Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-01-04
DEATH Of NED FOSTER.
An Unique Character Of Early
Nevada History.

the death Of Ned Foster, a queer speci-
men 81 humanity well known on the
Coms'o ck for many years.
He came to the ledge in the early
days and although the youngest OF the
family was looked upon as the bread
winner for his father. mother and broth
ers. They were absolutely penniless
when they came to Virginia City. but
Ned hired some jacks of a Cinnamon for
q week and paid him with an old second
hand overcoat. He began getting
rood down from Cedar Hill and when
he hired the pack animals the next
week he paid cash. In few weeks he
bought the animals from the China
man and began peddling wood and
water In the winter he filed hun
dreds of gunny sacks with snow. stored
summer to the saloons for = dollar q
sack. Inside of Two years his income
| was ov,sv thousand month net in
| his bt.iness
! Whrn the Wa.er Company brought
water from Marlett Lake it put Foster
out OF CON mission He wen. to Sat.
Francisco and started up the old Bella
Union. It was the toughest place Of
amusement on the Coast and man
who got in there with money seldom
got out with any.
Af+or fha nj ,loao6 ho uop. in.c
various enterprises and was Always
dealing with the hardest and shrewd-
est characters in the great city.
It was diamond cut diamond and
while he never was in the clutches OF
the law, the police sometimes made
him surrender big drafts won unfairly
at poker.
With all his crookedness, he had q
very decent and tender side to hi.
character and was man of great per
sonal courage. He was small and lame
but never backed down from any one
Jem Mace was going to hit him once
in Virginia City, but Ned closed in
and with a cooked bull dog against
Maces stomach made him recon
sider.''
He was q prominent member of tn,
Society for the Prevention of Cruelt,
TO Animals in San Francisco and when
, ever he saw big hurley teamste
! beating a horse, he would collar him
put the ever ready gun against hi
stomach and drag him to the station
7 house.
= He gave money freely to any one il
: distress, and never got q shave with
t out paying the barber q dollar. H
claimed that it should be the rulin
e price.
: His character may be briefly sum
r med up. he was man OF wonderft
: quick perceptions and . natural none
b maker. Had he been cast among
i different class, with different environ
& ments he might have made a usef,
q menber of society. He was throw
J. among men who lived by their wi,
and had no scruples and he had to OF
wit his competitors Or go to the wal
He decided that he would not 60 to tt
wall if he saw it first.
nj Whenever he was put squarely g
o his honor, he respected the confiden,
'e and appreciated it. If you had ga
full of money and Foster was in tt
l. room you could safely leave the doc
l. vice open, not bother to count tt
y money and tell him to help himself
he needed any. On your return not
cent would be missing. But if "
lie closed the door and put on the com bi
y alton and went away half an hour, {
~ your return you could figure that Il
safe would be gone and you would
n lucky if the room had not also disa
peared.
Once the writer saw him selling be
at baseball match in San Francisc
He had about twenty bar keepe
y sweating with work and there was
=. sign: 'Frankfurters cents
as 'Eow can you afford to sell Fran
t. furters for cents plate?" was aske
,s why you - fool; was the rep
Il lose 5 cents on every plate, but
SO takes three dollars worth of beer
le, take the taste out OF your mouth