 One report in 1894 said that he had been seen in London living as a tramp in rags, sauntering aimless and dejectedly about town, at night sleeping in a Salvation Army hostel.Reports in the newspapers after his death said that his last two to three year were spent in Leeds where he had sunk into extreme poverty.He eventually sought help from the Actors’ Benevolent Fund, but it was too late; they took him to the infirmary but he could not be saved.