Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-10
Is Lolita q MutrO,s o.. q Mnid9
San Francisco Special.j

The question is raised whether Lolita, the
actress, is maid or matron. Erhard Zapf
q 'longshoreman, through lawyer, has made
q demand on her lawyer for $4,000 alleged
by Zapf to have been squandered by her in
the days of early marriage. Lotta's lawyer
responded by terming the man blackmailer
but added in postscript that his demands
could be met by ealing on her brother.
Zapf claims to be 38; native of Cincinnati:
to have married Lolita in this city in July,
1872, and that three children-Erhard Lot
ia and John-are the result of the union. He
SAYS he wants money to support the children
and that he has received some assistance
from her before. He is strongly built,
about five feet seven inches tall, and appears
to be better educated than most of his class
in life. He gives incidents in the life of
Lolita and her family with such particularly
that if true or false could be readily deter
mined by those intimately acquainted with
her.
( The New York Sun says: "In q telegram
from San Francisco, published yesterday,
mention was made, of the claim of Erhard
Zapf, 'longshoreman, of that city, that he
was the husband of Lolita, the actress
The actress turned the letter over to her
lawyer-Heverin, of Philadelphia-who r.
piled as follows:
"Yonr letter of the 10Th ult., to Miss
Lolita has been placed in my hands as her
counsel, and in reply DESIRE to inform YOU
there are few tri6ing circumstances in the
way OF her complying with your demand for
"a, 600. She was never married to any one,
has not, and never had q husband. Now,
yonr client, Erhard Zapf, is either q lunitic
or an impostor or both. You may say to
your client, who does not seem to know the
name of the person he claims to be bis wife,
that if he will come on to Philadelphia
will provide him with quarters and board
that will relieve him of the necessity of
travelling around the country If you
should accompany your client, have no
doubt that would be able to increase your
knowledge of law by teaching you the PEN
alties of it's violation. =
"Now, Mr.. Bachelor, allow me to say in
conclusion that, if you are what you purport
to be, an attorney would advise
you to direct your efforts to some nobler
purpose than Matchmaking women
To reporter of the Philadelphia Times,
Miss Crabtree said that this was not the only
instance in which persons had represented
themselves as married to her. "Some years
ago." she said, "a young actor Ct talent and
wide reputation she mentioned his name
was in Brooklyn while was playing my
engagement in New York. He had an
photograph, aud told some one that we had
been secretly married, without the knowledge
even of my mother. As soon as my engage
ment was over in New York be said we were
going to run away. On the strength of
this statement he contracted debts of several
hundred dollars. Some way it got into the
papers, and fearing an exposure, suppose,
he went away. Still, We heard nothing of it
until one day casual friend remarked
meaningly that if this young man lived with
his wife he would not be in debt. I knew
him quite we'll, and that was the first that
had heard that he was married. Naturally
I was interesed; my mother asked who his
wife was. and our informer said, pointing to
me with melodramatic effect, Miss Lolita
is his wife, The young actor may have
meant the whole as a joke at first; it would
be quite like him: but it was carried to far.
Then have heard of two husbands of
mine in California; I never saw either one
of them. One Bohemian went about from
place to place obtaining board on account
of his marriage with me. Finally his bills
were sent to me, and, of course, that was
the end of 1t.
Miss Lolita is now playing an engage
ment in Nashville, Tenn.