The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-08
COLLINS COLLAPSE.
The Former Fly Manager of the
Opera House Fails to Stand
ON "His Last Legs"
So He 1Skips BY The Light OF
The MOOn,o Leaving q Num-
Der of Mourning Creditors.

Notwithstanding the fact that he
had been the recipient of "a cOmpli-
mentary benefit" and appeared before
quite large audience of his admir-
ers at the opera mouse Monday night,
Charles FL. Collins, ungrateful of the
plaudi's of admiring gallery gods, aft
er gobbling all of the available Doodle,
quietly departed to a climate where
the SUI kers grow more luxnriant.
The handsome manager of the opera
house was the idol of the dudes and
the admiration of the dudines of the
city, and poignant will be their grief
when the learn that the elegantly at
tired figure of The graceful Charles
will not be Observant on our streets
again, and that no more will they be
the recipients of his Chesterfieldian
bows and winning smiles. But there
is another class of citizens who regret 4
the departure of the versatile and elPS
giant Charlie. They are gentlemef~
mature years, and their grief:lada
voices are heard ascending
Heaven, the burden of their wall be,
ing, ooh, that | should be caught for
a sucker in my old age
Charles III. Collins came to this
city last August and leased Woods
opera house for term of years, but
so far as can he learned he failed to
put up a dollar at the time. and has
been in debt to DR.. Wood more or
less ever since. Nothing was too good
for the dashing manager, and being
possessed of ratherg good address he sue
ceeded in ingratiating himself into the
esteem and confidence of quite a num-
Der of our best citizens. Mr.. Collins
income would not support him in the
luxury and style which he affect
ed, and as a natural consequence
he soon found himself involved in
debt and pressed by creditors, who in
the early days of his residence here
he scarcely deigned to notice. Finally
he found it necessary to surrender his
lease of the opera house, retiring from
the management considerably in debt
to DR.. Wood.
Some days ago some of Mr.. Collins
admirers, doubtless at his solicitation,
rendered the impecunious manager .
complimentary benefit at the opera
house. The performance was to take
place Monday night, Mr.. Collins ap-
pear, ng in the comedy, the title of
which appeared peculiarly appropri-
ate, His Last Legs" Before the
evening for the performance arrived,
however, some Of the amateurs in the
cast, ascertaining something
of Collins true character,
excused themselves, and In conse-
quence the entertainment degenersted
into mere farce, and those who were (!
so unfortunate as to take part were
guyed numerically by the gallery :.
gods, who recognized in this golden
opportunity. III is supposed, how
ever, that Collins realized about $50
from his benefit, with which amount
he quietly departed Monday night.
Mrs. Collins frequently remarked
during her residence in this city that
she could not tolerate poor people.
IF this is the case, all viii doubtless
pity the poor woman in her present
unhappy situation.
Just what the liabilities of the ex-
amount to is not known, but
several victims have been heard from
and it is probable that the aggregate
will reach a considerable sum.