Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-04-02
They ALL DO 1T.
Considerable Fuss Made About
a Woman ''Shinning" Up
= to a Man.
An Unsophisticated Kannuck
Captivated by Agnes
Langtry.
Freddie Stilt Basks in tho Smiles
OF the Beauty.

Special Dispatch to TnE BEE.
PHILADELPHIA, April l In the
latest news from the Lsngtry comblna'
ton the central figure is not Mrs.
Lsngtry bu. Miss Agnes Langtry,
chaperone and sister-inlaw of the
actress, who wac called to this country
by Lily to bo her travelling companion
after Mrs. Lsbouchere's departure.
Miss Agnes ie said to be sister of
Mr.. Langtry and has hitherto enjoyed
the intimate friendship of the wife,
She Is more than few years her
senior, is moderately good looking and
very sedate aud dlgnified In her man.
ner. Since joining the company sew
eral months ago she has been almost q
constant associate of Mrs. Langtry
and Gebhardt In their walks and
drives. The Times has a dispatch from
Rocheater saying that on March 18Th
the company we're on their way into
Canada and stopped at Niagara
Falls for day. With the party was q
young man from Toronto, who had
been introduced to Miss Agnes few
days before, and whose attentions to
her, 1t Is said, were almost as marked
as were those of Gebhardt to the &C.
tress. The company met at the depot
at the appointed time to take thein
departure, but Miss Agnes aud her
friend were missing. No explanation
of her absence could be given, and
when last seen she was on the Canadian
side In company with the Toronto ad'
mirer, riding from the suspension
bridge to the Clifton house, As they
were not ON hand when the train war
ready to start, the company wentwith
ont them,
Telegrams were sent back to hel
hut no Information was obtained
until several days later when lette,
came to the city requesting Misl
Agnes trunk be sent to her at once tc
Toronto. This was too much for Mrs
Langtry. She positively refused tt
send the trunk and still retains 1t
Mrs. Langtry is very angry at hel
sister in-law's conduct and is shocked
that her own dccorum did not iappir'
within her deeper sense of proprlety
Meanwhile It is serious question how
a woman can stay away two whole
weeks without her baggage, She sen
several telegrams later demanding he
things but they have not receivet
attention.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, April 1.-Franl
FL. Corbin, who leaves a wife and boy
of 8 years, has disappeared, and 1
reported to have gone west with Mis-
Lucy A. Robbins. The parties be
long In Newington, four miles from
here, but for several months pas
have resided in Hartford, as thei
intimacy In Newington made un
pleasant gossip. Last fall
reached the ear of Mrs. Corbin
and she had conference with tn
Robbins, who promised the wife, he
old sohoolmate and warm persona
friend, to abandon the affair, but tn
intimacy WAS renewed with a week
and Ccrbln brutally bossted of 1t t
his wife. Thereupon she sued for
divorce, and Corbin came to Hartfor'
and bought a drug store, which di
not prosper. Miss Robbins about tn
same time removed to Hartford an
furnished q room elegantly In one Q
the fashionable buildings. Corbi
was frequent visitor. Within a fs,
days both have disappeared, and Mis-
Bobbing told Q relative that she woul
be absent an indefinite time. She
worth nearly $4,000 In her owl
right, and Ia reported to have draw
$40, coo In cast just befosa the fight
She was belle of Newington, remark
ably handsome, highly educated, ant
had refused several advantageou
offers.