The sun., 1896-10-18
DEATH OF HENRI E. ABBEY.
ms LONG sICKNEss IERMINATBS
FI7dLIT.
ue Rose tron = Humble BeEinninG TO he
rhe Most Conspicuous sprcnintor In
Amu-~mrnts In the Country HE May
'rhrntricnI and Operatic Enterprisep.

Henry T. y ADbeS, VINO hau Oeen 80 boTlOusT
~ for SIX months that II was known he could
never recover, died yesterday morning at
bo'ricck in his apartment In the Osborne at
Fifth. seventh street and Broadway. The I'm
mediate cause OF his death was a hemorrhaKe
,f tho stomach but his malady was complica-
zion OF kidney and liver troubles. He had been
about until Thursday, when he went to bed, and
4 severe hemorrhnge which his physicians were
unable to check caused his death. His daughter
Kitty, Mrs. Kingsley, his mother-in-law and
his secretary. William Bradley, were with him
nt the time of his death. John B. Schoeffel.
Nis nortr,r v.s summoned as soon ms IL wa.
- ,i.., 49,, M. ,,,,, ,,o,,r, 20 ,.,,,,,,o,s
e'eh 'h''t ms illness was uounu W terminate
fatally. Mrs. Abbey. from whom he In legally
ann, c,,c1 ia rnv Il, Eurnne
i,,..E ,,,h,,. rnsn fror, huuh,. h.c,,-
'iv"fS Il, Aooey rose from humo'e oes'n-
sucrpln,or in nmusements that tbis country has
sue.",",oa ~ Wv h'.n ", s,.. .n. .oun.s N'o
Akron, o.. and his father was jcweller. 1t
,va. Intended that he should follov this ocoun,
No., i", lis ,n,sras, IN ,ho ,ho.,ro h.J 80.
Tested itself then to such an extent that he spent
more %, his time at the theatre in his own town
.,.n ~, t,, nusisi Ita ,,,,'.,s,.. w go. .o"n
thah IN MS puSinesS' lie ultimately LOOK
place as ticket seller. as his father had by this
r,,ne r,,rln,,.a tbat II would bs Imno.,ihi.
'''"e t""' :. "oa'u oo ''upoe''pie
10 make MN take any interest In his own
business. After ho had been in the box
-. " 49,, -, ,, 's",' Nv 'eA'eu ,i'e
hniidinG' anu In 1859 produced tho first play
Assurance" >" and old lain E,,s,er ona hIs u,fo
,'.,,,,,s,,, -. 80 ""u A'' nc
country; Clara Morris, then a very young wo-
man. and Eme Ellsler, child actress at the
time, were members of the COMPANY Mra m
Thomas whinen and John Clark of Brooklyn,
:, @" n'"i"'i S'k"o'
brocoihi. were nbers or an opera company
which the manager established in 1870. A
wear later his father died. and Mr. nhhev had 70
return TO tho leweiry shop to dispose OF n stock
Nir. Abbey took no interest in the business. and
back to theatrical management. ~ ~
went TO Pittsburgh and was connected for year
With theatre there. At the end OF that time
drHmatZatlon OF .Euoch Arden,' and popular
American actor, In 1873 he became manager
"hch has continued to this time. In Mr.. Alb.
h+y's su9segueut mtsiortunes Lo'ta wa. one Of
later Jane Cuonbs, Mrs. D.. p. Bowers. and
-"hn I. Raymond were under Mr.. Abbey's man.
uGrment. These experiences prepared him for
career as manager which he mapped out for
hims-lf; but he was still without capital and
not until lo1O, " hen he became the partner OF
John Is. SchoeTiel, AS he in control OF a theatre
that might properly be called his own. They
rented the Academy OF Music in Buffalo, where
ing year they came to New York. ana com.
mehced on Nov. -. 1877. their management OF
New York house. This was the Park Theatre,
the corner of broadway and Twenty second
street; This theatre was success. and helped
Robson and Crane acted with them for the first
time together in 1877. aud some OF the other
successtul players there were John I. Ray
mond ana the elder Sothern. In the company
were the late James Lewis, Mrs. G. H. Gilbert,
Agnes Booth. who is now Mrs. Schoetfel. and
Minnie Palmer. The success of this enterprise
itl the firm to open other theatres. and FOR a
Whiie they controlled houses in Boston and in
PhiladeiDhia. although tho latter house was
Kept open for only short time. In 1850
1910 Ms old theatre. at the corner of Twenty
thrd street and Sixth avenue, was leased. The
Trahu opera house aiso Tor a while came
under their direction. When Abbeys Theatre
was burned IN 1881. Waliack's Theatre was
while under their control.
MT. aopey GeHah 10 he wei known nrst when
9 nd re Hnran TO the Amerirnn AN
~ n auhereu iater OF bringing iorelcn actors TO
tt th.s enuntfyi fTacticaliy al the disliheuished
hv hh 1 H,,1 t1a,e ha come nere %ere mansgea
Esrnt,ard,, u n.' @ ."sts. IT, anu az ~ Salah
PER ~ u u!s,1s nave peen uhoer ms oirtc-
nd S,on, ti's ~ cohneSt!oh Win grand opera com
.nenreq ,,.,r IN iss3 when the new Metropolitan
,h M ,ti was 'peneu since .nal time; Win
has been Connected With h opera,ic ; enterprtss ]
t,.nI,, "nu nu&bnk & t'ipse seasons III wnich tIe
he hr'ph, nt, rd III o'nep s
',s " a.. ~ NV. tNoiulca. huu otner
t"IN cnnn,ry 'of independent performance IN 'h's
Tts 1,nhs.o,.,. ,,is,,,, -, ,,o e.
600 ,.,,.,,, -, - W.. .
-; t'et,t ~ neeu e' p!ana'oh inc ass,ehnnent
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mt w i ~, a. eI' PRISE 70 any ohe AZ me tthe;
ana l. Is beileFed that II might have happened
J J"ro Us ,ppioptlateiy IN other stages OF lts
c"i 'lt. VA a uueS has speculator IN theatri-
ar.r 'N I tA"I IL ~ Lru.l TUG Uulset Vi ms
Inc ~ nc , ut eeutu @ ~ sand"s tne cuI.., mn
[tI nt ~ - M "no Mero prepareo 70 neip nm nm
SIs or,i2 a. aru LAY S'oso ei'u1tlons into mn'cu
nnv Iv. t,na p','es ieu ''n. ne Was never al
IN ~ ~ ", ,; man ~ Hent'h. NOT WHs no
t,r,t ~ " Ipe,s'Ne peFSohnl naplts. w nen tno
- ,"a't! '"s' epf,''H ne WIS IN very oaa nehtn
" Ts, ulHe'e "a, =" MAKE ms custoihary enorts 10
t,af'o H.n,nIs nece, sary 10 Heep matters Yer,
t'" and Tar.s maS pops!eE man IN large d eir
am 'alnes hisey. hnuert nun'ap, anu anu
IN VI nH "t,e vi, , u, he!p ','
r,irn",t 80 W.. '"t.u'nt ln"L they "ouia Ees
-; Az, H,""e' & pavh. NJ. noory was ~ ohe ptno
1917 y" "o Ss"n' 'ho 1icLet specuAator' ior
-Vn.'y Ha 90, s''mo,"vO. w., , a.
"a. ,,,, ~, man wno palu any ateehI'on 70 10
lihsrnita a. w niue u ms WoEk. put ne rtlu
haN, - 49, ~ .. ny ny NM no thouSlt Mas tno
tInsa a, ~ NJ o~ petsoIlai uii i tion " ~
,..o'i1 @ .stN aiaEElCe ,Irau ms Always useh ~
tt ~ m i'' oa Ut tne stt.d"p",htan' ,h'
~ SS'i'ntn ne " ~ tie lessee OF Ao6ey > aea- %
,,,y '"t .asI ,mrntrs occul!ed Dy tns nTm 10 ths
~ rntrrprise was regarded as MT;
Win no pnFrar care, mna ne t, YEA.
~. ~ I'tt "nhteSer from M. Irnu. ~
ma, r, s p"n, ,ns aver 'ne opera.!c emu OF INC