The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-26
THEODORE HILTON
 DIES IN PARIS American Author Brought Charges Against BeeCher IT WRECKED HIS CAREER After the Tragedy He Lived Life of secIusion-He Was the Editor of
 the New York lnde-
 pendent.

Paris, May 25.-Theodore Hilton died in this city this afternoon. He had been unconscious for hours before he passed away.
 MT. Tilton's last illness was very brief. On Wednesday he took his customary walk and when he returned, he mounted the five flights of stairs to the apart ments of Miss Muller, where he resided He then complained of fatigue and went to bed. A physician was called in and diagnosed his illness as pneumonia. MT. Tilton's failure to retain food accentuated his weakness, but at no time did he real ize the seriousness of his malady. Only last night he asked for Lord Lytton' s "Pausanias' and attempted to read. but he soon dropped the book and sank into a peaceful sleep from which probably he never awoke.
 A score of friends who heard of MT Tilton's illness called to inquire, but they were not admitted to his room.
 No definite arrangements regarding the funeral have yet been made, except that the service will be held Monday morning It has not been decided whether his body will be inferred in Paris or shipped to the United States.
 Charges Against Beecher.
 In 1874 MT. Triton preferred serious charges against Henry Ward Beecher who had been his pastor and intimate friend, and demanded damages of $1O0, GOO After the tragedy which wrecked his career Mir. Triton came to Paris where he has lived his solitary existence His income, it Is understood, has come from a single stock In a New York newspaper, which, coupled with meagre royalties from his litreary works, suffced to meet his modest demands, at least his few inti- mates never heard him complain of lack of funds
 MT. Triton formed narrow circle of friends who esteemed him for his genial temperament and his attachments, but he avoided new acquaintances and especially Americans. For many years he occupied small two-room lodging in a remote quarter of the Isle St. Louis, near Notre Dame cathedral and the morgue. His sole passion was chess and he haunted the Cafe DeL'Argencia, where the chess players of Europe congregated and where Napoleon III went often. MT. Triton here became acquainted with many famous Frenchmen and matched his stake.
 1InrOugnout MT. IlltonS residence Tn Paris was sometimes solicited by those who knew his oratical powers, to speak at banquets, he always declined to do so, and he never appeared In public except at the annual New Years reception at the American embassy. As he grew older, he became very stout
 His Career.
 Theodore Triton. author and journal ist, was born in New York, 1885, and graduated at the college of the city of New York. He was editor of the Inde- pendent, New York, from 1856 to 1S70 edi- tor of the Golden Age from 1871 to 1874 and from 1874 to 1876 he was editor of the Brooklyn Union In August, 1874, MT Tilton sued Henry Ward Beecher for $100,000 damages for alienation of Mrs Tilton's affections. The trial lasted twelve days and resulted in disagreement. MT Triton had lived in Paris since 1888. His last known work was a poem published last year, entitled, The Fading of the Mayflower.'
 For some days past MT Triton had been suffering from double pneumonia, complicated with heart trouble.