New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-04-24
ENSHROCDED IN MYSTERY.
Fondness for Actresses and Whose
Life Was a Mystery.


CHICAGO, April 18.-A gentleman who has
been stopping at the Hotel Richelieu since April
10, and was registered as Sidney Walters COM
mitted suicide with morphine in his room last
night. There is considerable mystery about the
case. Mr. Walters has spent money freely and
made many friends since arriving at the hotel
and there has been nothing in his behavior at
any time to indicate intention of suicide
The suicide was attred in a new and expensive
full evening dress suit, including the regulation
sWalloW-tall coat, white tie,. boutonnierre kid
gloves and patent leather shoes. He had
evidently intended to die in good form, and he
succeeded. Why he committed suicide is
not yet thoroughly developed. That he
had two or more wives ard was engaged
in several gallantres is believed to have had
something to do with it. Morris Greenburg of
this city says that Walters boarded with him in
this city in 1887, together with his wife, an
actress whose name is Malvina Renner. He
seemed to have plenty of money and lived in
good style. After residing with Mr. Greenburg
for seven months the two moved to the North
side, where they started housekeeping at 2OS La
Sale avenue: They lived in the height of style,
went in the best of society," had q grand turn
out, and were much sought after by the swell
people Of the North side An adventure of gal
lanty in which Mrs. Walters discovered her hus-
band to have been the principal led to seDara-
ton, and the wife returned to the stage. She is
said to be playing in a variety theater in Mime
apolls ut present. Her brother, George Renner,
Is treasurer of the OLYMPIC theater in this city.
TO a reporter he said: walters came to this
country eight wears ago. and seven years ago he
married my sister. His past life was always
sHRoUDED IN MYSTERY
A great many people who knew him in the old
country said that he had been deserter from
the English army, had been tried and convicted
and was just about to be transported as q con :
Vict when he esca ped and came to America He
was fearfuily wild fellow and never supported
my sister and she was coming to Chicago this
week to institute divorce proceedings He was
continually in scrapeS with other women and
several months ago, for weeks, he had three or
four and sometimes half a dozen women at the
-Lasale avenue house. where they carried on
,scandalouSly. He was gambler and spent all
he could get hold of in card playing How many
other wives he had don't know" Walters must
have notified woman at Plttsburg OF his in
tended self destruction, as a telegram was re-
.ceived to-day. signed by Mrs. Nora Ermann
A special dispatch from Pittsbu saws that Mrs
Ermann asserts that Walters was the husband Of
Estelle Clayton, the actress telegram was
received at the hotel last night from Walters
wife, dated from Cleveland She was imme-
dlately notified OF her husbands death At the
been married to Mr.. Walters about six months
He was All Englishman and a London newspa-
per man OF considerable prominence. She did
Walters. the well-known Londrn newspaper
man. Since he had been in Chicago she had re-
ceived three letters from her husband in one of
which he said he was tired Of living and want ted
to die.
KNOWN IN CLEVELAND.
- I CLEVELAND, April I'D. Sidney Walters
to this city from Pittsbu,g about two
months ago, where he was engaged as advertis-
ing solicitor for historical publishing COM
pany. Here he has been engaged in the same
business until about week ago, when he left
the city for Chicago Some years ago he was
employed in Chicago in canvas<ing for portraits
and the sale OF the history of Chicago, and pre-
yioEs to that time he was connected with Reid,
Murdoch & Fisher ana with the Grocers Regu-
lator local publication. His wife was for
merly Malvina Renner, vocalist who was
lately singing at ST. Paul For the past week
the alleged wife of Sidney Walters has been re-
siding with Rose Belmont, notorious woman
on Johnson street. She claimed that he would
have married her, but he could not obtain di-
yorce from his lawful wife, who he alleged was
Estelle Clayton, the actress.
KEPT COMPANY WITH ACTRESSES.
PITTsEURG, A. ri 1s.-Sidney Walters, who
committed suicide i'll Chicago last night, left
here about two months ago. He was engaged on
newspaper work in this city four or five weeks,
and here from Philadelphia He was
always we'll dressed, spent money freely and
stopped at one OF the best hotels in the city. He
frequently seen in the company OF aclresst s
while here
NIalvina Renner is at present with troupe
which is engaged by G. Deisting at his concert
hall, Ia Hennepin avenue. Minneapolis. She
received telegram yesterday i'll regard to Wal
ters having committed suicide, and was very
much affected. She immediately telegraphed to
her brother in Chicago to attend TO his burial,
possible. She said that Walters was her has
band, and that the woman in Chicago who
claimed 70 be his wife was an impostor,
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