The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-05


rlson were exactly in Keeping with Miss Thomp-
| son 8 style OF entertanmcnt. and she took her
place with Pauline Markham. Ada Harland
lisa weber and the rest of that memorable
party. Aterward she acted In various burleaque
companies, acquired a musical education. and
deyeloped her mimetic talent very promisinRly.
John Allen. the negro minstrel rubbed the burnt
cork on his face In 1873 and became n star Of or
nls Iraveid o , Eita ms own play the principal
everybody else out Of room. His most inn
portant and frequent utterance was " One,
caught VI, and tossed out. Miss Harrison acted
n this piece Tor n long time visiting most Of
playing in, variety theatres. Her wanderings
led hcr TO California. three years ago, and there
she Vas .seen by Barton Hill. manager Of the
Caliiorn.q Theatre. tho largest. in San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Hill was struck by her fitness for
hquo@rettS @ parts, and engaged her for Q. year In
ms establishment. and under his careful train
ing, sho became extremely popular. Her ex-
uDeranc0 OF spirits. incessant activity. and IA
cllity In adapting herself to widely different
audiences nightly. She remained under en-.
gagement to Mr. Hill until last fall, beginning
n IA mo tno previous summer, however. she went to
Boston, and appeared Mt the Museum in tho
BY the Tolo authors Snye'2HS 2SS
Harrison found remarkable favor with the Bos-
ton public. She crossed the continent last win
ter to play an engagement in bureeque. but
returned TO Boston in February. to perform as
ne h,ig Duke, in Tho Little Duke" atthe Museum.
that, was not in itself successful. When John
4. Dun decided TO bring out Tho Little
tho same part She came hero little over
three weeks ago and went to the theatre for re-
hearsaI Not much attention was paid to her.
am Alice Harrison" sho said to the stage
MANAGER, and when you, want. me. you can
This displeased Mr.. Dun, and he did not send
Tor her. On the following day she sent back tho
e Pa at anqaT hs c6STaS Scss
House, but made an engagement TO play LibJv
iyyear II Tho Mighty Dollar" with MIR and
next week.
Miss Harrison is a dark brunette small.
since sno began to play 70 the parquet rather
than TO the gallery. Is sufficiently refined and
Is somewhat like that OF Mrs. John Wood. She
OF Miss, Maud Harrison OF the Union square.
Landlord Rodgers OF the Coleman House
made no complaint to the police, but warrant
Mrs Barrstt, u Is Understood, upon the COM
pI,hnot PLANT ot Mr Nathan. She could not be found.
although Il is known that she went from the
coleman House to her residence. in Thirty
Whether she intended to shoot Miss Harrison
is doubtful The flattened bullet that was found
on the moor Indicates that 1t struck some part
OF ihe person either Of herself or Mr., Nathan
and was lmpeded butthere was no evidence so
lar as known, that Mr.. Nathan was thus en-
dangerSd. and Miss Harrison went away so
hurriedly that she may not have discovered
any marks. The pistol was a small nickie-
plated seven -barrelled weapon. and Is one that
MTs. Barrett has had for several years.
several years ago. In 1875 she lived at 100
West Thirty-first street under the name Of
Twenty second street Subsequently she occu-
Pred house in Twenty second street between
Srsyenth r m ana Eighth avenues, on the north side.
Inc burning of tho Episcopal church In West
Twenty third street which was Just opposite
me rear adn Of her residence. caused her to move
IA French Hat house. Thence she removed TO
her present residence In West Thirty-fourth
street She dresses in good taste. seldom wear
slons. On the morning OF S the shooting %
she si, wore q valuable diamond cross conspicu-
5y WASHINGTON Nathan, Il subsequently
was by him bestowed ea on Mrs ianSsi Bsrrett rnt
One day. while fondling n pet dog il
serStSsed ;. hSr hand Going 70 bureau she
Two years ago Mrs. Ward attacked Nathan
with dagger while on Broadway car Nathan
platform whilc the enraged actress was making
her way through the crowd OF passengers.
Washington Nathan lives In n large brown
stone mansion at Gs3 Fifth avenue. The house
is luNuriously furnished tho parOr being
crowded with statuary and the walls covered
with oil paintings. gentleman who called
yesterday morning found him In bod IN large
front room on tho second floor. He Is hand
tg,ho; anu larse, SApressly9 black eyes remark
able for their tulness. His mock was band
aged. Aside from these luilrAtlOnS ana tne
fact that he was in bed. there were no signs OF
Illness. His voice was strong when he
said that he was feeling very we'll but
TINT he had had a very narrow escape.
Numerous friends called during the day
y ask after his welfare. Mr. Frederick
Nathan Informed a reporter for The Sun. who
called in the afternoon that tho family phys-
elan had ordered that his brother should see
only intimate and sympathzing friends. His
be kept very, quiet The only possible
in OF erysipclas or gRngrene. Fred
erick declined to enter into the particulars
OF the shooting. II was definitely learned. how
ever, from another source. that the account
Washington had given Of the affair to his friends
was as exactly printed above.