Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-15
4 WONDERFUL CAREEF'
John Hoey's Progress fror
 Poverty to Wealth.
HIS CONNECTION WITH THE ADAMS

He Made It the Largest and Most Sue
 cessful Concarn of the Kind in tn
 world-Re Landed in New York in 1889
 PenniIess, and Later Spent HAillions. |
 NEW YORK, Nov 15-John Hoey millionaire, philanthropist, and man about town, passed away at 10:10 o'clock last night in his parlors at Delmonico's He was surrounded by the sorrow stricken members of his family. to whom he had ever been warmly attached. Dr. Robertson, his physician, was alst present. Father Thomas J. Ducey, ol St. Leos Church on 18th street, had beer called in by Mrs. Hoey and had admins tered the last rites of the Church to the dying man, who had been unconscious fol some hours.
 Bright's disease was the immediat, cause of death. It had been precipitated by a severe cold which MT. Hoey had taken several days ago. His condition had been known to be critical for three days, but death had not been expected quite so soon.
 or romantic career as MT. Hoey. Born in Ireland in 1895 of poor parents, he started out in the world to earn his own | living at the age of eleven, securing pas sage as cabin boy on vessel coming to this city. Ragged and penniless, he wandered up Broadway, and got employ l ment in a newspaper office. Three years later, he secured place as an express boy.
 In 1S4O, Adams of Boston started l his express company, aEd William Brown ! Dinsmore of Boston acted as his agent in this city, with no equipment other than carpet bag. A man named Beecher ! was Adams opposition but when Adams bought out Beecher Hoey went to Adams. From carrying letters and packages l Hoey was put in charge of the wagon de- livery. At night he studied in Prince | street school. From porter Hoey became clerk.
 When the gold fever broke out and | Adams & Co., of the East became the l great bankers, as well as the common 1 carriers of the West, Hoey established an express line in his own name, running to Charleston, s. C., which was subsequently merged in the reorganized Adams Express | company, at good figure. During the | gold fever the company controlled the express trade between the Eas and West.
 When Hoey was younger he found much amusement in Billy Burton's thea | tre in Chambers street. It was here he met Josephine Shaw, the English actress. An introduction followed, and @ year later the fair Josephine became Mrs. Hoey. For several years after the mar riage Mrs. Hoey was leading lady at Wal lacks.
 During the war Hoey made over $500, 900 in stock speculation.
 l Eight years ago current report had 1t that he was financially embarrassed. He opened Hollywood Park in 1882, but as the season was not successful he lost a fortune.
 On May 10, 1888, MT. Hoey. was elected president of the Adams Express com pany, which position he held until dis placed on Oct. 12, 1891, by the direct ors of the company. Malfeasance was l charged.
 Legal suits resulted, and the affair, it is now said, affected him greatly, so far , as his health was concerned. ? He leaves three children, George, Joseph , l inc and Frederick.
 Mr. Hoey was a man of fads and hob bies, but they were hobbies that always ? led to some refined or refining conclusion | As very young man he developed a great , taste for clothes, a taste which he carried to his grave. He was always scrupulously ly neat in appearance, not finicky or modish but dressed like the gentleman of tht 3 day.
 , As the means were acquired to gratify z his tastes Mr. Hoey developed delight full taste for art and bric-a-brac. He was most intelligent and good buyer, not in the sense of depreciating values, but , rather in substantiating them. , He loved to potter about in shops in out of the way places. Though not mucl of traveller, he made several trips tC
 Europe, always returning with large ad 7 ditions to his already extensive collec l tions.
 When he bought the house at No. 61S
 Fifth avenue he added q large pictur, gallery and filled it with the best exam
 pies of the modern masters. He bought | largely for MT. Dinsmore also, and his
 taste and judgment were generally recog
 nized among artists and connoisseurs.
 For flowers he had 8 passionate fancy
 his collection of orchids and roses being
 at one time the finest in the country
 For music, too, he had strong leaning
 his box at the old Academy of Music ln
 variably being occupied by himself anC
 Mrs. Hoey.
 His first love for the stage seemed to b
 intensified by the fact that his wife ha
 been an actress, and he was, perhaps, tn
 best known and most indefatigable first
 nighter in New York.
 As an employer, MT. Hoey showed som
 of the best and fairest qualities of hi
 nature. He was adored by those unde
 him, A strict disciplinarian, stern, even
 but always just, he never asked any on
 to do what he couldn't do or hadn't don
 himself
 John Hoey was more than brave, a
 physical courage goes. He was abso
 lutely fearless. .. s.,sJ