Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-12-13
THEATRICAL THAahpf'
Killing Of an Actress Ia q clneinlA''
Thealer,
A Sensational rsA,srs % Am.'s"'"
Nh,.h sbouid Be stoppsa'

bensa'i"nAt tfN"f ~
Wh,eh shouid hs s."ppsa'
The play Of "Si Bloeuui," presented ~
Cincinnati o., epded willl q real tlaseuy
Al q matinee VI tho Coliseum stss"
4 the conclusion OF Tho ioui,h aes
Frank Fnyae's company wsH ileyihs,
with Fnyne es si s'oea,h aHe ,sa,a s
Annis Won behren IN ara iss"
b,Ocum, The LOuse u q new php'
ani has Only been Ia use Two Sepsa
II was Thanksgiving Day, ana poln
people and performers Weie W sup'
humof and ia apparently pefiee' h1Nps'
thy with each other, Tie people appear
ed delighted, and applauded Hele!pa''y,
aud lhp performers we're h'ih,a'ateu w
tue Top OF their bent Everything weh'
on brilliantly I'LL tho epd 0l lho ipu'h
ac,, where tue villain, Markham who
bus cap uIel ri sl0cnln, h'yh' ~
nave you nhoot the apple OH your whNs
head and with tho bickwaid h,N'
Miss Anuie Won Behren, who has pe'n
~ that lole for two yraI-' peihl ns,lAk
hat character aimee the death ~ ifaNh
ffayle's own wife. was In the Character
OF Ruth this afternoon, Bile SUPP oi
gayly to her post, where ahe stood WIN
tho apple on her head, looking 'he very
porhoh'heahoh o. Wlloy u1i,.,a1 ria
Aha confidence ~ eioouhi e'I"a'" t"at ~"
mirror slowly ihe we Wan 'u,',! 's
away, His aim was deliberate aud SLOW
aud lac was never mOie steady OF nerve
Baugl went tue ride. The vi pie didn't
,All ou' inc g.,i oloppeu ~" Sn,i
backward on ,hS moor, WIN WILL 49, "S,
hea'y mua' ahu tno nPP'uu ,'''ea ,e''o 80 'va,
toward the iooillghn, he' t"V '%a
partly hiuuth poh'hn v we La
,eohoa WIN 'he ha'n " -
'myho hiihseh hpf@hH W. Au '"u In
hhoi anu farming tpWnIu ho'' 'a1 "
wa, pluhg'hg' M@sRotipH sy't ~ ""S
VII he i.h oh ,ae hoor o''''0 "''' '"'
arm resting on iier pouy' ~ T.
lho curtain 'heh 'eil o'of "n ~.
meuia'eiy tho manager ean'p p"s MY
announced ,Vat aeelueh' hau oeg"''u", .i'," u'n
nhu " was 'housht pos' w nv E,' Wv
h'th set' 'or WHICH ie,spn Wv -
won ROW emu Inc tu'n'toe Ha"' W
10 tlis ume, suspected 'u,s % "as NV, e.' 4,
PRISE introduced INTO the p'H's'Snu 'na' ' -
was mere oy'p'ay' some hau "pp'auIi'
ca NJ my however, Suspeo'eu "u nVVr
dcnf' but mono seemed 70 KNOW how
serious one. Up 10 thlS time iiu'"
oraely had been uttered on 'ho e"so,
Mrs SIoonm ieiI VITA u' hon" ""u
lay mohoniess' 81 Slneuh iay ~
swoon behind her. lhe actors weie
dhscreetIy silent A' soon US lnt cur
tain iell, Miss von Is hren was car inliy
boroe 10 her dressing room "a surgeon
arrived immediately, but " was 700 ia'o'
Ia 10 minutes ter the bullet S'ruGk MISS
Won Brhren, he was corpse frayhe
was carried to dressing room. AZ
soon as he ,ecovered sniiit,entiy, ne
came and knelt by T. Q side oi the almost
lileess girl aud pleaded WITH her 70
speak. She heard nothing and gave no
motion or other sign OF conscion4ness'
That stage was chamber OF dealh, WIN
sl its accomplishments Ihe actors
rushed to their rooms alter the deoth
scene and gave way to overwhelming
grief. Frank Frayne was taken to the
station and locked up on the charge, o'
murder! When taken there he SAID 70
the officer: make the charge as
,evere as You can make II the worst,
The ball entered MISS Annie Won BEN
ren's forehead two inches above
the left eye and half ar inch to
the left Oh the median line. The
apple on hC head rested on
hat, AMI the bottom OF the apple Wa'
four inches above the top OF tue girls
head, though, with the make mp OF her
mar ana NAV, III al,peaieu h,"cu ,euier,
The distance was 30 leet the width OF
the little stage. The shot Was Fraynes
usua' back shot, using the mirror The
plucs where the ball struck the girls
forehead Was directly ln plumb line
below the center OF the apple. The
rifle used was 22-callher breech-loader
cartridge rifle, oil the Stevens pattern,
made by Frank FraTne, and used by
him six years in this act. He says The
spring catch near the breech OF tie bar
rel, which holds it down after loading,
broke or failed, and that the stroke Of
tho hammer OF the cartridge threw the
breech up and depressed the muzzle at
the moment Of firing so as to throw tho
ball downward. He further says that,
with the apple placrd as it Was, fairly
good shot would never miss 1t, except