Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-13
ar. Booths Southern Tear.

| foF1 ne Nrfr lnTk Tfthtfsaf I
| The many n no are inierestei in me uraifars
| OF the IegitiHaue drama aud the pr.pperitv
| of its furt most ard practical repreecn tstiyfs
WI read with Satisfaction .sst Nc. I'd Gin
| bcoth profession al tour through tho south
has been attended with great success mis-
| iour Was begun At Baltimore on the "a az
Ssneary' and was ended st Bowling Green
on the "a OF March. The husi e - Of tue ex-
| pedltion Was Jndiciously and adnirably
| kulo.d snd managed by Mr.. John T. Ford.
the isHolng theatrical director IN the auth.
and long well known "a one OF the ahle~f
managers I'm the country. In Raltinore NJ
D. th appeared fourteen times, oefore au-
~, brilliantly representative of the cui-
tnre an" the more interesting and siSn,s,
sn le wa, We - fact that Baltimore Is his ns-
tixn , nIsrs =, Richmond he acted seveu
times. Then ne W. s,s s|Hccession Chr
lotte, Columbia, AusG- ,s $500. o. ga
Atlanta. Chaitsnonss Nssh. Tile, and Bowl
ing Green The total numasf perform
a s., given oy Mr.. Booth IN oil .. tness
he represented were Hamlet. OtbeIlo. yichs
lieu Richard the Second, King Lear saw
lock Cardinal Wolsey, Iago. aud Peirnchio.
more, on the Atlantic coast, sincp iSsa whe.
be Appeared n most Of the cities nsmssi-
de was therefore positive novelty. and tne
inhabitants OF the south. for many mile
around the places that he was Announced N
visit, manifested a lively desire 20 see him
act, and came m crowds 10 the ciaes in
ed. Legislatures regu iaied their hours 81
meeting with special view TO sttaudauce
upon his performances. sOcisl parties gave
precedence 10 the theater. Crowds OF peo
pie gathered ss early as Daylight, in marv
Instances, 90 buy tickets. NorIhern CHI kenx
who Glanced 10 be passing the wiuter I'm the
south were among the most eager applicants
Mr.. Booth is now In Nashville. There and
N Cincinnati he acts under the management
of Mr.. MacPulsy. Ga the 6th OF Anil ne
AnnnaF H. ~.
Later he goes Ia California where he win
act under the management Of Mr.. John Me-
Sullopeh. The stage In the South has re-
ceiNed a fresh Impetus from Mr. Booths
brilliant tour, and much good may De ex-
pected To flow from the consequent revival
9 ai drsm.tic interest. MT. Booth aud Mr..
marisger taking HE company, twenty seven
persons, back TO Baltimore. Before setting
presented To Mr. Ford a gold cross. a. a tospn
of friendship. aud to commemorate the Booth
expedition. The most remunerative business
OF the tour was aone AT Nashville. Baltimore
greatly henehtted by travel, And his spirits
miration OF the southern peoples
A TRAGEDY with some remarkable fea-
lures IL occasioning some excitement I'm
river Is valley called Turkey Botton
where has lived for twenty years "Uncle"
Jacob Allen, who has just been murdered,
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young woman named Brown, whom he mar
Tied I'm 1872, but from whom he separated two
years ago, on account OF "A quarrel. The old
man was called 1.-THE hermit OF Turkey Bot
TOM" for, barring his two years with this
woman, be always lived "A solitary life neg
lecting his house, and having the most
nlthy personal habits. He seldom washed
or changed his clothes, and always cooked
his Own food. About a year ago he got the
notion into his head that somebody Wa
going 10 Kill him, and had often got the
nelghbors TO stay with him, though at times
his premises swarmed with dogs so savage
that only he was safe near them. Oneeven-
ing last week, the young men WHO went TO
stay with him found him lying dead aud
terrible bruised, and there was eVideoce OF q
terrible struggle, while one OF the dogs bore
bloody finger marks. as IL the murderer mad
Fight with him. Money was found In his
pockets and elsewhere I'm the house, which
indicates that the motive was not mercenary
The woman who once his wife lived
near him, ana she has been arrested, with
her two daughters. She il a very masculine
woman, aud once gave her first husband a
blow which marked his face for weeks.
While living with Allen, she usei TO work
IN the field attired a. a man. Tue origin OF
the trouble between the couple is not known
and the old man would never say who ne
heard was going To murder him. but limited
Al parties living at Newton, whittier detec-
uves have now gone.