, 1877-10-22

IHh LlolsbHA of
There wns aterrlble eearo among the players
in the spring Of ~. Tie cholera vs raging,
anil no less thnn sesentJ-twoa acto.t eong1cgsteu
IN Cleveland. @, which tho rcstllcncc had Tcs
crowd. anl*o does Charley back'is, who wa
then but boy. anil connected With a news-
paper establishments, something, ! believe, fiko
ths American Ncws Company ol thts stty: =.
The theatre was kent open. and William Al.
Fleming ani GcorCc Jn.nfsen were one night
billed for Damon and Pythlas," hut, each
feeling some alarming qua1ms, they dcelincd to
liz VA" n .ubntttcl for bamon,' Dame Without
apology, anil passed current for Tragedy. Here
are llc names Of n few w!lo were In Cleveland
TINT spring. How death l.as moved them tluwnl
Charles i'ortcr, Uus Adams, Puts, Charley Webb,
tlcorCe Jan1feon, B.rney Williams, tleorga i1ut-
land, Yankec liil!. y; II. Crt.p, Charles D. Nui.
lollnn "cai" Smith eal!sa The s %setsrap ,,n am
George Ka.ncs, t.: Z. Roy., Sam nruwr', jim
Prior, Bill Kent, Dlrkiusom tromtc sthgerl Aln,y
{tecrc painter, Afterwards kiilett ly falling from
j hnilsiinE lie vas patntn0), .lntln fiusns,
iwHo lid tSsru Of tic cioisra}, I!z;e jackson
{at present Mrs. Charles Mathcwel, and l,ost
Of ethcrs. have given their names rs they
were famtlarly known to each other Ia their
young days. ......
m. EArL IN rna HEAD.
There il n story told III tho English green
rooms, for the truth Of whcl, ea',nut voilcf,.
II ia to the effect that a. certain carpenter,
Ing nail into let skall. liz iIel, aud, tio bet.
ter to conceal hts idcntIty,. bceatnc nE, actor.
Ho rose to cmtncnce, and the whErliglE nftime
and tflu wheel pf c!lnncc brought him to the
very village in which years before he had killed
his wife, whose murder, howoyer,-Ao tho story
runs.-hal nut t,ctn suspected, as tier, long,
thick, black hair conceal tho cruel wound from
WHICH III blood had flowed. ......
The part wns "Ia1nltt." Whatever memo
ffra ntof.r m n ht hail n1H&tpfy
over his fes'nEs to kept them hidden. Ihe rlay
formerly becu burial ground, and the property
tnau had nut far to 70 for skulls, hut Just dug
night totscd them into the trap for tho grave
digger to shovel on the ntaEc, llc handed
skutt to iatnit'. saying:
"I!cTC's skull now hath lain yon In the
earth for three and twenty years."
jfa,nht-" Whose was lttf
!G'usosiagtr-."..rls same skull, air, was Yot-
iek's fkuil the Kings lester"
lht1.;e' !..!, topk tho skull, saying:
I1o turned pale and staggered for the skulih had
LETT utt 1t one long lock OF lltack hair. Handed
IL him ulshc t;own. the lock fell back revealing
. nail IN tho s':nlt The actor recognized It as
that OF woman whuin he had murdered Just
thirty-thrcc ycars before. At this tntte evil
tlcncc Of his guilt coming trunl tho gture 10
confront lin, the actor lost presence Of nllul
anu bis 1e1Hcs.
In his Insane uttcrances ho revealed Ills terri
bic secret, ana WIS only eaveti from punishment
by Ills fellow Actnrs llislllug him up anu hnFry-
fng him away. liz never recovered Ills reason,
skull.
About thirty years ago. story waa written
By a Frcntlnlnn on this aansc ElastlY subject,
laying tho scene In pravate lifc tn Franco. aud
making the perretrator Of the decd woman.
1t haa great Btlecess, hnu to th!s day Is oc-
castona'ly revived, and goes tho rounds OF the
newspapers hut old English nctore insist TINT It
was founded on the Incident In theatrical lifo
which haye Just related, and which did tFaus-
plrc on tho British stage.
AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
kcmb!u and Sarah Siddons: What brought t,er
here l 10 not know, but she was acting In tue
and the uicre Ut ",fack Shepard" was putup,
she being rast for tho part of .'frs. Niood, who
Is supposed to he killed In ono scene. Shu was
slt,lng ~ the dresslng.roo,n with tho otl'cr
la.llcs Of TUG company, AMI rose as her sccnc
"Sow ! am going TO be tillcd.h
IN passing 70 the stage she had to 70 through
door, to which was nttached " d weight a
and as eilo pulled open lhc .lour thc ropc Lro:;r
and thu goose fell on her lcatI, killing her In
stantly.
4 handsomo Young actress named Lamar hat,
died TINT day Ut cholera In tho sat11e city. nnd
tho TWO women were buried In tho same grave.
4 most promising yuuiE actor named Shcp-
past lost nik life by tho burning of this National
Theatre, Pillatlolnhta, in, think, 1850. liz had
habit after tic performance Of aoiue II, slccp
in tlo sing or green room, and hc n,tlst llayc
it wa cot,jcctured that lsc was autiocutc before
he could rct out-tllcro was no other reason
why bo sholll not hare escaped, 4 nortfon Of
d iancy.rolorcd sock wus found In tic ruins. and
Identified 40 Belonging TO lin, Tits Was ali
that was left to tell OF Ills asou!xtur fato. lila
was tho only ltio lost
Piorrcpont Tl,aycr, q popular California actor,
destroyed himself with poison low years ugo,
leaving only ono line. 1t was; III solve iho
i DEATH rRox asyAos rR,o,tr.n
ncycr knew Of but one Heath occurring from
Hstawc fright. - ~~~'''~ 1'oA'
During nv totlcr'a management In Ctncin-
nail. d sfacc.struck youth teascd lin terribly
70 r{yc hin, an unentt3g. '
The cD,lnamy befn.s f,,1I nv father co,,,,1 find
no encakirg Dart fur lInl. hit nj iast he ,.an.
scntcI that he Should auurar aa q amno tt1o ysrg
ter of Kolien was tl,tll u stroug-lrawtuR n,clo.
drptua and eomcboty came alunx and stnrrct1