Salt Lake Herald | 1890-08-03 | Page 1 | Played in Hard Luck

16000PLAYED PLAYED IX HARD LUCK Spencer E Pritchard the Author and Actor Dies at the House of a Friend NEW YORK Aug 2The death notice of Spencer E Pritchard author and actor August 1 is published today Pritchard comes of an old theatrical family of that name He was born in Philadelphia and was a student at the University of Philadelphia delphia His first wife was a sister of Lawrence Barrett tho actor He was the author of a number of plays which never became prominent His only sister sis-ter Mrs Williams is the wif3 of a down town broker His friend F Morrisey at whose house he passed away says I met Spencer in a saloon a week ago last Vednesday Ho was very sick and I brought him to my house Dr Baran prescribed for the poor fellow but he grew worse rapidly and died yesterday yester-day afternoon Pritchard told me he had not eaten a good square meal in four months Ho had been playing in hard luck a long time and was too proud to ask assistance