, 1877-12-09
O ALICE !!
Henri Laurent, Tenor OF tho Oates Com
p:ny, Sued for Divorce-Singular Allega-

I
p::ny, Sued for Divorce--singular Allega
| tions
Mem 1ork Dramatic -Ettcs. De-. 8.
| On Tuesday OF this week, Mrs. Henri Laurent
| filed complaint in bill Of divorce against hel
| husband, Henri Laurent, tenor Of the Alicf
| Oates Comic Opera Company, whose real name
Is alleged to be Henry Gisipg. Tits case is
likely to be one Of the recent causes ceIeores
owing mainly to tue peculiarly Of the allega-
tions, and to the celebrity Of the correspondent
in the case, AIRS. James a. Oates, nov travelling
under her maiden namc OF Alice.
An order was granted in the Supreme Court
OF this city on Tuesday, Attn December, and
will be served on the defendant in the course OF
the present week
The complaint states that the plaintiff, Eliza
beth Mcintyre, was married to the defendant,
Henry Gisling, now known as Laurent, about
four years ago in London, England,
She was tho daughter of the Rev. Duncan
Mclntire, minister of the Scotch Baptist Church
in the City Of Glasgow, Scotland.
They came to this country, he as tenor and
she as chorus singer, i'll 1874, with the 2oldenc
Opera Buuife Company. She had been on the
stage III England aud, when both were poor,
had given her husband Instruction in the first
r1diments Of the business tie now follows.
In the season. Of 1s70~'77, Mrs. Gisling
uaurent} alleges that her husband joined the
Alice Oates Opera Bouffe company, then under
tho management OF Samuel ColyiIlc aud R. E.
J. Miles. He was employed US second teuor at
q salary Of $50 i week. She accompanied him
for time, being known to the company and
others as his legitimate wife. She also became
acquainted with tue said Alice Oates, and con-
sidered her in the light Of goot friend and
protector. But she now knows that at that
time Alice Oates was pretending friendship to
hcr 1f,y.a
OF her husband for her.
Mrs. Oates, she alleges, was constantly In the
habit Of sayiu@ joculary to her, and in the hear
ing Of her husband, titat she {Airs. Laureut was
Oats) should have been his wife. Still She sus-
pectcd nothing, and though she found out that
her husband was in the habit Of nightly accom-
panying Mrs. Oates home, under the excuse Of
seeing the reportcrs aud s'getting his name up,''
she still believed that it was only passing in-
fatuation, Us her husband treated her lovingly,
aud excused his conduct by saying it was policy
On his part.
IN the spring of last year she was offered
short engagement as chorus singer III the Sol
dene company, which her husband urged her to
acceot, and she did SO. From that time for
ward she heard constant reports Of the growing
friendship between her husband and Mrs. Oates,
but she WAS 10th to believe anything against one
who mad been SO good husband to her, and she
dismissed these suspicious from her mind.
When she refused to accompany the Soldene
company to San Francisco, because this was
made conditional on her going TO Australia, and
lett them in Cincinnati, she rejoined her hus-
band.
She then remarked little closer intimacy be-
tween her husband and Mrs Oates. Shortly
he urged upon her the necessity OF
going back to her parents in Scotland, where, he
said, the expense Of her living would be much
less. She s.renuously resisted this, as she felt
she was losing the love OF her husband, and that
another woman was invading her rights. Mrs.
Oates, however, treated her so kindly, and
showed her the matter in SO plausible light
that, united With the prayers Of her husband,
she finally consented to 80. Many circum-
stances that then took place, but to which she
attached no Importance, now came back to her !
mind.
93Nlrs. Laurent alleges that, after she left, her
husband and Mrs. Oates hardly putany restraint |
IN their alleged culpabic lason, and she has |
low learned that, while travelling, be would |
,ften remain in her room, all witnesses being !
excluded, until 5 o'clock in the morning. She /
eturned to live with her father, the Rev. Dun |
an Mcintyre, in Glasgow; her passage being |
>aid By her husband, and promise given that |
&c would rejoin her soo,l, in the meantime send |
ng Is week for her support.
This be did Tor few weeks, and then he grad
1ally fell oil. giving an excuse that his salary
lad been reduced, but still writing the most en-
[ear7ng and promising letters For: tho time !