Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-30
xMxA ABBorrs surr.
Legal Proceedts1s A0a1sst Jols Dssws,
the Colorado millionaire. for the 6esn-
daJews Use Of Her Name.

time since Evans brought suit against Roth
acker& Field, proprieturs OF the Denver 1rib
xne, for defamation of chsractrr caused by thu
publication of certain articles rejecting upor
the suit was followed by various attacks upon
Evans through The columns Of the paper. On
the occasion OF Miss Abbott's engagement II
Denver, In the early part Of September, thu
subjoiued paragraph appeared in the Tribvse
'1Deacon John Evans will be ct the opera
tonight, front row parquet, with . double.
barrel marine glass; He wouldn't miss the
bed chamber scene in Sra Diavolo' for the
profit of dozen libel suits, the sly red
rooster"
On the following day another article Of 9
similar character appeared with the additional
information that Deacon John Evans was seer
at the opera on the preceding night intensely
interested In the bsdchamber scene.
Evans thereupon instituted proceedings
against Rothacker q Field for criminal libel
and the grand jury Of Denver found true bills
of indictment against them. The first bill
does not mention Miss Abott's name, but
merely alludes to her as "a singer" The sec
ond bill, however, gives her name, and adds,
that in impersonating character IN the bed
chamber scene Of the opera Of Ezra Diavola, y
she ibid indecently disrobe herself" Roth,
acker & Field were required to give bonds In
the sum of 5000 each, the bondsmen being
United States Senator's Hill and Teller, ex.
Gov. Routt and ex-Gov. Tabor.
After leaving Denver, Mr.. Wethsrill wal
informed BY some Of his friends In Colorado
of the scandolous use Of his wiie's name, and
was urged by them to institute legal proceed
ings against the responsible persons. He i'm
medately wrote to Denver, requesting copies
of tho Indictment, which he received In q few
days. $50 q
Mr.. Wetherill last evening to Pyess reporter,
ION account Of my wife. Those who have
ever seen her play in Fra Diavolo' know full
we'll that there il nothing immodesi
or even suggestive in her acting or up.
pearauce. I have consulted with DunniDg
Edsill, Hart & Fowler, of New York, my law !.
yers, and the reeult is that shall bring suit
for $10o, 600 damages against Evans for the
defamatory use Of my wlfe's name. We in-
tend to bring him to New York to see the
whole thing through. The whole matter is
the outcome Of libel suit brought BY Evans
against the proprietors Of the Denver Tribxne
for the publication of an article accusing
Evans Of having robbed people out Of large
sums of money by means Of railroad scheme.
the Tribuse took occasion to assail Evans
through its columns, and when my wife
appeared In Denver two paragraphs appeared,
involving the name Of Evans in an
IndelIcate way. Personally, don't believe
Evans was at the opera. BE is very wealthy
worth probably LOON, 600 or $3,000, 00o-snd
is . proiessed Christian. intend to sue
Evans because, as the prosecuting witness
against the Denver Tribu.e, he made state
ment which furnished the basis OF the two
indictments, therefore he alone Is responsible
for the language and names used In them. Al
though innocently involved in this scandaloue
affair, my wife has suffered more than anyone
else, and intend to make Evans pay for Il. .
"Oh, my!" exclaimed Miss Abbott, with q
deep sigh, upon being told last evening BY the
reporter that the matter was going the rounds
Of the press. "Ohl just to think Of IT, she
continued, sinking down upon sofa in the
parlor OF the Continental hotel. with largo
tear-drops trickling down her cheeks
evil never have any peacei This is scandal.
ous." Here the little singer evinced deep em-
otion and sought to wipe away the tears which
were flowing thick and fast. 'sIt eeems to me
that am destined to be forever in hot water
There 10 nothing suggestive In the bed. cham
Der scene In Fra Diavolo.' suppose It could
be made 80 but have always avoided anything
of the kind When retire il that scene ]
wear the very same dress that I wear al
through the opers, the only difference being
that remove the head-dress and the little six
oversk,rt, which leaves ne in white dress
with over sleeves and cut square at the neck.
It is literally impossible to detect any.
thing immodest or suggestive in that cos.
tune. From infaa cy my record has been OF
such character that I would not object to it.
publication in every newspaper in the world.
Yet, with all that, my name is brought MP in
this scandalous connection. Oil It II too
much to bear. heard OF this matter when l
was in Denver, but supposed that it would
end right there where it started; but, instead,
it il going all over the country. have taken
no legal steps In the matter. have no tune
to dip in law, and II had, know nothing OF
such matters. II any action il taken my hus-
band via attend to It."