The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-02
HURSDAYx MORNING.
Miss Mary Andcrson Annoyed.
4 scrr foK si6, 900 rs fxIidssa I'll 7 ssotdHr BIZ
AN EJECTED SPECTATOR IN NAsHvftEE-A

IA SUIT FOR DStO, 600 DAMAGES BROUGHT BY
AN ELECTED SPECTATOR IN TAsHvftEE-A
!. COMPROMISE lFFFEsTEp.. ayosay,t
Correspondence OF The Cincinnati Commercially
NASHVILLE, Tenn, December Is, 1878
Quite 2 sensatl On p Fgas created in theatrical
circles yesterday over n suit for 80 900 dam.
ages alleged TO- haye been, sustained by r.
M. Porter in hfs having tine eftn1oni i6usly
been invited !onta OF THE J0pef House at the
Christmas matiueeyf1 III ttappears that the
hoiIse was so packed that only two seatsire-
mained, and these were behind >ti;e orches-
ira railing. III Wishing to 1nyail:i hemselYes
OF these, Porter and q. man. named Nor
man got over the railing .aiid took
possession. They had sat tiiesreo tiis othrfough
three acts, when two; policemen came
down andihvited Porter ont. Heiarose from
bis seat and dEqptetly walked aout ei the
house., He asked for the moneyhe had Eaid
TO go in, but, he was refused yit.,- Norman
refused to go out, and was ,iorcibly taken
out, creating scene that was rather uneX-
pecttd. He had to be conveyed through
the house bodily, having declined to walk.
1t is stated That Norman had Eoiie to sleep
in his chair; he having: come in from the
cold to warm atmosphere. sAnothsr;state-
ment is that, be was ,mimicings some OF The
actors, and was so constsntly annoying
them that they. could hardly. go through
their parts. Porter says fhar' be asked The
management Thursday to exonerate him
from any blame in the matter ia: card
in the Nashville american. Having failed
to comply with this request,i he bronsht
suit yesterday for Sit, dor 3hnEing.
as is, alleged, been ordered out, OF the
gage sof the company. and especially that
Eof Norton and Miss Anderson, was attach
|ed. When the officers went into Miss An
derson's room to levy on her wardrobe she
was badly frightened, and, 'withTa look OF
despair settled upon her beautiful fice,- she
sat down and watched the examination
made by the officers without murmur. 1t
Seemed to be so. unexpected to, her that she
appeared to have lost the power OF speech.
Her mute, pleading. face, and the attitude
she had assumed and maintained, was thrill
ingly dramatic, and every man in, the room,
friend and officer, could not but feel its
magnetic effect, The officers examined all
her trunks and lifted all her apparel, taking
a'sorG 0f mental Inventory of'all her posses
sions. When the officers and Others accom-
panYing them had gone, she heaVed a sigh
of relief, and wondered, doubtless, what
course was next to be pursued. The goods
were, however. subsequently repIeyined.
Porter was asked what he wanted, when he
responded that be would Withdraw the suit
upon one condition; and that was, that the
management, in public card; should ex-
onorate him from the imputatiop which had
been placed upon him that he had been
guilty of any conduct unbecoming a gentle
man. The card was written and published
in this mornings american; entirely exon
Grating him. In the card it stated that Por-
ter demeaned himself as 4 gentleman, and
there was no reason for his having been i'll
vited out of the Opcra-House. The whole
fault OF this complication seemed to lie at
the door Of an usher, who, 1t is claimed,
instead OF speaking to either Porter or
Norman, sent policeman down to them,
thereby drawing the attention Of the entire
audience to them, and that, too, withoutany
necessity for such action. 1t Is also claimed
that he sent the policemen to Porter and
Norman without the sanction Of either the
management, Norton, or, Miss Anderson,
who were only made aware OF the. clrcum-
stances after they had occurred. Norman
appeared before the Police Court yesterday
morning, and was discharged. The usher
closed his engagement Thursday night