september american journalist newspaper editor native new_york journalist losing libel case imprisoned new_york_city jail imprisonment led write pamphlet jail conditions year friend started publishing newspaper dealing crime reporting topics bought sporting newspaper called spirit times previously worked selling gazette continued publish edit spirit death wrote couple books non sporting topics introducing betting united_states early life born state new_york united_states sure parents cabinet maker helen little known upbringing law clerk left legal profession journalism working series short lived newspapers new_york_city flash whip subterranean lost libel case sentenced term city jail tombs experiences wrote pamphlet entitled mysteries tombs journal thirty days imprisonment city prison came early writings joined forces camp began gazette quickly popular weeks founding circulation called gazette interesting record murders outrageous bold vulgar recent exploits hotel thieves camp efforts combat crime new_york gazette offices newspaper subject attacks stirred criminals wrote history oregon geographical political inaccurate notwithstanding extract work published atlantic pacific_ocean popular fourth edition went california shortly friend political advisor water issues left california traveled europe turning experience book entitled europe hurry returning california europe reunited late quarrel appointment judicial post led leaving california permanently men reconciled visit new_york shortly death recipient estate wrote long eulogy friend appeared spirit october camp sold gazette previously chief police new_york_city spirit times returned california new_york_city began work porter newspaper spirit times porter sold paper retained porter newspaper staff porter death renamed paper porter spirit times title retained september previously worked spirit left paper purchased share paper point porter began publishing paper called porter spirit times got court order preventing porter changed paper spirit times continued publish porter spirit times able publish august drove paper business owned surviving paper death ownership spirit previously covered mainly sporting events expanded coverage include political matters american_civil_war began covered battles present battle bull run wrote account continued serve correspondent war contracted kidney disease later died war journalism literary feuds newspapers sporting press help subscription rates civil war spirit leading newspapers new_york_city including spirit mainly devoted horse racing turf field farm bruce later life active republican_party political affairs ran united_states congress losing race brooks receiving votes votes introduced betting united_states active promoting boxing acting promoter involved effort baja california trustee company published work shakespeare american point view reflected lifelong interest william_shakespeare work revised twice edition appearing married twice adopted children george sister catherine brother henry died september new_york_city buried september claimed russia inducted order promotion railroad route russia india china writer dictionary entry described master vigorous style exactly suited hard disposition
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