Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-16
Injury Received in CaIifor.
MIA May be Fatal to
Actor.
HIS SPINE IS Affected
Breakers Drive Boat Ashore
and Pitch Him Against
the Rocks.

Los Angeles, Aug. 16.-The condition
OF Nat Goodwin, the actor. who was IN
jured yesterday, is reported serious
today.
Paralysis Of the lower limbs develop
ed, indicating injury TO the spine, &C
cording TO DR.. Oscar Anderson. The
muscles OF the left side also are af-
fected. The physician would not say
his condition at this time was likely to
result fatally, but admitted consuita-
ton Of surgeons had been called II
was learned that the young woman
who accompanied Goodwin and Cap
tain Hyder of the launch Nora, was
Miss Marjorie Moreland, leading lady
in Goodwin's last company. She was
uninjured.
Mr. Goodwin and the young woman
engaged the launch to make a trip up
the coast yesterday with view OF To-
eating land yhlch he said he wished
W bAg anu NOuNti lulO a
sort.
TRIES TO TAKE NOTE ASHORE.
The woman had a note which she
told Captain Hyder was for an Indian
who lived near Hueneme. When a
spot y miles south OF that place had
been reached she espied an Indians
hut and demanded that Captain Hy.
dor 20 Il
10 the Indian.
Hyder refused because OF the strong
tide and rough breakers. but Mr..
Goodwin, taking of his coat and vest,
seized the note and jumped into q
ToU boat
As the boat reached the breakers
line II was overturned Goodwin was
thrown upon shore and stunned. With
the next roll OF breakers the boat
was thrown on him.
Hyder succeeded IN getting Good
win into the launch and hurried TO
Santa Monica. where the actor was
placed In a hospital.
BEFORE THE PUBLIC 90 YEARS.
Nathaniel Carl Goodwin has made
FUN for theatre goers for nearly 40
years. OF recent years his matrimon.
ial troubles have attracted more at.
tentlon than his histrionic abilities. for
he has been married four times and
has been in the divorce courts nearly
as often.
Mr.. Goodwin was born in Boston in
1857. While a student at the Little
Blue academy IN Pennington, Me-, he
vas noted for his ability. He was
graduated from college in 1873 and
became a clerk in a dry goods store
He was a clerk only a few months
however, for his great ambition from
the time he realized that he had abil
fly as a mimic was 10 become an &C
tor Throughout his college and
clerkship days he studied Shakes
peare and took lessons in dramatic
art
PAINTS At FIRST PERFORMANCE.
After working in Niblo's garden II
New York and later in the BOstor
Museum as general utility man. he
made his FIRST Legitimate appearance
al the Providence opera house anC
tainted for the first and last time II
his life He was cast for the part o
Sir George Hounslow IN q melodrams
entitled The Bottle" When his cue
came he rushed on the stage, RAISED
his arm and opened his lips TO speak
but no sound came from them. HI
was so overcome with stage frtgh
that he dropped on the stage uncon
scious
That experience for a time banishec
oil his thoughts OF a stage career ant
he returned 20 work as clerk IN
shoe store He resumed giving hi
nimicry az private and public enter
tainments At one OF those entertain
nents stuart Robson happened 70 se'
bin and was struck with his ability.
REGINs AGAIN AT RS A WEEK.
Robson Was about TO star in Law
In New York" and prevailed on Johi
p Stetson 10 engage Mr.. Goodwin 4
appear as a shoeblack and give hi
limitations Of we'll known actors at
salary OF s. a week
N- Goodwin proved so successful Il
this that Joseph Bradford wrote
sketch FOR him. This was really III
beginning OF his stage career. Hi
rise was rapid after that and soon h
was taking the leading part in sue
cessful plays
In 1853 he played Marc Antony +
Julius Caesar" and IN 1859 he pro
duced Henry Guy Carleton's a Glide
Fool"
In 1850 he produced in Portland
Ore. for the first time. The Non
inee." IN which he created one OF III
most successful characters in his c;