Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-28

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/ II was not until YESTERDAY afternoon.
| whtp en- application 10 bail a.. W osne
| was made In The JefEerson. Market ronee
| Court BY Couufellor * A. L. 6oiSes' soas
|,It WIS known ~ the court tnAt 'vr on,y
| surviving son OF tho composer, Michael
| william BARE. had been IN eel on pcuy
| charge Of sgsault and battery STAGE fss'
| Monday. pfhat day short. spare, gym
| metrIcnlly bsill, man Of middle axe. Win
| Keen bit honest ii,;e eyes. German east
| OF features. thin, brown hair. ana 2 stuvpte
beard, and who was in the garb on WORN
iurmarl. was arraigned before Justice Pat
! terson. Court-OfLser Joseph J.. Gardener
Ind arrested him AZ go Broofne street on
The couatlain, az Ellen Thompson, oil NO.
! 10 yarick street. who made affidavit that
on saturday the prisoner had knochen her
| down.
The pr,soncr. on his formal examination.
! said. with pronounced Lngnsh accent
!" I'm not guilty; l never raised NY h'nu
! against woman In my life, ana ) can
! prove if." He signed bis name 10 nrul'
| hold hand. VI. w. Balie; said be was forty
| siv vears old. and gas-f!fier. His explana-
| ton OF the quarrel with the complainant
no, being satisfactory TO the magistrate. ne
was committed TO stand trial at the Conrt
Of General Sessions in default Of $500 bail.
| when. Yesterday afternoon, the lawyer
1 told Justice Patterson th9t be would be
! able TO fnrnish bail for Bale, he incident
aIly mentioned the prisoners relationship
10 the author Of the bohemian Girl"
| reporter OF the Tines subsequently talked
! with Mr.. Bale in the examlnatioD-room.
The prisoEer's conversation showed t3a'
no was wel-edgeated man, and that he
! could sreak German. French, and Italian
| duentlv. He spoke frankly OF his life and
| consented 10 tell az aueh Of bis romantic
| career az he remembered. His father, he
said. was Mchal william Bale, the COM
poser, who was born IN Ireland. auu VINO
| married Lena Toser. a Hungarian pri'na
| donna. whom be met In Italy. The narri-
! tor was one Of four children. His oniy
brother died when very young. one oil
| his sisters, L0nisa, married NaXimili9n
| Behrcnd. Dantzic graIn-nerchant OF I'M.
| rpense wealth, who had a chateau at STRESS,
near DantZic. and town residence in Ber-
lin. The other sister, Victoria. had a hqe
voice. ard became prima donna. While
! singing az ST. Petersburg she won the heart
| of Sir John Fiennes CHAMPION, the British
| Ambassador, who married her. She was
| subsequently divorced from him, and mar
| rcd one Of the richest erandees OF spain,
the Duque de Frias.
Michael William. the "ne'el-do'well "
Of the family, was born In 1875, either IN
Regent street or ut No. 10 Piccadilly. Lon
| don. He was educated at the Royal
Academy NJ Gosport. and was destined for
the Royal navy, but in playing hockey he
was struck on the ankle by bail ana per-
manenty incapacitated for the service. lie
was placed under the care Of clergyman
at Bath with view OF his mastering the
preliminary examination at oxford. lie
tired OF study and importnned his indul-
gent mother until she consented to bis
going TO Dantzic 10 his brother-in-iaN'
MaximiIian Behrend, who also spoiled him.
although he put him in his ofbce. Micnael
William tired OF the routine OF an Office
and the luxury of his sisters chateau, and
when he was fifteen years old he went 70
sea in one OF his brOther.in-law's vessels.
Upon reaching London he proceeded 70
enjoy himself regardless OF cost, using
two letters Of credit which Behrend had
Given him. Finally BehreUd's agents told
him they would not give hIm any more
money TO sguander. The boy promptly
sought out his fathers lawyers. procured
money from them. and started alone TO fnd
his f9inily in Italy. His route was Paris.
Lyons, and Turin. where he Joined
The SON Of banker, and going to Milan,
put up and lived in grand style OF the
Hotel della MaIinO. Once satiated with
gaiety he wrote 70 his mother, asking for
money to Join her In Venice. She showed
the letter 10 Bale, who wrote to his son
that he. had found out how to get 10 Milan,
and that he could go home by the way he
came and GS best he might. The hoy
wrote again TO his mother. telling her that
II she did not make haste there would be
large bill TO pay at the Hotel della MariD0.
She took the hint, went TO Milan. paid the
bill, and her son went back with her 10
Venice, where Bale first sc0,ded him and
then petted him.
soon afterward BaIfe decided that bis
son should complete his knowledge vi GER
man, and put him at a school at 81. Goqar-
hAuscn. Three months later Michael Vii.
liam walked out of the institution, saying
he was tired Of study. and putting MP az
the principal hotel OF the place. wrote 70
Brother-in-aw BehreDd for funds. saying
that be was not treated well al tue school
and would like to 60 into an oflice again.
Bchrend sent him some money with which
he went 10 Glasgow, Scotland. soon
afterward the Marquis OF Down.
shire procured bin commission IN
the East India Company's service,
and he went to Calcutta, where he
reported at Fort William, and WAS sent
TO Meerut, forty miles from Delhi, TO join
the Thirty-second East India Company's
regiment. When he arrived he found the
regiment cut 10 pieces, and was attached
10 the Seyeniy-iifth Foot. The muiiny
was over, and the Ensign did years duty
at 200 rupees per month. He bad no field
service. and, firing OF hs profession, ten
dered bis resignation, which the command
ing officer declined 10 accept. Michael
William, however, sailed for England to
find that his father and mother were at 81.
Petersburg with his sister Victoria, who
was about 10 become Lady Champion.
After idling Tor some time and being
snubbed by his father for his shiltleSsness
he tried various business enterprises. but
failed in each. He went to London. and, TO
his mothers intense disgustand his fathers
eternal displeasure, married Nora MagIin, a
nursery governeSs and the daughter OF
merchants clerk. She is now living in
this city, and is the mother OF two dau gh
tiers, Maude Lena, nineteen years old. and
Victoria, thirteen years old. Upon hear
Ing Of the marriage all young Baife's mo-
ther would do was TO furnish rooms for the
NOuBl tOupit ~ htuticu lVNH anu uitht
them a small allowance.
Young Balfe got along as well d he
could until 1865, when he, with fluids adj
vanced by his mother, came TO New York.
He had about el00, and soon spent the
money. Then he looked in vain for en-
ployment until he was engaged rs usher
by Manager Davis, Of the New York The
! atre, where Lucy Rushton was playing.
There Gasftter Hudley taught the Young
stranger his trade, and Michael William
was soon able TO leave the theatre, where
he was paid 81 a night. and go into busi-
ness for himself. He invented light for
bakers ovens, which, II managed by
man OF greater business tact, might have
| yielded him 4 large sum. but it merely
| eked out living for him, al
though TO this day it Is used in
every large city in America. His
father died in Surrey, England, in 1870,
aud Michael William, when he heard OF ii.
| wrote touching letter 10 his mother ask
| inc her what she desired him 10 do. In
her reply she asked him IL no wanted TO
come back 10 England, and he returned
answer that he would prefer having little
ready cash. She sent him 500 or $500,
which was soon spent, aud in a year he
took blacksmith's-shop In south Fifth
avenue, between Houston and Blocker
streets, only to be tired OF the venture in
/ "A L. H. h.