St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-11
CLEVERLY OUTwITTED.
Row st the AIcazar--HOVy a Courts
Order Was Disregarded:

CLEVERLY OUTwITTED.
Row lt the AIcazar--HOw a Courts
Order Was Disregarded:
Newell & Fielding played as sharp a trick
last night as ever Deputy Sheriff j. II. Ege
was ever the victim of. He came into the
Alcazar armed with three injunctions, in
spite of which the play, The Private
Tutor" was carried to a finish and Field
ing had public laugh at Eyes expense.
Babcock and Davis, attorneys for A. NJ.
Palmer, Denman Thompson and
John StetSon, yesterday entered suit
against the AlcaZar people and Newell
& Fielding. and Judge LOchren caused an
Injunction to issue in each case to restrain
Newell & Fielding from playing 1.-The
Private Tutor" Joshua Whitcomb" and
Confusion. Palmer claims the sole right
to present the Private Secretary" from
which the Tutor differs slightly. and
Thompson and StetSOn claim respectively
the right to play Joshua Whitcomb" and
Confusion, billed by Newell q Fielding.
IN each case bond of $1,000
was given and an injunction placed
in the hands of Deputy Sheriff Ege.
The AlcaZar was crowded to repletion last
night, the crowd for the most part expect
ing trouble, though the facts were not
known. AT $50 o'clock John Fielding
came before the curtain and madea speech.
He claimed the Secretary and Tutor"
were different plays. ''lf they enjoin the
Secretary" he said, ''we'll play the 'Tu-
tor, and if they enjoin the Tutor Well
play it anyhow; and if that's contempt, all
right" And they did play
it. Deputy Eye appeared on
the back floor. armed with two stalwart po-
lice officers and backed by Attorney Davis.
He mentioned the writ to one of the Field
ings, who mildly requested him to wait
until the first act was over. This Eye
agreed to do, and the play went on. But
when the time came for the end of the first
act the curtain was not dropped and no sign
was made. Eye did not know
the act was over, and Attorney
Davis grew impatient. ''We'l be the
laughing stock OF the town." he said, but
still Ege eXtemporized. The play went on,
and the second act glided into the third.
Finally, at the urgent talk of Mr.. Davis,
Mr.. Eye, with his stout policemen, climbed
over the stage and disappeared behind the
scenes, the side door having been locked.
The players looked up, but the play went
on, and finally ended. Then Fielding APP
peared and jeeringly said: 1--WE said we'd
play it, and we did. The injunction has
been served, and tomorrow Wen try our
case. Tomorrow night we play as usual"
So the injunctions utterly failed. and the de-
putty sheriff, after having made IA holy
show Of himself" " failed TO stop the play.
The crowed jeered and laughed and the
Alcazar people smiled and winked. MI
Davis had disappeared.
HOW IT BEGAN.
Tlo
Newell & Fielding were billed to open at
the Alcazar last niget for the week, and
advertised TO present The Private Tutor
Confusion. F" Dreams" Joshua Whit
comb" ''MuldoOn's Picnic" My Awful
Dad" ''215' and ''Hidden Hand" 1t
transpires that The Private Tutor
bears a striking resemblance to 1.-The Private
Secretary" copyrighted play controlled
by A. NJ. Palmer, the manager of the dime
museum at Market hall When Mr.. Field
ing applied to the Alcazar for dates. Mr.
Palmer was manager Mr.. Fielding alleges
that he telegraphed Mr.. Leland, not know
ing that Mr.. Palmer was in any way con-
nected with the house, but that the latter
opened the telegram and wired the
laconic and cynical reply, I'VE want
nothing to do with pirates" However, the
Comedy Ideals succeeded in getting dates,
Mr.. Palmers connection with the AlcaZar
having been severed. and when the COM
pany arrived there were rumors rife of
threatened Injunction cases, etc. Mr..
Fielding was defiant, and announced that
despite any local power The Private Tutor
should be presented, which is dramatiza-
ton OF the same novel from
which the Private Secretary's" denoue-
ment was taken. Having been notified by
correspondents here of the repertoire of
the Comedy Ideals. telegrams were yester-
day received from Den Thompson from
Butte City to stop the production of
Joshua Whitcomb," and from John Stet-
son to stop Confusion" and legal steps
were taken.
During the afternoon it was reported
to Mr.. Fielding that a warrant
had been sworn out for his arrest. He at
once visited the chief of police, who had
heard nothing Of the matter Mr. f. then
made arrangements TO secure immediate
bail in the event the threatened arrest was
made. The excitement and feeling en-
gendered by the controversy led to a per-
sonal encounter III the AlcaZar effice. in
which Mr.. Newell and Mr.. Palmer were
the principals. Mr.. Fielding had the best
Of the tiStic encounter in the first round.
sending Mr.. Palmer to grass with a right
handler delivered from the shoulder Friends
then interfered and the battle ceased.
To a GLOBE reporter yesterday Mr.
Fielding of the Comedy Ideals said: ''No
man can stop my producing The Private
Tutor While it is dramatization of the
novel which furnishes the foundation for
the Private Secretary it is different play
and is not affected by the Private Secretary
copyright. l played it in New Y ork and the
owner of the copyright attempted to stop
me. but he found that he had no case and
quit. L shall continue to play the Private
Tutor and defy Mr.. Palmer and his hosts"
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