Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-15
THE Prosecuted BLONDE.
A Female Maniac Falls in Love with
Lydfa-Queer Case.

III.
, Ivd;agTbomnson came here on Sun
dow ~ NJ donbt congratnJat;ng her self that
on his her third visit to tbis c;ty she
would certainly he freed from AN annoy
ances and thai nothing would ha appen to
disturb the monotonons success of her
season in California and her trim east
word l Cbicago bowever is hnnnd to
baya her sensation and lydia re.ckoned
w;tbont her host Inst before the cur-
to;n orosa ~ tba 0nera Honse last even
;nt, and wb;le ybe Was dress;ng Cor the
nart of Sir Rnnert she was r,lac ed nm
der arrest The reason therefor is as
follows. VIZ
For two wears Miss Tbomnson, has
hoo i o,,od q I'm 81 10 4; stro ct;on I,v the
frant;c & % nersecntion of q ladv named
Eiiam Gr;f;n whose res;denca is in
Nav Yorl, ~ When tbe fair T,ydia frst
annaared IN that c;tv one of her audi-
epce r was.the aforesaid Ellen She be-
came Infatuated with the smiling bur-
1asonor and sent her q diamond ring at
~ so, 1t;n,a racn est;na tbe ,,,r;v;lnt5e of
I my L;ans S@, I naIi q which Miss Tbom nson
nssanted The woman's attentions how
sT ansr bacoma nnandnrahIe She wrote
49,, Iti, 0S SoaIa ,;na ;n' q rather mascniine
,este,s eon .Sst n5,v;n tba far Tyd;a's
nrasance - could sIe.be bannv Finding
r. 20 ,ao,s,, Son and love- 3aclorat;ons
%od no we;gbt. she, thew aside her
S ~ rno5astv and ladv danortment
end haoarno eWceed;nglv abusive She
aut D - ott;ra want 10 the
tbeater & and threw bououets. To these
were attached ',billet-douxo couched in
ancuage much more forcible than ele-
- I yJ;a : cont hack the diamond
s;na san,' ond aIso some few trinkets which
H. H. Ia 81 reason 10 bel;eve this acapo-
r,a , no. bad sent her 1I n m 10 -7i-l
'e cnhSannently enc T,vd;a and her troupe
sta ted ont on her Western tour: and the
c';.a.od MIC Griffin did likewise
WSaraNar .,naoe Iyd;o onneared her nersecu-
w.. nore ,nas oloss at hand Every evening
W was vas. t'vo 80 tba ,haatar and ~ the con,
she WIZ &c ~ tba nerformance returned "a
Iiusloa u ub;ob was Senerailv the one
ne, LII M;ss Tbom nson was stonninp.
az aT y n'vn 1-,lo dona- /. Rnfalo P;ttsbnr9.
f1nSol"nd r St Touis Memphis, New Or
IaonS New York PHILADELPHIA. Detroit,
San francisco Sacramento, Omaha and
Cb;aago nj ~ IN j = ~ uA y
'tS Yasterdav afternoon about three
ycIdcI While Miss THOMPSON was in her
oe,H0 -. tba Matteson House. n hell how
h.olrbt mn a note A glance at the
III sSscr;nt;on revealed the writer and
sIpsi NJ Thomnoon IT, sent the note back by
.hn th,S Iov Wit Nth the remark ,'TeIl the lady
III "a No not wish to read Il n THE boy con-
revsd u T the message to Miss Griffin, who
wcs in the narlor land we may paren-
tbat;cally observe that she was also stop
Mn j az the Matteson(. She became in
G@5ant @ and marched up stairs to Miss
T5omnson's room, the door of which she
found locked. On her turning the han
dle Miss Thompson exclaimed, "Who's
tbereYS No answer was returned, and
Miss Thompson. thinking that some of
her people wanted to see her, opened the
door a little. Miss Griffin rushed in and
immediately seized Miss lydia, who
screamed Il Go out Of here, or will call
Ia nnrter and have YOU put out" and at
,be Same time tried 10 put her out. The
uo;so' r~S % made m the struggle was heard by
nUn9 sone Of the male members of Miss
ThoU,rson's 1Tn1 ,roupe who Immediately
baS,ehad to her Assistance, and the ma
,,;ssS n;,Ss tyos led down stairs. The proprie-
enaS a,aV ortbs I hotel ON being Informed Of
tIe I,' IL Ram ostances, requested the woman