The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-07-13
Rose Eytinge's Poisoning.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York SUM-
The poisoning of Rose Eytinge on We'd
nesday last in the Newhall House, Mil
Waukee, is the uppermost topic among
theatcr people. She was dying when dis
covered by her cousin, Mrs. Julin AT the
bedside was an empty three-ounce vial
marked laudanum. The stomach pump
was brought into requisition, and her life
was saved. She requested her friends to
let her die, and the strength of three
| powerful men was tested in restraining
her from making further efforts to kill her
self. She was closely watched, and was
repeatedly heard to say Il wish | were
dead" On the day previous to the pois-
oning she visited a lawyer and executed a
power of attorney for her cousin to take
charge of her property in the city. Those
| who know Rose Eytinge and who are IA
milar with the story of her life agree that
her despondency for the past few years
has come Of her unfortunate marriage
with George II. Butler, the nephew of
General Benjamin T. Butler
No actress was ever q greater t;,yorite
on the dramatic stage of New York than
Rose Eytinge has been Ia private life
she has hosts Of friends and admirers, and
is especially brilliant in literary circles.
After her divorce from David Barnes, then
city editor of the New York Times. she
formed the acquaintanceship of George H.
Butler He is the son of Andrew H. But
Ter, and the brother Of Benjamin +. But
ler. George H. Butler was born in Mis-
souri,, and was educated in "A Catholic col
lege in Georgetown, in the District Of Co.
lumbia. Through the aid Of Mr. George
Wilkes. editor and proprietor Of the Spirit
Of the Times. he was appointed on the
staff Of Major General Joseph Hooker.
Butler, it is said soon became tired of
what was likely to be active service in the
field He resigned his commission and
went to California. There through the
| influence Of his uncle. General Butler, he
was appointed Consul to Panama. Thence
he contributed over the nom ne plume of
Rifle" to the columns of Wilkes Spirit OF
the Times. He met Emily Thorne, after
ward known as Emily Gordon, in Panama.
He soon crushed out the affections that she
imagined she had for him He was re-
called from the Consulshp. Then he re-
| turned to New York. and became enamor-
ed Of Rose Eytinge, but she declined his
! proposals of marriage. us she was. she
said, in love with one Of the brightest
stars in the profession Of journalism
When her idol suddenly died Butler again
appeared on the scene. He asked her to
become his wife, and she accepted him.
Soon after the marriage Butler was APP
pointed Consui-General to Egypt, and
Rose Eytinge accompanied him to his post
OF duty. There a son was born unto them.
Buffers lile in Egypt was a much talked
of scandal in Europe and in this country,
and Secretary Fish was compelled to dis
miss him from Government service. But
| ler Went to London, and there remained
| for several months awaiting a notification
/ that Il n0le 2roSequt had been entered in
| the General Sessions of this country. lie
! had been indicted for an assault upon AL
| eXander Henderson, the reputeu husband
Of Lydia Thompson, Rose Eytingc did
| not await the arrival Of the notification so
much desired by her husband, but came
| to this country under an engagement to
! play in the Union Square Theatre at 5000
Il week. Butler was almost pennless. His
] wife owned Il house in Thirty second street
| near Eighth Avenue, and this was their
| home She gave him money and he spent
| it in dissipation. Two years ago q daugh-
| ter was born. \ few months alter his ;tr-
| rival in New York he found Il place ON the
| Spirit OF the Times as dramatic critic but
| MIR. W Wilkes soon atterWard dismissed him.
Later, through hypothecating his Wite's
salary, he purchased u controlling interest
| in the Arcudlan. Then he WAS persuaded
| by one Clark, II gambler, bruther-il-law
| Casey and Governor \ sarmOth to 70 to
| New Orleans and seek Il nomination for
Congress. Then he again took to drink,
and in i street fight was nearly killed He
went to Washington and. 1t IS said, OBJ
| tanned Il precarIou4 living by aiding in the
! procurement OF visitors To the den ui IL
well-knoWn gambler of the capital He
drank to excess, however, and it was
deemed necessary to send him to the AS
YUM for lnebrlates, y few months ago
he was liberated
| Rose Eytinge had long before ceased to
| think kindly of Butler, and hoped to be
rid of him 1t is SAID by her neighbors that
| he was brutal in his treatment OF her, She
learned soon alter their marriage that he
pretended to he devoteoIy attached to
other women of the theatrical profession,
and letters that betrayed him We're un-
carthel The following is :, copy Of the
one that deeply saddcned her. Ii was writ
ten to i member OF Lydia Ihompson's
| troupe:
Ny DARLING: 1t is always an unpleasant
! task to give good advice aud unless | am
earnestly inereeteG ! never attempt Il task Sc
thankless. But in your case, my sweetheart
| | am interested. | came nearer an ardent. sin
cere love of YOU than ever did in all my life,
and my experience has been large and varied
4 Don't 90 out to Jerome Park to-day with any
body. jerome Park is Il race-coursr. There
! is a restaurant where every woman who is im
putlent or bold enough to visit is criticised and
| canVaSseu by the lowest order Of men we have
| in New York. Very young men, who are Just
| entering upon life, imagine il to be the fast
thing to do, to dine there, and to hang around
| horse-rubberS and flash betting men and
| '.touts," as the spies of the betting ring are
there except to see his own horse, and then
never on Il Sunday. But another and more
| serious reason ntervenes between such an eN-
| peditiOn and the woman for whom feel not
| only love, but an honest feeling of respect and
growing attachmcnt-that is, your being seen
| with, or known as an associate of, Miss -.
Ny darling, You don't know, you can't with
your kindly nature imagine, how she is regard
| ed by the men about town. Even the young,
| influential mass of youths WHO seek her socle-
ty leave her only to .eer and t deride her. If
| YOU wish to please me, and ha e not been un-
duly eXactng, don't do any thing to comprom-
| i>e yourself. or give people and press chance
to sneer at me for her doing with an unknown
and absurd collection of curious :. Kids " of
whose very existence was ignorant until the
| eccentric capriceS of the English burlesque ac
tresses made Older and wiser men wonder at
the character and discretion of the Lydia
Thompson Troupe" Don't misunderstood me,
darling. If | We're not sincerely interested III
YOU, | would treat the whole affair my
friends Stewart and Hurlburt do, and laugh at
the funny scenes these mankins present to us.
Let me know by bearer if | snail come for
you at six. or sooner, as want to see you and
talk to you-for If you 60 on this ride you
won't get back until late. 1t is full fifteen miles
TO Jerome Park and thirty miles can't be done
| in an ;ttel noon. You must make your choice,
my pet, for to-day and after between these per-
sons and myself. Which is it. darling:
| GEORGE Il.
Another letter was addressed to My
dear, darling Edith" The colosing para
graph read:
l am not crazy, my dear child, but since you
| left | have been sort of tlighty i'll my mind. SO
you must not mind my nccherence. Do you
love me? viii you do any thing i'll the world
for me, as you have often said YOU would? Shalt
! come on to see you? Answer, and send a
| cloud of kisses. q. B.
Butler assumed to be Il gentleman of
wealth, and some time ago became the