, 1877-09-30

| THE CRUSHED AND uSCRCsHED TRAGED1ANs-
| Sothrrs,. III his com,cal representation oi
! a.Thc Crushed TTagcdiau,'' has brought dow,
| upuu himself the wrath of tragedian who is
| determined not to be crushed. George, the
| Count .loanncs. OF the New fo1& Supreme
| Court, Counselor. has applied to Judge Vest
brook for preliminary injunction pending g
| suit brought by Elul against DundreurH t. re-
strau his acting part i'll the said play in which,
| the Count AYERS. Sotlern pcrsonates him, and
aisu to prevent the plav being acted in the State
| Of New York. Tile Count, in stating the case,
| said MIR. Sothcrn was maligning linn and making
$40U nightly ut his expense BY representing him
as !. drunkard having delirium trcnaens. Ills
rep,,tati anu identity were taken from him
by this man. +'sWell,'' added the Court, i'm
prcssively, II have been an actor myself. aud
AIN proud OF hay IL belonged to that honorable
profession Judge Wes.brook said he could
not grant ai Injunction without q hearing on
notice to tic otllcr side.
When Sothcru WAS informed of the appltca-
ton by 4 ForlH reporter he at first looked upon
the matter as some new sell at his expense. lie
was iu the drtssing-room getting ready to go on
the stage rs ''rhc Crushed, when the following
characteristic dialoEuc was held:
lis this ! joke, slrt' said the actor, stiffly.
>tOl1, nr i;sLccl. lie really has. Haven't you
heard sf it:t''
~ ,hint there is conspiracy, and now it
strikes Tie that you are n it. But 70 on, sir.
rtver pI:lycs! i practical joke IN my lie. but
but s... uis, SIR.
Ideally MIR. Sotllc,n. this is ascrious matter.
The Count has astualls applied --'
.sDr yo:, ,,c.n to tell me vonr honor that
YOU are nut attempting to joke with mc!"
s-Nu, indeed. i"
:.Thcn will say that When go down to the
court shall enter into Il disluisition un tue
Trojan war and discuss Sanscrit at length. l
ul:l NOT to bc triled witll.''
- Do yutl anticipate any personal trouble be-
tween the Count and vourselt.'
81 do, responded the actor,'' drawing of his
trousers.
In casc ol = duel, whom would the chal-
lenCc naturally come front"
s.Oi,. from hiul. lie Is nv senior, and ]
would not thank vi cutting III in such nlatter.''
~ But he Is titled. ami So. far As ! KNEW, sim
liar honor has never hccn conferred upon you by
any German Totcutatc.'
. But tila,'s o:ly because was too busy to go
for 1t. It's waiting LOT ME, and can have it
any time please"
!. How would You fight the Count if he should
call Oh ypu!'
II haven't considered the matter fully, but /
think with cannon. Yes, am sure shall insist
upon these new Paris cannon that discharge 10
shots minute lie shall sit upon onc Of these
engines and upon the other, when they shall
bt discharged, aud straigl,tway there shall be no
remnant OF either the Count Or sothern.''
IL anl sure YOU are joking, sir | wish we
were not obliged to contine ourselves strictly to
facts. fur think there is good deal OF nulnor
in this 1hlug.''
"oh, come now," returned tue actor. "don't
say that about facts. You will make me laugh
and shall crack tile palnl.'
'Wcll, what shall saw Mr.. Sothern!"
Say that We shall tight with cannon, with
improved Gatl'ne guns and that don't know
ANYTHING about the matter whatever. Say that
don't know ANYTHING about the Count Joailnes,
and that will shoot llm to death with Cat
ling gun. Say that If ever / see linn again
will get myself TN to look just like him, if he
looks any worse than | do now. Say that the
Crushed Tragcdian once trodden on, never
. sleeps. Say-oh. say what you d--n please"
The Count Is evidently in dead earnest about
the thing. When questioned as to his motives
III the proceeding, he said he had never seen
so:hern TIL the other evening, when he went to
the Park along with Guy. Hoffman. ale and
IT, said the Count, ''look very much alike, and
bis pictures arc often sold for minc.'' He pro-
ceetled: when Sothern came out ! said to
Hoffman, We'll, hoffman. We look alike, and
there is our third. But you were never i tra-
gc,llan, aud was and anl. So it Is le is imi
tatiug.' ! started in my seat when | saw the
character-a character that was built upon my
personal appearance but that was exaggerated
in all vile ways. This Count Joauncs has nose
Of fiery red, and was shaking With de:irium trc-
mems. What is the inevitable result! People
hear OF me, know me py my pictures, come and
see this man. and exclaim, There, Ntuf is the
Count Joannes.' The other afternoon only, i
man whom knew not stopped me in Broadway,
put hand or each of my shoulders. and ex-
claimed, THE Crushed Tvagedian. by -!'
Thus is mY character assaje1 and inY reputa-
tlon stolen from me to reward conscienceless
actor with S40U night. teei as il / must 90
on the stage and horscwhip him before the pub
lc-''
'Te:l Mr. Sothern from nle,'' added the
wronged man. t. that shall get my injunction,
and that hc shal. not VIII the S:D.0D0 that he
thought, by meanly and unscruyalously hcfoui-
ing felow-heing's character That fcllow-being
is awake and vii: turn upon the :cui foot that
crushes him"
4 correspondent Of Tue TR1BCSE writes from
New York in reference to this 1omical mudale
which the New York papers arc discussing in a
spirit OF solemn drollery; " OF course YOU must
be aware, as everybody here who knows any,
thing is, that the whole :hing is one OF Sothern:s
ccyerly y-eoncocted schemes for keeping his name
up To BIZ sure, tine Count is iu dead earnest III
ria ,E1ir ant! il is all f0usen3e IN s,,nnosf