Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-10
HAVERLY HALTED
BY His Creditors in Mid Career-They
Want Their Money and Therefore
Put an End to the
Mastodon Managers Little Game with
the Chips to Which He Owes All
His MisfOrtunes.
specisl Correspondence Of the Appeal

NEW YORK, June THE failure OF al ack"
Hsverly, IN some respects the greatest the
strical manager Of the age, is the seusation
Of the hour. Many are Of the opinion that
he is ruined man, while his friends say |
that his embarrassment is only temporary; |
that he has been in bad circumstances before |
and pulled through, and that he will be GER
tain to weather this storm, and come out all |
right in the end. Speculation in Colorado |
mines and in Wall street are said 10 be the |
prime causes of his downfall, but it is |
strongly hinted that Mr.. Haveriy has never
been able to entirely wesn himself from his
early associations aud thst the faro. bank hiss
also come in for a large share Of The i'm
mense profits of his theatrical enterprises.
OF course no one knows just how Mr.. Hav-
erly does 81 and, and at best all information
concerning his financial status is but guess
work. The Fourteenth Street Theater passed
out of his hands yesterday morning, the
lease, under an attachment, passing into the
hands of Messrs. Colville and Gilmore, to
secure a debt for $4,000 borrowed
money. The attachment, according to
the papers in the case, was granted
against the property of john II. Hayerly
and Charles II. Mcconnell, his partner. Ii
was further specified tn st the suit was brough hit
on behalf Of Edward q. Gilmore and Samuel
Cclyille TO recover from Haverly and HE
partner S13 600 for moneys lent and sdvanced
TO the defendants. Judge DOnohue granted
similar attachment against the same de-
PENDANTS on q claim against them by the
American Exchange National Bank for ST., !
300 The Gilmore and Colville attachment
was issued on the ground that the defendants
/ are ron-residenls of this State, being, as al
| legged, residents OF the State OF Illinois.
/ There will pro5sbly be other attachments
| against Mr.. Haverly, but the amount cannot
be learned Jet.
| INTERVIEW WITH HAvERLY.
The Herald this morning publishes the
| following interview:
Mr.. Hsverly sat in his rooms at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel yesterday engaged in debating
correspondence, when q Herald reporter called
upon him. He made no attempt to conceal
| or distort the true state of affairs. "The
| simple fact Of the matter" he said, sis that
| at present l am embarrassed. The trouble
will be temporary. No one shall suffer from
it. Every obligation which have assumed
/ am positive will soon be in position to
discharge"
"The Fourteenth Street Theater has, how.
ever, passed out of your handsp
"For the time, yes; do not know but th al
l may be able tomorrow or next day to set
| tie the claim Messrs. Gilmore and Colville
have against me. 1t is fair claim. Both
| gentlemen treated me with all consider alton
in urging il, and l doubt whether one or the
other would have pressed me hard had moi
their attorney chosen from prudential mo
tives to secure them against The possibility
of loes."
"What WAS the nature OF the clsim?"
GAS stated in the legal papers, it was FOL
money lent me. l had occasion to use Sl3,
600, which the two gentlemen furnished me
| nj which / nladoad no la.s
of the theaier. l did not fancy there woult
be any difficulty about making a seltlemen
soon, and they were perfectly satisfied. Blu
something appears to have alarmed them
, and as / was not prepared to meettheir clsin
at once turned over the lease of the theate
; as agreed"
NO UNSUCCESSFUL THEATRICAL VENTURES
r "Have your financial difficulties been du
to unsuccessful theatrical venturesP
5 "Quite the contrary" said Mr.. Haverly
with emphasis. 81 have been successful il
all my theatrical undertakings. From tn
| time / embarked in dramatic enterprises
have had good fortune which falls to ie,
men. / enlarged my business, l multiple
my attractions, but they prospered, and non
looking back over all Of them, there are YER
few that strike me as having failed TO re
| ceive fair measure of success. At tn
1
r | doing we'll. OF them / have no cause
, complain. Had l attended to them alone,
| would not have got myself in a positio
which, temporary though il ne, is naturs
/ cause Of annoyance, and which l have n
1 doubt will furnish material for exaggera rate
. and highly colored rumors."
ITO what are your embsrrassments, ther
a owipg2"
: 40 mining operations. Like many other
/ was eager to become wealthy too fast, an
. l engaged in enterprises which did not rea
izs all they promised, and in some which re
quired considers able outlay and considerable
time 10 wait for them to psy. Having occs
1 sion to use money constantly, il can be read
!. ly understood how at this juncture chance
10 be embarrassed. 1t is an unpleasant el
perience. But hope to be able 10 tide owe
I my difficulties in very short time"
"Your other ventures will not be affecte
f by this7"
j "Not at all. Ny theaters will run on Jul
the same and my combinations will keep O
the road with as much success, hope,
, | usual"
As the reporter took his leave, Mr.. Havel
ly said again: Theatrical business hss a
!. ways gone well with me. / have learned Ii
wisdom OF sticking to 1t aud leaving specI
. lstive enterprises alone"
2 Interviews with MessEs Gilmore aud Co
willie are also published, in which they sa
that the attachment was taken out by thei
attorneys as prudent means to secure thei
against any possible loss; that Mr.. Haverl
has acted honorably with them, and tn
they hope and expect that he will soon BE @
his feet again. Haverly has the sympath
of the public, and every one believes that /
will soon retrieve his fallen fortunes.