New-York tribune., 1922-04-08
A. ]. McKenna.
OfTheTribune
Staff, Is Dead
Assistant City Editor Sue
cumbs to Pneumonia at
Home in Brooklyn, Fol
lowing 2 Weeks Illness
His Friends Were Legion
Mac Had Wide Acquaint-
ance Among City Officials:
Was Thirty-four Yrs. Old

Arthur ]. McKenna, assistant city
editor of The Tribune, died at 1880
O'Clock last night at his home 1907
Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, after being
III for nearly two weeks with pneu-
monia and plcurisy
His condition had been critical for
several days. and early last night his
physicians seemed hopeful, but at II
O'Clock he lapsed into unconsciousnes ss
ana hope was given up. His wife and
members Of his family we're at hi.
bedside Mt the end. Mr. McKenna was
cheerful throughout the day. but
seemed to realize as the night wore on
mat ne could not pull through
Mr.. Mckenna known as "Mac" to
all his friends-was one of the best
known newspaper men in this city.
HIS close friends and admirers includ-
ed not only members of his own pro
fession, but persons in many other
walks Of life with whom he came IN
contact. He had wide acquaintance
among prominent officials of the city
and in fraternal circles, and probably
was as we'll known by members of the
Police Department as any other New
York newspaper man.
Mr.. McKenna's personality en-
deared him not only to members of
The Tribune staff, but to all others
who were numbered among his friends.
la hoo T,;I>
years, coming to the paper as district
man and rising to the position he held
at the time of his death.
Mr.. McKenna was thirty-four years
old and was born in Manhattan. He
attended public school in Manhattan
and later attended the Eastern District
High School, Brooklyn, when his fam
lily moved to that borough. After fin.
ishing his education he entered the in
surance business and remained in it for
several years, finally leaving that field
to take up newspaper work, a profess
sion which had always held for him a
keen interest.
1t was to "The Brooklyn Citizen"
that Arthur Mckenna went as a "cub''
reporter. He covered Brooklyn dis
trct for a time, being later taken into
the Office to cover general assignments.
After leaving "The Citizen" he came
to The Tribune.
His faculty for making friends as
serted itself when he began his news
he was taken off the district known as
the EAST Side" and given the position
as assistant night city editor of The
Tribune he had the reputation of being
known to nearly every policeman and
0etective on the force
Mr.. McKenna was made assistant
city editor after serving for some time
on the night desk. His friends, his
keen news sense and his tremendous
energy and enthusiasm made him an in
valuable member of the newspapers
organization.
BESIDES his faculty for making
friends for himself and the paper. Mr.
McKenna had faculty for getting
things done, and his Office associates
bors this fact in mind when they
looked for some one to make arrange
ments for The Tribune dinners held
in recent years.
Virtually without assistance, MAC
made arrangements for all these af-
fairs and was given full credit for
was held at the Hotel Commodore only
few days before he was taken ill.,
Mr.. McKenna is survived by his wife.
Agnes Murphy McKenna; two sons.
Arthur Eugene, four years old, and Ed
ward, two years old; two brothers, Al
bert McKenna and Edward McKenna,
and two sisters, Marjorie and Lefty
McKenna. His father and mother are
not living. His mothers death oc-
CURED about two years ago.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been made