The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-26
COL. THOMAS OCHlLTREE DEAD
WFII-kNOH y TEXAN PASSES
Az ~ At nor SPRINGS. "a.
Heart Trouble the Cause OF Death-His
Long career Ia the Public Eye-Rc.
mort rr said to Have Made Him EamGus
on Il Wager We'll knOwn In Europe.


on Il Wager Well known In Europe.
Hot SrRI>Cs. Va. Nov 81 -Col. Thomas
p"h'lirpr died h,rc his attcrnccn Of heart
trouble. lie had been in "A sinking con-
dition since yesterday morning. and ii was
u surpi So % his physician, DR.. r. ". hapin
that n" lived ru'il to-day lie "a. cen
scioI- Ia = r'nrn'nc IA, soon grew much
Worse lac oi al W tn paia. Arrangements
for his f,;n". al WI t." TaG. by friends in
New York.
1honas T. Ochiirpc, colonel by birth
Narncr, statesman. Journalist, on lunGt
promoter, bon vlvant. tac"Hteur and frlchu
Of the rich, " az a. we'll known in England
and on the { nt!ncnt as Zee "as in Wash
nngton, N" city and in 1eSas, his birth
place. 1llt" ar" several explanations a
Ia how Ion och'ltrce aimed fame, one,
generally accredited, being that Wa l.
'Hgtun CORE. p lndcD' wager"d with Il
friend that he could max" any IEelnher
Of Congress known from one end Of the
country "a tie other within year. Ochil-
tree "ds th,n a member # the House 81
kpfest niat'V,s from Texas. The core
s"oYtsEt, so the story goes, looked over
the honsc and picked out Ochiltree. red
headed, a good st''y teller and fond u
no. a''etv, az his protcge Then he began
to u,ul 90 his Taper good stories. some
Of which vo's Dch'ltree'a and many OF
which were no', and il wasn't long before
Och!trct t"alne Parsonage to be quoted
ini ery'eT 4, md sought after.
Nchltr"e, however, did much TO keep
Il i~..' ~ tho public eye. Particular
lever 10 dlVllGr his age, II was said that
he Wa born n Hac' < iochcs larish, lex"
IN 1870. II" vas 4 \ e Judg" William
Is. OCh'ltfre. = d'et,nC,ilEh,d lawyer and
one e tie f., n icrs e lie Texas liepubrc.
VII b" a - years cid he volunteered
a.ra piiv6i" n to I.Xas Rangers. con-
man BED by Cart. John G. Walker, ami
serveG n the canI aifns against ~
apao'o ard Comnnche Indians In 1891
Before he was 81 he was editor of the
Jefcrsoai1r ard was a delegate TO Ma lonsl
Democratic conventions al Charleston ana
Baltimore. Ia the Civil War he was on the
| stat cf Gen. Tom Green and Gen. DICK
Taylor. On the Conf. derate side. and VOL
| dis inction as "A messenger for Gen. Long
street
President Grant had some re gard FOR the
| big Texan and i'm his first term made nm
| a United States Marshal Of Texas. he
| soon tired Of the job ard became proprietor
! and editor Of the Houston Telegraph he
cane 10 this city with letter oil INTRO.
duction from Gen. Richard Taylor, one OF
the leading Southern tuifmen befo' the
wah" to August Belmont. Through MIR.
Belmont Ochitree was Introduced 10 many
prominent men here. lie went TO Paiis
ana Wts tOOil Oh II lfI'ttllH i'otilS -
well-known Americans there, one OF whom
was the elder James Gordon Bennett Vol
Ochiltree couldn't see that il vas possible
for any metropolitan new spaper TO outsintle
his Texas paper; 30 when Mr.. Bennett
cabl,d 1900 ords to lis paper OF the OPP n
ing of the Paris Exposition in 1861 Ioi'
Ochiltrce sk d that the despatch be duph-
Gated 10 tn. Houston Telegraph. That ras
To show the Frenchmen that as an editor
lie as ust a. big as the next.
Cable rates were high in those DAYS and
the cost of the despatch vas severe dram
on the resources q the Houston Telegraph
Thrce DAYS after il had been sent Col Ochil i
tree got word that the despatch had been
paid for, but a. n result the paper had sus-
pended publication.
Returning to this country. Col. Ochiltree
rnn for Congress In the Seventh Texas
district Although the district embraced
81 ,oOo square miles and was strongly Demo
cratic, lie was elected 10y a comfortable
plurality. He made fifty-two speeches on
horseback. mueback and on foot, Al.
though a Republican, he was elected Sherih
of Galveston, n Democratic stronghold
and for a time was Commissioner OF lmmi-
grafton 10 Europe for Texas
Col. Ochitree was ConstHnt follower
of the racetrack and was well known on
pretty nearly every racecourse In the
country. II was said that he induced
English horse owners to enter their horses
in races in this country and had great deal
to do with Col. North sending consiSn-
ment of racehorseS TO this country.
In recent years Col Ochiltree spent
much Of his time around the Hoffman
House and the Waldorf Astoria. In Ocs
tobor he was i'll AZ the Wilbraham. Fifth
avenue and Thrtieth street, with bron-
chiis and liver trouble. He was limited
TO a dee of milk and vichy, but one day a
friend sent him dish of venison ready 10
eat. col. Ochiltree couldn't resist the
temptation and took few swallows. Then
he collapsed, but recovered in q few days
attack IL was said, was due to a cold which
Mackay, who had been his friend for years
Col. Ochiltree went To Hot Springs two
weeks ago.
The stories Col. Ochiltree told Of himself
and Others we're picturesque and fantastic
and some persons were unkind enough TO say
lacked veracty After he had been made
United S,a'cs Marshal in Texas Presi.
dent Grant was disturbed by hearing OF
the Colonel az nearly every racetrack IN
the country.
oh" COL Ochiltree is reported 10 have
explained, I'm not tho Tom Ochiltree
He's racehorse John Chamberlain named
after me,
Once, at least, the Colonel told the truth
Another story of the Ochiltree collection
wa: We began practising law with his
fat Oua day while his father was
away he had this sign posted over his
fathers law Office "Thomas p. Ochiltree
and Father, attorrevs'