Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-21
MRS. BoUcICAULT.
A General Denial of Her Husbands State
ments
lCard in the New York Herald.1
New YORK. April 3. 1850.

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lCard in the New York Herad.I
New YORK, April 2, 1850.
In compliance with the request OF my
counsel and in accordance with my own
desire, / have been reluctant to make my
private grievances the subject of newspa-
per discussion, but my friends insist ON my
noticing the statements which have pro-
ceeded from Mr.. Boucicault in your col
umns and elsewhere, He asserts that
more than eleven years ago | put the
lady away for good and sufficient cause and
have not lived with her since" In the
succeeding paragraph he declares that when
he left England in 1876 81 left her in pos
session of my house in London, the home
where she and her children had lived for
thirteen years. She deserted it in 1877"
These allegations certainly, to some ex-
tent, contradict each other. Both cannot
be true to the full extent. The former
statement is untrue both in letter and in
spirit. He then asserts that in the last
four years "she has dissipated S36, ,O0O."
This is evidently unfounded, since all the
money l have received from Mr. Boucicault
or which he has paid me during that inter
val, which can in any sense be called a
gift, is some So, $40. The averment that
81 secured over $4,000 from him last
spring is a misrepresentation. l played
with him at Booths Theater for a week
eight performances in all-and our net
gains amounted to some $4,000. He vol
UNFAIRLY fixed 81, 500 as my share, but at
the close declined to pay me. Finally he
agreed to pay me 81, $50, on condition that
l left the country, which [ accepted.
When MIR. Boucicault abandoned Lon
don in 1876, l suggested taking smaller
house for my residence as a matter of econ
omy. He fully assented and aided me in
selecting cheaper dwelling, to which re-
moved. After short interval he refused
to give me any means of support, and 1
was compelled to sell my only home and
take refuge in humble lodgings with my
family. pawned my trinkets and should
have been reduced to destitution but for
the goodness of George Boucicault, who
made me loans from time to time. The
generous sympathy of the brother so en-
ragged Dion Boucicault that he covered him
with abuse, and it is to this gentleman and
his family that he refers when he says l
encouraged associates of such character
that she alienated her elder children"
IL 10 u uC -. l)dIlOW HAS Deeu OC-
cupied the past three months trying to in
duce Mr.. Boucicault to allow me modest
income. He consented to pay me So, 900 a
year on condition that would give up my
younger children to his entire control. He
well knew that would give up my life as
readily, and his proposition was therefore
pretense. My present legal adviser has
this "deed of trust" in his hands. As
some reflections have been cast upon Mr..
Barlow, may add that my change of coun-
sci was caused by Mr.. Barlow's absence
from the city at a time when immediate
action was necessary.
Mr. Boucicault has frequently boasted
that he settled ON me bis % New York es-
tate in 1860" This simply means a house
in East Fifteenth street, which he put in
my name. 1t was bought, in great meas
ure, with money l earned, and was mort
gagged for more than its value by HIM. For
twelve years he continued to appropriate
the entire rent, which amounted to over
$40, GOO. What | have since received has
barely paid taxes and repairs At the same
time he put his "Chicago estate" in my
name, consisting of five unproductive lots.
1t was IN like manner earned by me. From
1872 l have paid the taxes ON the estate"
in question.
Mr.. Boucicault has INDUCED in dispara-
ging remarks, meant to injure me socially
and professionally, but when the history
of my case comes to be related in open
Court am sure the public will not refuse
to do me justice, and ask no more
Very respectfully,
AGNES R. BoUCICAULT.