The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Decth of an Actress i'm New York Who Was
Supposed To Be an indianapolis Lady.

The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette yesterday
contained special from New York, which, as it
apparently concerned Miss Maude Grubbs-stage
name Maude Stuart-who has relatives here. and
whose mother, until a few days ago, was a so
journer in this city, there was no little interest
in the news. The dispatch was follows
''Maude Stuart died today, abont IL "A. NJ, at
st. Vincent's Hospital A few days ago Assist
ant Secretary Baker, of the Actors Fund, was
told that an actress named Stuart was dying in
lodging house in Clinton Place He went there
and found young, lair haired girl in the last
stage of consumption. She refused TO tell him the
name of her relatives or friends saying bitterly:
''You know what friends are at a time like this I"
By Mr. Bakers direction she was taken to st.
Vincents Hospital. Before her death Mr.. Baker
tried again and again to learn her history, or the
names of some of her friends or relatives She
shook her head at each request, but
finally said she would tell Doctor Wides,
who was attending her. When the Doctor
asked her, however, she still remained silent
Several people called yesterday at the Actors
Fund:roems who saidthey knewla Maude Stuart,
and were sent by Mr.. Baker to view the body.
There were two actresses Of that name. One IS
well known to New York play g,oers as the blind
girl in young Mrs. Winthrop" which was
played at the Madisonsquare Theater She was
anative of Indianapolis. The other Miss Stuart
played recently in 'fFavette"at the Union square
Yheater. The dead girl said that she had been
i'll for more than two months, and had last
played in New Jersey She will be buried to-
morrow by the actors fund, unless friends claim
the body"
Miss Grnbbss mother, who has for some time
been in delicate health, has recently gone to
Kansas City, and somebody in New York tele-
graphed the death to her, dispatch being sent
to New York from that place to send the re-
mains to Kansas City Miss Grubbs's father,
who is at Sherman, Tex, also received the sad
news, and telegraphed to his brother John W.
Grubbs, at Richmond, Ind, to go on to New
York for the remains.
Last evening, however. kilograms were re-
ceived by Dan NJ. Ransdell, relative of Miss
Grubbs, and Robert Lowry, correspondent of
the New York Mirror which at once alMys the
fears of relatives and friends. The dispatch
received by Mr.. Ransdell is from Rand Bros,
proprietors of the ST. Cloud Hotel New York,
where Miss Grubbs is stopping, and says: The
Maude Stuart stopping with AS is alive and
we'll" The New York Mirror folks investigated
the matter thoroughly, and telegraphed: Maude
Grubbs Stuart is here, alive and WELL Anoth-
er lady of the same name THAT is Maude Stu
art) died yesterday"
There were, it is said, three Maude Stuarts on
the American stage. 1t certainly. seems that
with judicious culling of contemporaneous
romances, enough pretty names might be found
and so distributed to avert the distressing
confusion here narrated. The father, mother,
uncle and other relatives of Miss Grubbs have
been informed by telegraph of the mistaken
identity