Show OLD THEATRICAL MAN EXPIRES Walter S Moss Friend of Mark Twain and Manager of 5 Stars Is Dead BEGAN CAREER AS JOCKEY REFUSED TO TH THROW ROW A ARACE ARACE RACE Waiter WaJter S Moss late manager of the Lyric theatre In Salt SaIt Lake City died at the Holy Cross hospital at S g last evenin evening Mr Moss who Is 60 years old has been suffering from bladder complaInt for several months About a week ago his condition grew worse and he was removed to the hoe hos hospital pital He leAves a wife living in this city and a brother in Boise Ida In the death of Mr Moss the theatrical cal world loses one of the showmen He first gaIned prominence as a jockey on the Pacific coast Old followers of the race track remember a famous race run on one of the Call fornia tracks ill in which one of James JamesR JamesB R B Keenes horses won a fourmile race and captured a purse This horse was ridden ridd n by Walter Waiter Moss who was then 20 years old After the race it was learned that Moss had been offered to throw the race The money was needed badly by Moss but buthe buthe he refused the offer scornfully and spurred his mount in the race with wonderful Ingenuity when Keene who was at that time the California horse king learned that the little jockey had turned down a small for fortune fortune tune rather than do him injury he promptly wrote out a check for The appreciation exhibited by Keene after the race meant more to young Moss than The fame he be acquired through winning the race FrIend of Mark TwaIn Young Moss left the race track a few years later and entered the newspaper business He Ee Was at first a typesetter working at the case He could do reportorial work as well as casework When he was still stIn a young man he drifted into Nevada He secured a position on the Carson Appeal while Mark Twain Samuel M Clemens was wasa a reporter on that paper The two men became great friends at this time Later Mr Moss came to Salt Lake and worked at the case on one of the dailies It Is his connection with theatrIcal adventures that has gIven him wide widespread widespread spread fame It has been said that there is not an actor or actress on the American stage that does not know or has not heard of Walter Waiter S Moss It was he who introduced Ezra Kendall years ago in A Pair of Kids It was also he who brought Lottie Crabtree before the public Lottie Crabtree was the first woman oman to appear in minstrels The first trip made across the continent under Mr supervision was made in stages Lottie Crabtree is now living in Bos Boston ton having retired some years ago with an enormous fortune She is said to be the richest retired actress in the world DurIng his years theatrical cal eXI experience Mr Moss has I paved aved the way to success for numerous struggling actors He was the personal friend of all the stage leaders in bygone years and numbered his friends frends among man manof many of the present day Jules Murray who is managing the Paul Gilmore troupe and Mr Moss were close acquaintances Generous to Those in Need Moss was noted among his stage friends for his unassuming ways and his generosity When one of the local theatre managers received news of his death his first remark was There are scores of actors and actresses all ail allover over thIs country who will be genuinely sorry when they hear of this He has as helped hundreds of them along when their lots were anything but pleasant His heart was devoted to the stage and its people DurIng recent years Mr Moss has been managing theatres upon various arious circuits in the west For the last few years he has been with John Cort He managed a the theatre tre in Trinidad Cob Colo two years and then went to Portland Ore where he was assistant manager of the Baker Early in October 1905 Manager Egan of the Lyric left for Idaho and he was succeeded by Mr Moss Since that time he has been in inthis Inthis this city While en route to Salt Lake from Portland he was detained at some small station by an accIdent to his train No dining car was included In Inthe inthe the makeup of the train and as the hours rolled around the isolated pas passengers passengers became hungry Mr Moss and other passengers bought some canned meats Later he was attacked with ptomaine poisoning and never fully fuBy re recovered recovered covered from the effects of this illness During his residence in Salt Lake while he did not complain he grew worse gradually He was taken to the Holy Cross hospital Wednesday but despite all that could be done he be became became came worse rapidly until the end came |