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ALFRED H. LEWIS, AUTHOR, IS DEADdiednuetireyeaFamous for His “Woifville Stories and “The ’Boss,” a Study of Tammany Hall.BEGAN CAREER AS LAWYERWhile Traveler and Editor In Far West, He Gathered Material for His Picturesque Books.corjSalfunlt;InMLasAvf pne and thtr aon, t »* r,D the last of 1 non and vlvlt; • nmtluuAlfred Henry Ia*w1s. the author and newspaper man. who made tbe qualnt. picturesque characters of the old west .nunortal in his - Woifville ” book died yesterday at his home. 437 west H8th Street. He had been ill for several weeks with intestinal trouble, and hts wife and brothers. William K. juijl Irving J. Lewis, as well as Or. William E. Cuff, his physiclun. were with him tothe and. .Alfred Henry Lewis was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was in his nrx-seventh year. He was educated to be a lawyer and stood first in his class i o twenty-two wnen examined by the supreme Court at Columbus. Ohio, on tax ing his examination for the bor.At the ago of i!.'l he was Prosecuting Attorney of Cleveland and at the expiration'of his term spent a year h}Far West. Mr. Lewis traveledandlived In Nitw Mexico, Arizona, and Western Texas, and it was during these rambles that he met the characters he later made famous In his novels. .....W hile in New Mexico he became editor In chief and the rest of the Mora County Pioneer. The t published by two printers on a nano presi and this was* his first newspaper work I .liter be took ‘‘h^g* fI he lt;J Vi Ktis Ofitto while the regular «dijlt;»r was unfit for duty. It is said that Ida ft rat issue nearly caused a Hot n th town, as he showed by the relation of one incident in his own * Confessiomi of0 r Mfln. H0 ftiiys. a a.eheerfully evolved these children of my fancy. »« note was handed in. it tan-Editor Optic 1 read your paperonly when I am drunk. Yours truly. Alonzo^^Wrlting a paragraph to the effect that Alonzo was. Indubitably, from hi iwn showing, the miscreant who had een annoying Th© Optic under he mm d« plume of (onstant fu.ao» r md that the editor was glad to know iis right name ho that on jds dio on ie might seek him out and beat him vlth H Stick l sent It in to the frInt narked * First Page. Must, and took up he burdens of life again .Ho then went to Kansas City ami jegan tiie practice of law and became a •rlend of many of tin* leading newspa* er men of tliut eltv. It whs tnln fi letul-dtlp that led him Into writing Uu* flr*t if the well known ' Woifville stories.Mr Lewis w*,M sitting one evening in he office of the city editor of I he Kanins City Times when be told one of the ilctureeqtie Incldentn of Ids y.ttr * travel n the Far West The editor suggest^ hat he write it for hi* papar. and Mr1 ,-wls did SO The result w»k the .rcu Ion of the - Old Cattleman * wlm carried the narrative In th*.■tory w/»}«»» ivas tile birth Of 'dory attracted wide attention. Ijrws-impers from all over the country wrote for f ii«t right a to publish Ids oeil stories. He was not paid for the first story, but Tor tho second received and decided to become an author.In tlm beginning ho wrote under tho pen name of ” Dan Quin.” and It was .ot until he went to Washington as •orrespondent for /The Kansas lt;11/ rimes In 18i»l that- he began to write .1 rider his own name.Mr Isvwls met Col. Iloozeyelt In Ifci... jyhen the latter was a lt;Ivll Service ’iirninlssloner In Washington, and It .m HI Id I ho I they Immediately become dose 'rlend.H. Col Roosevelt prevailed upon Mm to gather Ids Woifville »toirb’* gather. Hhd these Were P»lb| ahed 111 *nok form. lt;’ol. Roosevelt edited the nanuscrtpt of this book and tho lato [Frederick Remington did the iUustra-* Mr. Lewis w as also Washington corre-ipondent for The Chicugo Times which w is later sold to The Chicago Ult;*rald. smd on this occasion he was asked to resign as Washington correspondent and become an editor or The Chicago Tlnics-Horald. He refused, and was placed In charge of tin* Washington bureau of The New York Journal.He lieenme Interested In the Ihaw ?n*« and wrote several magazine article*^Onn^of^Mr. Lewis's best-known books Is The Boss.” which was the result of Ills close study of Tammany Ilall. one of the first tasks he set himself upon coming to this city. He became Intimate with the leaders of that organization. and It Is said came nearer to having an intimate knowledge of Richard Croker, then the * bo.*s of the Hall, than any other writer.Mr. l*ewis wrote in all eighteen books. His first was ” Woifville: Episodes of Cowbov Life.” and his last. Published in 1!13 wras ” Faro Nell and Her Friend* ” Resides t hs'Wolfvlllo stories he wrote ‘‘Black Lion Inn. Peggy O’Neal.” “ The Sunset Trail. lt;on-fesslons of a Detective.” ” Story of Pnul Jones.” “ The Throwback. WhenMen Grow Tall.” ‘‘An American Pa-trlelan-Aaron Durr.” and Apache* of New York.”jt'luclrt!Miretult;Hal*raUniJtirenon•11cHtratha?yesNsw«Or!IllCt(XU
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New York Times
New York, New York, US
Thu, Dec 24, 1914
Page 9
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