The Irish standard., 1901-02-09
A FAMOUS NEWSPAPER MAN.
Robert Il. Mcbride, of South Dakota,
Passes AWav.

Passes Away.
The following special from Mitchell,
s. D., appeared in the Sioux City Jour-
nal of Feb. 2:
This community was thrown into a
fever of excitement yesterday after
noon over the announcement of the
sudden death of Robert H. Mcbride,
the former editor Of the Mitchell Mail.
His death was due to heart disease,
and occurred at 3:45 o'clock.
He lived quietly and alone in small,
dngy room over a store building and
got his own meals. He had an attack
of heart trouble, and walked out into
the hallway groaning loudly and at
tracted the attention of a young wo-
man rooming near him. Mr.. Mcbride
seated himself at the top of an uncov-
cred stairway and threw up his hands
spasmodically just as the young wo-
man came to his rescue, and she
caught him in her arms. Mcbride ex-
pired few moments later in that DO
sition.
The death of Mr.. Mcbride ends the
career Of one of the best known news
paper writer's in the northwest. His
feud with the late John D. Lawler and
the subsequent burning of his Mitchell
Mail some five years ago brought him
into greater prominence.
1t was just two months ago that his
suit for $4,000 damages against the
citizens of Mitchell was decided in his
favor, the jury awarding him $500.
The money had not been paid over to
him as yet, as stay of proceedings
of sixty days was granted, but the
citizens We're ready to make the settle
ment as soon as his attorneys had filed
their bill of costs in the case.
Mr.. Mcbride, during the civil war,
was the correspondent for the New
York Journal and the Washington
Post, and in the early days came to this
state and engaged in the newspaper
business.
He married Mrs. Dousman, lady
worth a million, but who afterwards
secured a divorce from him. Mr.. Me-
Bride charged the separation to John
d. Lawler and after returning here in
1870 he began the attack on the Law
Ter family and LAWYERS bank, which
finally resulted in the destruction of
his PAPER. He has continued to live
here since then, but how he has earned
livelihood could never be ascertained.
He was seen on the streets only occa-
sionally. He formerly conducted
paper at Eldora, Iowa.
He has only two known relatives
living, and these We're wired of the
death.
The Masons took charge of the re-
mains at once and will conduct the fu-
neral.
The Journal gives the following edi-
torlal information concerning the de-
ceased:
Bob Mcbride was well known in
Sioux City to newspaper men and 9TH
ers. He became more than ordinarily
famous for a country newspaper man,
when he was conducting the Ledger at
Eldora, Iowa. He was brilliant writ
er, but the paper lost prestige and cir
culation on account of the smut and
filth he persisted in injecting into it's
columns.
Mcbride was, however, at that time,
personally 4 most lovable character.
He was handsome, talented and as
brilliant in conversation as in his writ
ings. Small wonder that he won the
heart of the rich widow, who almost
worshiped him until his true charac-
ter, or the lack of it, weaned her affec-
lions. After the divorce, Mcbride,
consumed with desire to revenge fan
cied wrongs. which really were his
own habits, devoted himself to pursuit
of John D. Lawler, and, in the Ian
guage of the street, he "got him."
How intense was his purpose is
shown in some lines from Byron he
once quoted to friend in this city who
besought him to stop his bounding and
employ his paper in better purpose
Mcbride with tho eIOc11ti0n of uhio1,