The evening world., 1911-03-16
High Liver, Sportsman and
Lover of Horses Passes Away
al Ninety-Two.
NOTABLE FIGURE
Later Years Filled With Quar-
rels With Daughter and His
Former Friends.

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Frank Work, nlnety-two years Old.
died to-day at his home, No. 10 East
street. In the days when
Jay Gould. Jim Fisk and Daniel Drew
were getting rich in Wal street. Frank
Work was a broker and made money
with tho host OF them.
High liver. quick tempered. Affection
ate. tho record ~ his life r. ~checkercd
with qlurrcls in and out of the courts
and Eentlcncss to man and beast. After
al his quarrels with his daughter.
Fanny Burke Roche. her recent divorce
OF Aurel Batonyi, the professional whip,
the way for her children. Fran
and Maurice and Mrs. Arthur Scott
Burden to inherit a half OF the enor-
nous fortune to which Mrs. Burke
Rochc. and her sister. Mrs. Peter Cooper
Hewitt. are the heirs.
Estransed From Friends.
For much of the last fifteen years of
his life Frank Work lived alone.
from his few surviving old
friends and from members OF his family.
In the Twcnty-slXth street house. Some
times he went driving behind venerable
survivors OF his once famous stable of
irotters. But govt. the heritage OF his
%llvelier days. kept him indoors much,
and he sat with his dogs and scolded
his few callers for the faults Of the
world which had left him behind.
Frank Work was born in Chillicothc.
O. When he was nine years old his
teacher punished him by striking his
outstretched hand VITA "a ruler. lie
went crying home to his mother for
sympathy and was whipped for hav-
!ns been a bad boy. with a Ave dol
lar gold piece and thirty cents IN his
pocket he ran away that night. lie
never saw his mother again.
The boy worked his wa, down the
Ohio and Mississippi on the boats and
grew up Ia New Orleans. lie never
had to change that ~hve-dollar gold piece
and on his birthday a few weeks ago
showed It proudly to his callers. Wail
street made an opening for him. and in
a short tlmo He became one OF the nrm
OF Work. Sturgis & Strong.
Noted as Story Teller.
In the days when Dolnonlco's was
more OF a club than n restaurant and
the bioods Oh 'he'r u"y h"u the'E own
tnpIes anu 'he'r o"n "a''ets llsioIy
reSei'e' y 49," va
- 40 nors, n,klry hats Il, ua.
,hor, ,h,, a. had his ou,rre, Win rob,
no,,ol n merchant rver tho d,to -,
a,o,o,, murder vhtcr, or,,o, IL,
, lao, os a pco which Daniel i,s,st.J
w.t. triad N nav with n che,k Tor sino
ryen during tho ure OF Conmoda,.
vonao.hil, Mr. Work bod a stahr
,,hLc, commanded the resnec, or nor,
,.n,,.rs uo frcouen,Iv rocea tho con-.
n,ndore y, tho road. Among tho ,ouon,
wet horeas wore Edward nv Ua,,rto,
.,a Di,k SvivcIIer Tho las, nurc,., .,
,or tho stnblo yeas about ton ycors 40,
,,,on ho houyb, po,or STIRLING sor 60 a,
ho,,nsc h,s older horses seemed 70 20,
~, n,rao, ~ taking him on, for nj
~. 1T.
Few orlN's'
urioGsiy planned as a lady's hpudoar
one near his home aad the other II
rIrty-soyeuth street, near Contra
p,rk NJ work rad a farm a, Green
,.t.. ro s.,, hfs r,,1ou,
WIG" " 49, p
horses H' never s"'' i morse OF IL
one be destroyed on account OF Old age
In One Hundred Run,ways.
. I'll 1T.
ihe 'S' VI ''' VIM "'N'"I
contains nearly u huhured ruHaways !
which he was sometimes so much hun
! that he had to lake to his bed for
month. lie WAS frequently IN the pole
.,,,,. for r,.t 1rIyIng and for cIe,sin
80 49, 1,s,taosod hin, on emo roa,
p'np'e WV ".'p'' -" 'Y',
MS love 81 hors'S M"s mIP"r'," I
HE daughter Fanny In $3.50 In hors
/ fauCying circles abroad she met Jane
Boothby Burke-Roche, younger broth,
~ Lord Formoy. sNe married hir
- ar,,,s, w. ,,,,o-,s wtsh Et,
NUN 49,
Years n.y. ""'' Wv N
legal fsht over the divorce cost NJ.