The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-02-16
FULTON, THE FRAUD.
Another Chapter Proving Him
q Dead Beat.
Here is q Second Chance to
Sue for Libel.


Edwsrd Fulton, the alleged theatrica
manager, have at least heard of hin
through the columns of this paper
During his brief soiOurn here hi
proved a bonanza in the matter o.
furnishing sensations for tie press
and judging from a communication
received yesterday, he has figured il
a similar capacity in the past. The
writers are Messrs. Royce d Lansing,
of the Swiss Bell Ringers and NJ, sical
Comedy company, and it is evident
they arc well acquainted with the
party referred TO. The letter is dated
Harrisonville, Mo-, February 8, and is
as follows:
Please send US ten copies of the
SUNDAY BAzoo of January "a. We
want to mail a few copies to our
friends and the dramatic papers, and
give the Hon. % j. Edward Fulton
a little extra notoriety. There Is one
quite interesting act in your very in
teresting histo y of his exploits. and it
occurred Immediately prior to his adj
vent into Sedalia, completing the
thread from Memphis. While he was
in Memphis, acting as manager of the
Exposition theatre, he wrote US, wish
ing to eng &c our company for four
months, at a stipulated salary per
week, he to pay all expenses, furnish
all printing, etc. We were at that
time travelling in Wisconsin and meet
ing with excellent success. His finely
written and glowins letters captured
US, and i'm our childish innocense we
made a contract with him for four
months, to report for duty at Men,
phi ON December Is. We came in
of the road. discharged our advance
agent and held ourselves ready to re-
port as requested, he previously writ
ing that he would send tickets for our
transportation. When the time ar
rived for US to start We received
telegram telling US to report Deem
Der Eth in Springfield, Mo. December
9th We received notice not to come
till the 18th. All this time We were
idle and on expense. st II no tickets
came. We began to grew suspicious
and wrote and telegraphed him we.
would Not come till he had either de-
posted We. ks salary in bank o, the
express Office to our credit, or sent the
tickets as he had agreed to. In reply
to these messages we received letter
signed ".t. Neds," saying he had been
sent to Springfield by Mr. Fulton to
take charge of our company and ex-
pressing great anxiety lest he should
disappoint the noble Edward by our
non-arrival. He stated that Mr.. Full
ton was not 10 Springfield and would
not arrive there until day or so pre-
vious TO our arrival, and that it would
be too late for him to advise Fulton
that we would not come without the
money, and that he (Neds) had the
town all billed, etc. If We would
please pay our own fares, Mr.. Fulton
would certainly refund the money so
EXPENDED before We touched the stage. !
We swallowed it, and paid ST. fare,
etc., to Springfield. Arriving there,
We found that his fine pictorial wall
: aper and four-color lithos, which he |
had been having printed, and which |
Was the reason of the delay of our
opening, consisted of a one-color halt
sheet han er and a small one-fourlh |
sheet which he had had printed in |
Springfield. He had 70 money, no |
advance agent, no printing, no moth
ing No such man as 81. Neds," had |
been in Springfield, but Fulton was
there nine days before us. To cut it
short, We had our baggage attached
twice for his debts. He had no money
to move us. The box Office receipts
were attached at every performance.
He gave us all sorts of stories, about
''rich father in-law," money coming"
etc. We ried to get him to release
US FIR m our con ract, but he swore
be would sue us if we made a move
On our own account. Finally, after
aging idle in Springfield for
several days, paying our own
b ard and baggage transfer,
and after he had been turned
out of the hotels, had been arrested
and was about to he jai ed for nom
payment of board bill. he, for con-
.ideration of $40, delivered to us our
and left us free. This was
The night of December 25th. From
December 26 your paper takes up his
history: Thus one more company of
'heeced lambs" were induced to leave ,
paying route and jump 800 miles to
work for an unmitigated swindler and
confidence man. There are many 4,
,ther interesting episodes in connec- .
ion with his affairs in Springfield and ,
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