The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-28
4 sCALPER'S SUIT.
AN Sued for Nevada's
L-4 Illness.

If Thomas Grant and M.
The Sa'[ came up for trial yesterday
E. Hay TYl.tice of the Peace Smith, The
Pl'in ns rsoover 1929 each Tor losses sIs-
sue to l 4prongh failure of J. H. Maple
to keep faith With the sn Pg6iaG a [ Of
SOD y h the advertised aP 1psan ol
ule. ME- tbe plaintiffs and W. ID. l.:
;ented +I tud defense. A large number OF
Barnes LIS rsre in attendance and mani
salpseIs m mh concern in the pro
tested Action in the case OF the
ceedI1lgsa,r by Meyer was post
suit ,Dt;I a decision has been rendered
pOnsd US ~ s,1it. Mr.. Grant testified that
IN Gran ot the Grand Opera House on
be Sas was, ~ If the opera auction. 1t was
he gay ood that there were to be four
sDnounCH1ras and four Nevada operas.
Patti UPSatI1s to that effect was fur
A:.be6 b y the auctoners. MItne e;sl Pur-
nlsas s5 ~ premiums at the sale which Sc
chas5SS blm choice of seats. He after
cnfe9a Ht bought mezzanine boxes OF
gafas Eidridge, numbered Is, 20. q
East9o15 other tickets he secured from
nd H. He paid altogether for his
guIsiaVSi q f. 90 which was $3.50 cost and
DoIes %an n,ii Mile. Nevada was an
AV p ood to appear March 4th, but
nollIOte - do so. Witness was then tenn
tsleu IT, oCTcnsed to enable DR.. r. Palmer
p0Taln Laced on the stand by the defense.
70 % palmer testified as to Mile,
ggoov y%d general health since leaving
9ew orleans last January. he SAID that
S Ss,onel Mapleson had made every
I sa.t IN secure Mile. Nevada's ap-
enoI orce as advertised. That it was
peail. +noIl impossible for her to sing on
Bl! itb Of March. That she lost 81 500
ils a a-n y failure to sing on her nights.
l2l e' sba was paid $500 night more for
me; Sa. in this city than in any other.
1lstHSJ Mile Nevada had incurred her
LA ;as.ssS through no fault of the defend
slcAn'i The examination of Grant was
' anu -oc SIM He claimed that on the
S iH5r II March he had applied at the box
otice 10 have his money refunded, and
.5af he was referred to Mapleson, but
g ,',' to obtain an interview with
Ai Pb;Iin Fogg a scaIper, testified that
- bad been assured that Nevada would
. L. 9a as advertised and that Mr.. Dittman
haS said there would be no Dotti per-
f ,rT Ernest Morris corroborated |
this statement.
,,Eed that his money be refunded, and |
had been refused any opportunity OF
seeing Mapleson.
bridge, testified that they had simply !
qsked of Colonel Mapleson before max
ing the auction sale a clean box-sheet.
There we're no particular instructions.
/ H. Mapleson himself then took the
stand. He claimed that he had tried
bis best to suit the public. When he
found Nevada could not appear, he had
soAe to Patti, and she had positively
reused to sing three times week, and
it was not until after the tenth asking
that she consented as a special favor to
him. He paid Patti $1,000 night;
Senbach about $1,50O q month. He
bad agreed to refund the money if the
helders of season tickets would present
their entire tickets. His contract to the
public was to produce certain number
aiuperas and a certain number of sing
ers. II his singers got sick he couldn't
hdpit. The counsel then made their
closing pleas, and Justice Smith prom
iEed to render decision next Friday
moRing-Altd, of Wednesday.