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Show PLAYWRIGHT WORKED HIMSELF TO DEATH BBSSS4SeBBSBJSSBB Body of Young Author "Who Had Gained Fame Found Surrounded ; .by His manuscripts. " " 1111 -' NEW YORK, March 24. In his room in the Normandle hotel, Clayton Hev-ern, Hev-ern, a young- playwright, was found dead this morning. Beside him was the half-finished manuscript of a new final act for 'Resurrection.'' There were other odds and ends of manuscripts. On another sheet of , paper was found the commencement- -tl& note to ..''Sadie Martin." Dr. J. T. Walsh, who had been attending at-tending the young-" author. , ald: his death was 'undoubtedly 'due to overwork. over-work. ' J,-.-. , . j Hevern was 34 years old and unmarried. unmar-ried. His home was in Dover, Del., where his mother is now living.. He first came to New York two years ago, when the "Nell Gwyn" plays were popular, pop-ular, and wrote a drama ori the subject, sub-ject, which met- with much! success. Then he strove to follow . up the advantage ad-vantage he had won. ' ' u Finally he was commissioned to prepare pre-pare a new final act for .Tolstoy's "Resurrection." "Res-urrection." , He applied ' himself-, i-igor-ousiy to his task, catching a few hours' sleep in the daytime and working- almost al-most all night long. His health failed, and straining his last energies to complete com-plete his task, he died. Hevern's body will be sent to Dover. ' |