The Evening critic., 1881-11-11
EMMA ABBOTT INsuLrEp.
Her Disrobing Scene in EZRA Din
yolO" the Occasion OF Libel Suit
instituted by n Baidheadch Den


Her Disrobing Scene In ERA Din.
yoIo" the Occasion of Libel Suit
instituted by Baidhepdch Dem
ycritc.
A dispatch from Denver to tho Kansas
City Times says that information has been
received there that Miss Emma Abbott, the
well-known piima donna, will institute
proceedings against the grand jury for the
scandalous use of her name in the indict-
mcnts found against o. II. Rothacker and
Eugene Field, editors of the Denver Tri.
Jne. Mr. Eugene T. Wcthcrcll, who Is
Miss Abbott's husband, sent for copies of
the indictment last week, and they have
been forwarded to him. Interesting dcvel-
opmcnts may be expected within few
days. The first indictment reads as fol-
lows:
"That ono John Evans, of tho County of
Arapahoe aforesaid, before aud at the time
of publishing the false, scandalous, mali
cious and dcfamatory libel hereinafter men
toned was married man and man OF
family, and of the age, to wit, of 60 years;
and the said John Evans was then and
there, and long before aud from thence,
hitherto hath been and still Is u professor
of the Christian religion and member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in the city
of Denver, in the said County of Arapahoc,
in good standing; and the said John Evans
during all that time hath demeaned and
conducted himself as q man Of good morals
and virtuous department, and in
manner becoming u protesting
Christian and church member. That
before and at the time of publishing the
false, scandalous. malicious and defamatory
libel hereinafter mentioned, notice and ad
vertiscmcnt had been given and made Mt
the said City of Denver that on, to wit, the
night of the 18th day of September, in the
year of our Lord, 1881, aforesaid, certain
opera called Fra Diavalo would be sung,
acted, and presented by n certain company
of singers that in one part Of said opera a
female singer is wont to represent and act
the part of young woman in her cham
Der, disrobing and preparing to go to
bed.
"And tho grand jurors aforesaid, ON their
oaths aforesaid, do further present that
Otto ii. Rothackcr and Eugene Field, late
of the said County of Arapahoe, unlaw-
fully, wckedly, feloniously and maliciously
contriving and intending to injure and
prejudice the said John Evans and de-
prive him of his good name and impeach
his virtue and reputation, and thereby to
expose him, the said John Evans, to public
hatred, contempt and ridicule, on, to wit
the 18th day of September, in the year Of
our Lord, 1881, in the county aforesaid
nnlawfully, wickedly, feloniously, and
maliciously did compose, write and
publish, and cause and procure tc
be composed, written and published, in Q
certain newspaper called the Denver 1ri-
bune, then and for u long time before that
at the city of Denver aforesaid, printed
published and circulated u certain false
scandalous, malicious and deiamatory
/ lihnl nvpracsnI htr nrintinO M and
corning tho said John Evans, which said
malicious defamation is in the words fol
lowing, that is to say:
Deacon John Evans (mcaning thereby
the said John Evans) will be at the opcrt
tonight, front row purquet, with q double
thereby the said John Evans) wouldn't
miss the bed-chamber scene in Fra Diav
olon for the profit of dozen libel suits
| the sly rcd rooster.
Meaning and intending thereby tina
the said John Evans would attend the sale
opera in order to see that part aforesaid O
the said opera in which the said femal
singer disrobes and enacts the part of I
young woman retiring to bed as aforesaid
meaning and intending thereby that thu
said John Evans was person of bas
morals and low and libidinous prOpensities
they, the said Otto II. Rothacker ant
Eugene Field, then and there well knowing
the said defamation libel to be false, to til,
great damage, scandal and disgrace of tn
said John Evans, and to the evil example o
all others, contrary to the form of the stat
ute in such case made and provided, AM
against the peace and dignity of the peopl
of the State of Colorado
Messrs. Rothacker and Field were require'
to give bonds in the sum Of 81, 900 each, TIN
bondsmen being United States Senators Hill
and Teller, cxGovcrnor Routt and cx-Gov
ernor Tabor