Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-18
NEW YORK LETTER.
nR. WOOD AND HIS IMAGINARY
WEkLTH-Hls COLLAPSE.
a Remarkable Theatrical Fakir-Tho
--latest Dots About Drcss--what the
ladies Want 20 Know.
couo,poadcncc Of tho Richmond pl.pa,ca.l
Nrw Yosx. August II, 1889.


Nrw NOYE. August II, 1889.
And now another Napoleon has found
hie Waterloo. Ihia time itis the theatri.
cai colony which suffers, 0nd the cries Of
tlc wounded may be- heard on the kinlto,
along upfcr Broadway. aud rhri iculafly M
fhc vicinity of 1weaty-third street. whore
Aiy. A. "a. Wool has Tor some time past
maintained expensive Offices.
There have hecp other Napoieonq ia the
dramatic Gc.d ere this. Tor the childlikc
aredul'y of actors and actresses makes
Chem easv victims 60 The wilcs If tho
U3re.t persuadcT. but Mr.. Wood went into
tho business with bigger idols less money,
Gai moro wind than amy ~ bis prcdcces-
g.r-. w' iiH ilc number ~ mpanfr, who
iowl lcl h, departure for ST. Helen, ia
largo enough go make Bob Gsau and Ike
Autcross groom with envy.
lord TAy>TtEroY.
Mt Wood looaod up or the houzon %
Eh0rl tiWc ago developed in hal0 Of ro-
NANCE cotcofniug @ fortune which lie he'd
inherited. On the .frcncih of bis halo
and substantial aad couhdiue ia,hcr-iu-
Jaw Le engaged Master Tommy Russell 0i
Lord iaaniicroT" lauc, started Is now
poprr. l0l3 tnc corncr-afone ~ 20 100000
thcatr. fu Harlem. aua opened nn cxpnu-
mfc Office 300 lw,u.r-tMrd street. The
maru, uio ot lis schrmcs nud the hand
some furniture il tho Office dn1zicd The
fimpia hiHrious. and they focaod around
Aim Il &c flies about cak" Of honey.
THE cuwF sHUESIJ.s.
Mr. Harvey Wall who was for years the
manager Oh idWiA Soi,ho'in 4. Gnu mn
'". i.''.' "' '' n'.. % "',t o."
tH-.' A'"h' '"' n' l"''I ID" no" nav
Rni came 0u to New 0rk % become NT.
As..us business MANAGE. So cGrrl9scd
rII lc become lu the ,tot'ctcs of h.s call
inr and such vas Ms iou. ln his gifted
f..'. i-'t i' neglected u toiic'i h4- owe
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Ill.-,,4 fYr. NOW ana mo wonder. for ho
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.r am. ,,.. l.f a. N Illf.nn l.,rc.
g.-.,.r. IF folnlr,,s a,,rita. actors. bill
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.,t.,,ai,. tiin home OF ..,'.,lr.r,..a
...-t,a.t ,.r ,.. ono, rDul.nt from mo catcr-
.,..,.', ,.'tr.., rnlr nI Affairs. Wherever
,,.~. ,,a..,f. ,,rBved one another and
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rlrl.,, No.. COT Lalf a roilliou hack az
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Oie crash came n few DAYS 900. Mr..
Wood N.dt porte unknown. and the ac-
l.rs. ao.nte. and bll-nostors. who but yes
t.rI,v b,l Tired their hats 1umblv al his
spnroach. were transformed in an instant
,nto ravoniuc wolves, who descended, ike
.be Aes.rian of old, upou the Twenty
third-strect Office, seeking whom they
might deyour.
IFS ZIG BLUFF.
Then for the first time it dawncd upon
tn minds of those interested Tint the
Young Napoleon had conducted all his vast
enterprises entirely on wind. He had
made great hlut, but when ms hand was
called hc could not even show a pair of
doaccs. On the strength of "a little wind
aweetcncd with tahy ho h90 borrowed lew
thousand dollars from, ms iather-ip-l law
with winch To nesin ne erection Oh inc
Ncsi-Lnd Theatre. lie bought several t4-
ponsve lots land the CONVERSIONS with
fcr'mon'' inPo' ing enousn, 10 ain'os, un
"'' -J "'i'. ~ III -,
anu ' 'lo va o6 i1'''' wa, ,'' ui
.ls@NasNiDa. and appropriatciy enough
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