. . . and after that

Watty Wallack continued to work

on into the 1890s.

Evening bulletin (Maysville, Ky.) November 25, 1895

Mr. Watty Wallack, manager of the

Madame Ada Heine Concert Company,

is here making arrangements for the

appearance of this excellent company.

They were here four years ago and

gave satisfaction.

Frankfort Roundabout, December 17, 1898  

            The Ben Hur Recital                     

This item indicates one of the

problems Wallack and Rider had

faced: I have not found anything

about the fire that had lost them

a fortune.

This extract from the Earlington Bee indicates

that Wallack and Rider were still in business

a year before Wallack's death. It also shows

the popularity they had always enjoyed!

The Bee (Earlington, Ky), May 31, 1900

Reminiscences of [Captain Rider's] Manager Watty Wallack of Old Theatrical Fame.
   The ever popular Watty Wallack who years ago played the most successful theatrical engagements at Earlington and Madisonvllle and who with his popular and talented wife attracted large audiences for lengthy engagements at these and other towns and impressed on many a young mind the glamour of the stage is back again in this section as the manager of Capt J. A. Rider's famous and beautifully illustrated lecture "Ben Hur" which will be given at Assembly Hall Friday night, June 1, for the benefit of the library fund and charitable purposes. Watty Wallack's first appearances here and at Madisonville was with a company of only three, two of whom were himself and wife. They played in the first hall ever used in Earlington, the one built by William Walton on Robinson street and which is now the old colored Baptist church. A gentleman speaking of this old hall some days before anybody knew Wallack was coming, said: "The best troupe that ever came to Earlington played in that old hall years ago and numbered only three persons - Watty Wallack's troupe."
   Later he returned with a troupe of sixteen and played "Pinafore" to crowded houses for several nights engagements. Will McGary, now the successful hardware drummer, and Len Simons both then quite young men, caught the stage fever and traveled with the Wallacks for a time.
   Capt. Rider has been lecturing in the city of Louisville for the last eleven months to various churches and societies, for the benefit of these organizations. During that time he has lectured in 59 churches of all denominations. They have not less than 150 letters of compliment and endorsement from as many pastors in Louisville and the State. The entertainment they offer is a rare treat and should not be missed. The famous story of "Ben Hur" is dramatically told and grandly illustrated by 100 life size views. Admission 25 cents. Children under 12 years, 15 cents.
 

New York Dramatic Mirror, August 10, 1901 

   'Watty Wallack. an old actor, who long ago played in every civilized country in the world, died in St. Louis on July 20, aged seventy-one years. Nearly half a century ago Mr. Wallack and his cousin, Captain J. A. Rider, went into partnership in the theatrical business. They traveled far and were pecuniarily very successful. In recent years, however, they lost their fortunes. Captain Rider is now in St Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, prostrated with grief over the death of his friend.'

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The news of Watty Wallack's death in 1901 does not

seem to have been picked up by the Jamaican press;

the memory of the popular perfomer had apparently

already faded, and there seem to be no further

references to his visits to the island.