Fitzgerald, Thomas
journalist, dramatist, was born Dec. 22, 1819, in New York city. He began the publication of The Daily Item in 1852, and for the next forty years of his life his great energies were devoted to building up the interests of the paper in Philadelphia. He was a successful dramatist, his first play, Light at Last, being produced in 1868. He died June 25, 1891, in London, England.
FITZ GERALD, THOMAS JOSEPH, lawyer, journalist, was born March 1, 1857, in Canada. He practiced law for five years in Chicago; and since 1887 has been engaged in journalism as Washington, D. C., correspondent, and writer for magazines and newspapers generally.