0led him whoro the arctic wind
raced down The great thor0ughfaro. I'D
alsed s50oo and shlyeled, but Norris
turned the white shlyt-front 20 tho wes,.
ep blast and looked comfortable. Isaac
Was amazed, This haa killed Pool.
.NlaAan had stood here ten minutes IN d
dfcss'coat and gone duwn the next dqy
with tho pneumonia Ei,gpatriok had
eonghed himself 10 pieces n two Meeks
after It,
Norris seemed 10 enjoy h.
When lSaacs thought his fen purpasa
was accomplished he remarked "Sup.
posc we 90 back I'm airaidsyoa'n catch
e0ld.n
70, no, say Bob, al Ike i'm
grim smile oyorspread SIR. Tssacs,
face a. he thought, "You'll not Inc h "a
well Tomorrow
A slight accident interfered with Mr.
isaacs she next day, He was a little mn. /
iAr The weather sud Mr.. Norris came ~
zee aim about the 5000, The yonng man
vas 10 lne condition. Il was ahsolntelv /
necessary 10 give him another dose. The
ame feat was repeated that night. one