Henry J. W. Dam

Henry Jackson Wells Dam (April 27, 1856 – April 26, 1906) was a journalist and playwright.[1][2] His story "The Red Mouse" was adapted for the film Her Silent Sacrifice. He wrote the words to the musical comedy The Shop Girl. He conducted the only interview ever given by Wilhelm Röntgen about his Röntgen rays (X-rays) in 1896. He also interviewed Guglielmo Marconi about his radio telegraph transmitter in 1897.

First page of the article on Röntgen's discovery (April 1896)
"Louisiana Lou" sheet music from The Shop Girl

His work was published in McClure's Magazine,[3][4] He was also a playwright.[5] The Black Cat, and The Strand Magazine.

Dam traveled to London the cover the Jack the Ripper murders and has been discussed as a possible author of some of the Jack the Ripper letters.[1]

Guglielmo Marconi and his wireless apparatus in a photograph that accompanied Dam's article

He was born in San Francisco and moved to London where he married stage actress Dorothy Dorr (1866–1940). They had two children, Colby Dorr Dam and Losing Dam. The family returned to the U.S. in the early 20th century.[1]

He died in of cancer in Havana, Cuba.[6]

A heliograph image of him is at The American Vaudeville Museum Archive at the University of Arizona from his musical comedy The Shop Girl (1894).[7]

Work

Plays

Stories
  • "Monsieur Bibi's Boom-Boom", The Strand Magazine (1900)
  • "The Red Mouse"
  • "The Transmogrification of Dan" in The Smart Set magazine (1901)[9]

Articles
  • "The New Marvel in Photography, A Visit to Professor Röntgen at his laboratory in Würzburg. His own account of his great discovery. Interesting experiments with the cathode rays. Practical uses of the new photography", Article in McClure's Magazine about William Konrad Rontgen's work on X-rays, New York (Vol. VI, Nr. 5, April 1896)
  • "The Terrible Vesuvis", Windsor Magazine (1898)
  • The Mystery of Vesuvius (1898)
  • "The New Telegraphy: An interview with Signor Marconi", The Strand Magazine, George Newnes, Ltd., London, Vol. 13, No. 75, March 1897
  • "The tax on moustaches" Strand Magazine, Newnes, London (1899)
  • The Making of the Bible
  • "Practical Penology", North American Review, May 1887, pages 514-523
  • "A Morning with Bret Harte", December 1894 McClure's Magazine

References
  1. Begg, Paul (April 18, 2013). Jack the Ripper: The Facts. Pavilion Books. ISBN 9781909396159 – via Google Books.
  2. "DEATH LIST OF A DAY.; Henry Jackson Wells Dam". April 27, 1906 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. Scharnhorst, Gary (April 15, 2010). Twain in His Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associates. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 9781587299513 – via Google Books.
  4. "McClure's Magazine". S.S. McClure. June 17, 1896 – via Google Books.
  5. "Current Opinion". Current Literature Publishing Company. February 17, 1895 – via Google Books.
  6. "The World Almanac & Book of Facts". Newspaper Enterprise Association. February 17, 1906 – via Google Books.
  7. "H.J.W. Dam – The American Vaudeville Archive — Special Collections".
  8. "Truth". February 17, 1893 – via Google Books.
  9. "The Publishers Weekly". 1910.
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