Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13
DEATH oE FRANK MAYO.
The Famous Actor Expires Suddenly on
Train En- Route to Omaha.

Train En- Route to Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., June 9.--Frank Mayo,
the distinguished actor, died Monday
On the train while en- route from Dem
yer to this city. The company was en-
route from Denver to Omaha, as was
also Roland Reeds company. Mr..
Mayo was to finish his season with a
four-nighSs' engagement in this city.
Sunday evening he was bright and
even more brilliant than usual. Dur
ing the night he complained little
of dyspepsia and slept the greater part
of the time in his chair. In the fore
loon he was sitting with Julian Reed
and Mr.. Campeau chatting and mapping.
About nine o'clock he went to sleep.
AT one o'clock, while the train was west
of Grand Island, Neb., Manager Block
went to wake him, and found him dead.
His face had been visible to his two
companions all these hours, and they
had walked on tip-toe so as not to
awaken him. The shock was a great
one to the company, and nearly pros
trated Mrs. Edwin Mayo, who was on
the train. He died from paralysis of the
heart.
The remains were met at the depot
In this city by a committee from the
local lodge of Elks, and were borne on
a strctcher to the lodge rooms. No
arrangements have been made for the
funeral. The dead actor leaves wild
ow, who is critically i'll at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Elverson, in Phil
adelphia. The children are: Mrs. FL
verson, Miss Derondo Mayo, Mr.. Edwin
Mayo, all of whom are in Philadel-
phia now. Mrs. Elverson is the wife
of prominent newspaper man, and
Edwin Mayo has just finished his the
atrical season in New York city.
Frank Mayo played "Pudd'n Head
| Wilson" for the last time on Satur-
day night at the Broadway theater,
Denver. 1t was the 367th performance,
| closing season of AS consecutive
weeks. The business of the company
in Denver was the lightest of the en-
| tire season. For some time Mr.. MAYO
had complained of severe pains about
| the heart, which he believed to arise
from dyspepsia and from the effect
of his hard work writing out the play
| from the story as written by Mark
| L w 1lii. lit ''ttllItb W call III IL DnN-
sician, though repeatedly urged to do
so, and on two nights he did not I'M
dress, as the pain was so severe. RE
alternately felt that death was near
and that he would soon be well again
frank Mayo was an actor of the old
school. He was born in Boston April IS
1889. He ran away from home in his hoy.
hood and set out for the California gold
| mines. He became n super" in the Amer.
lean theater in San Francisco Away back
in 1S59-on July 1S-when he was 20 years old
Mayo got his first speaking part as a
waiter in Raising the Wind" He was 8
supernumerary at Maguires opera hous,
and played there with Junius Brutus Booth
who discharged him. Later he became
member Of Edwin Booths company at tn,
time when that actor was beginning hi
career star. In 1863 he became lead
ing man at the Mcguire opera house. anC
while there he acted in support of many i'm
portant stars Coming east in 1855 he mad,
a starring tour, playing THE Streets Of
New York" and numerous plays of thu
classical and standard repertory
At Rochester, N. Y, in 1872, he produced
"Davy Crockett" and after hard strug
gle forced the public to appreciate tn,
wholesome spirit and beauty of that Amer
lean play, in which the romance of "Yount
Lochinvar" was deftly grated upon al
imaginary story of the backwoods man
But his perfectly sympathetic and pic
torially striking embodiment of this her,
of the forest proved bar to his ambition
when he tired of the play. For ten years h,
was Davy Crockett and as Davy only
the public recognized him. In his late
years Mr.. Mayo encountered many vicissi
! tudes and made many experiments Hi
dramatization of "Pudd'R Head Wilson
was first acted at the Union Square theate
in New York April 15, 1895. He has sine
presented it throughout the country.l
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