Dacers, Charley (died 1892)

DACERS

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Date: 6/18/2011 at 16:47:01

Alton Democrat
July 30, 1892

CHARLEY DACERS DEAD.

Charley Dacers, editor of the LeMars Globe some years ago, died near
Yankton, S.D., last week from injuries received in a wrestling match. He
was the son of Sir Sydney Dacers, late admiral of the English navy and one
of the richest and most influential men in England. The life of his son,
Charles, if ever written, would be stranger than fiction.

He was born in Brighton England, thirty-five years ago and went with his
parents to Spain. At the age of 16 his father in a fit of anger ordered him
from home and he went to sea and for ten years worked before the mast,
refusing promotions and inducements to secure for him honor which might have
been his through his father’s influence, who relented from the banishment of
his son from home. As a sailor he traveled the world over, and was married
to an English woman of distinction. They had one son, who is now a
midshipman in the English navy. Eleven years ago Dacers located in LeMars,
Iowa, and engaged in the newspaper business. There he married again, a woman
of German parentage, who survives him. Four years ago he went to Yankton
and purchased a small democratic newspaper, which proved to be a bad
investment. In May last, he sold the paper and bought a pleasure resort on
the James river four miles from Yankton, where he dispensed beer, boots and
billingsgate to visitors. It was in the barroom of this place on Sunday
night last that he wrestled with John Frick, a sturdy young farmer, and in
the fall received the injuries which culminated in death.