(16 July 1919 - 14 March 1939) (her death) 1 child
The following summer he married his second wife, Mildred Frisby, on July 16, 1919. Eddie had a second son, Jack Jim. Back at the Tribune, he helped establish the Joseph Medill School of Journalism. Eddie Doherty and his wife and two children moved west, Eddie to work for the Chicago Tribune's Hollywood bureau. He "made his reputation initially covering such scandals as the Wally Reid case and the Fatty Arbuckle trial". The News' trucks and billboards proclaimed him "The Star Reporter of America"; The Mirror, "billed him as America's Highest Paid Reporter".
In 1939, Eddie Doherty's second wife was killed in a fall.
But once again, disaster struck, as Mildred died in a freak accident while out for a walk alone. This time, however, Eddie found peace for his grieving in returning to the Catholic Church.