The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-21
The Other Side of the Nelson StOry-Man
ager Del Bar SpoiIs a Sensation.

The Brooklyn Sunday Sun, which glo-
ries in anything and everything Of a
scandalous nature, which can be made
to appear in its own columns, has made,
recently, new attack upon the pretty
actress, Mrs. Adelaide Nelson Lee, in
which it claims that owing to an attack
m ,de upon her by jealous lover in New
orleans, she broke her engagement with
Manager DeBar, the great theatrical
manager of New Orleans and st. Louis,
on plea of sickness, and lett the city
with Southern lover, the rival OF the
one who had attempted her life, and 1ur-
ther intimates that Manager DeBar not
only disbelieves in her having been i'll at
the time mentioned, but will bring a
heavy suit for damages against Stra-
kosch, under whose management she
travelled.
The story has been eagerly seized upon
by certain unreliable papers in this city
and elsewhere, with their usual greed
for scandal, and proudly Haunted before
the reading public as choice bit OF sem
sation upon which they might rely, ana
now, as is usual with their sensations,
| by a single word from one who knows
| the facts, its exciting transparency IS
made dOubly transparent so to speak,
and the fabric which with their COM
bined efforts appeared extraordinarily
| thin is by this reduced to mere shreds.
A STAR reporter to-day called upon
Mr.. DeBar, who fortunately happens to
4 be in this city at this time, and obtained
| from him statement which reiutes al
least a portion OF the story. Mr.. DeBar
on being questioned by the reporter, re.
piled promptly that he had no thoughts
| Whatever of bringing suit either against
Miss Nelson or Mr.. Strakosch. SAID ne
81 have no doubt whatever that the lady
was seriously ill and unfit to appear,
| and do not think she is at all to blame
for breaking the engagement. The day
ON which she was to appear was that
! fatal 4th OF January on which the LOulsl
ana Legislature was invaded by Fedora
bayonets, and she, in common with near
ly everyone else in New Orleans, believed
that war was begun then, and ina
scenes of blood and terror would ensue
4 Added to this, was the Warmoth-Byerl.
cutting affair, which had so recently oc
Cured, and the shock OF all these, hay
no doubt, brought on nervous lines
which rendered her appearance lmpossl
! Bile and also positively demanded an I'm
mediate change OF location. inns beile
of mine is strengthened by certltcate
from prominent physicians both in Ney
: Orleans and New York, who certify OH
cially to her condition as stated by heI
AS to the rumor that intend to brin
: suit against her Mr.. Strakosch, 1t is Ell
tirely unfounded, as / have no ground
, upon which to base it. have lost abou
! $1,000 by the failure, as had made elat
. crate preparations for her appearance
I but have no thoughts of any attempt t
recoyer it in that manner"
el In regard to the story of the attac
upon her by Mr.. Overall, the allege
: Jealous lover, and her flight with Mr.. Al
j. tger. MIR. DeBar said that he had no rei
O SON to believe it, and that he heard notl
: ing of the kind in New Orleans at th
q time mentioned.
,ll The Courier Journal in commentin
l. upon the SUMS story of the affair says
,- "The tale is an interesting one, and til
J. Sun certifies to its truth; but who wi
D. certify to the SUMS certifcateW W
" won't.