By 1870 Waterloo was in Chicago , where he went to study law but dropped out and instead began his career in journalism . In 1871 , after the Great Chicago Fire , he moved to St. Louis , Missouri , and acquired a proprietorship interest in the '' Evening Journal '' . For the next dozen years he worked in Missouri at , variously , the '' Missouri Republican '' , the '' St. Louis Chronicle '' , and the '' St. Louis Globe-Democrat '' . While Waterloo was editor of the '' Chronicle '' , an editorial appeared which was critical of a local judge . The judge threatened Waterloo and there were concerns that the threat included physical violence . Waterloo refused to back down . It turned out that the editorial was actually written by another judge . He then moved to St. Paul , Minnesota , where he began a newspaper named '' The Day '' . He then moved back to Chicago and worked in an editorial capacity at the '' Chicago Tribune '' . This occupied the next half dozen years , and during this time he was twice president of the Chicago Press Club . He then turned exclusively to literature
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Stanley Waterloo