The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16

lean tragedians for a great many years.
He was never a big figure in the ewes of
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'"' Pu"''0' Io' "9 never 'A" 'ii9 iuNN
to get anybody to star him, but by such
men Edwin Forest, first of all, then
John MoCuIlougb Edwin Rooth Law
ie'iee "''ic't an" o'ne's' ne was resai'-
ca as "A valuable man III the Interpretation
of second heavies in the Shakesperean
plays
"Well. along in the early sos, when he
was still able to command high salaries
and attach himself to the support of the
highest men in the profession, drink col
Jared him. II got him terribly. / never
saw man get clutched by Il with such
suddenness and violence. He had not be-
gun to drink until late i'm life but men OF
that sort art worst when they do get
going. This notable actor and scholarly,
dignitied man went square to the dogs in
side of two years. At the end of that time
he could not only get no engagement. but
he had lost many of his friends. He had
spent all of his savings. which amounted
TO several thousand dollars and he had
lost his home over in one OF the Or
anges OF New Jersey. His wife left him
and went to her people in England He
found himself in the streets, without an
overcoat without place to sleep In the
middle of winter Time and again his
old friends picked him out of the ditch,
got him into hospitals and sanitariums.
clothed him. took an interest In him, car
ried him off to their own homes to be
surrounded by cheering tnnuences-onlv To
have him break out worse than ever His
friends reluctantly gave him up. one by
one Then he landed on Blackwelrs ISL
and.
after that he was quite given up. II
got to be an old story-his trips to the
reformatory institution In the East river
ii was concluded by all hands that Black
wells. after ell was about the safest
and best place for him In a general kind
of way | always knew that after the old
man had got way down he had gone to
live with a poor but extremely kindly
Irish family I'm a tenement house down
Cherry Hill way. In fact. had heDpen
ed along that way once or twice. lust bv
way of curiosity, you understand, to see
how the poor old fellow lived 1t was a
very clean set of four rooms-but. Dover-
~ otherwise-where the Irish family llv-
ed, and the old actor had a little back
room when he wasn't over on the island.
zone morning. along toward 10 o'clock.
in the middle of winter. the news got to
me somehow that the old actor had died
in his tenement room the night before
Immediately upon his release from
thirty-day term on the island He had
been pretty kind to me when he was up
in the world and while | wasn't partic-
ularIy rich, / didn't purpose that he
should be buried in Potters Field. So [
took a cab and went down Cherry Hin
way.
II walked up the stairs and knocked on
the front door of the Irish famly's set of
rooms Fanny Davenport opened the door
and let me in.
why I began, with some surprise,
how did you know
II was with him when he died last
evening and remained until had to rush
off to the theater, replied the blg-hearted
woman quietly. 4 had the undertaken
here last night. Our poor friend is al
ready prepared for burial. He was good
to me. We shall! take him to Greenwood
"She couldn't say any more, and II
wasn't necessary. anyhow. | had hardly
taken off my hat and gloves before there
was quiet rap on the door | opened ii.
Augustn DAILY stood revealed. Beside him
was Father Ducey. We had all really
come from different directions under ini-
tiatlves. We talked quietly for bit,when
there was another gentle rap on the door.
l opened It and let Emma Abbott in. There
have been few sweeter-souled women in
the world than Emma Abbott
He was good to me, she said quiet
ly After had learned something about
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