, 1889-09-12


have opened to over $4,000 that night ant
perhaps played to about $40, 900 on thu
week. was to give her $1,000 n nigh
and q third of the profits. | refused
5000 for my prospective profits of the
weeks business and the same amount
for the first nights receipts, and $40,
600 for the balance of the week. Mrs
sharon would not consent to ivy
accepting tho latter offers bcliev-
ing that they emanated from Sen.
ator Sharon, WHO would close the
house to tho public and compel heI
To play to empty benches. | could not
persuade her to play to empty benches
for even the prollered $4,000. | felt that
lcould stand II IL the senator was willing
to pay for II. The senator was likewise
credited with having approached several
members OF my company seeking to buy
them oil to desert us on the opening
night. If there was no truth in this, its
report had the desired demoral. zing
effect on the company all the same
each one regarding the other with min
gled envy and suspicion
IA few weeks subsequent to Senator
Sharon's death Judge Terry married tho
widow. | accordingly abandoned the
theatrical project and returned East"
But did you not recently undertake
to bring tho Lady before the public as a
leCturcr?"
"I did make the attempt" Mr.. Mac
Geachy continued, ''nnd in this instance
it was my own sudden sickness that
made the effort failure. | took sick
the day ! was to start from San Fran
cisco to Fresno, from which place the
tour was to begin, Suspecting that
had been bought OIL by the Sharon es-
tate, Mrs. Terry assumed the direction
of the tour herself, but owing to some
new turn her case had taken in the
courts she was unable to open the
tour"
Had Judge Terry been at last recon-
ciled to the lecturing schemeF' the re-
porter asked.
The judge was as obdurate as ever"
said Mr.. McGeaChy. 'lt was only after
repeated plcadings and afIectionate
coaNing on the part of his wife that he
yielded, and this ON the condition that
tho tour should not extend beyond the
state of California. lie opposed the
venture on the score that nc was quite
able to support his wife and the
case against the Sharon estate also. Her
argument, 10 the contrary, WIS that as
tho case had brought her an undesire-
able yet valuable publicity that the
same should be made to meet the eN-
penses OF the case. If the Californian
tour proved productive it was designed
'ls IL true chat Judge Terry was TO
lecture alternately with his wife under
your management
"Only in the east, should the tower
extend thithcr. Mrs Terry and ] got
the judge to promise that he would ~
company US and lecture in some of the
principal cities. He used to laugh
heartily over our preparations for the
California tour. He regarded IL as u
tsVg pf.s coll Ia not h.1 I..4
public were interested sufficiently to
pay an admission fee To hear her debate
OH what he termed a thread bare topic.
"Was Judge Terry wealthy"
81 only know that hc owned a 1000
acre ranch stocked with cattle, also a
300 acre vineyard and two fine resi-
dences in Fresno the latter with large
surrounding grounds and located IN the
most valuable section of the town. The
judge was over reiiCent on his own af-
iuirs, and Mrs. Terry emulated his cx-
ample All tnat know | acquired by
their casual admissions"
'What do you suppose will he the eff
feet Of Judge Terry's death on the
case?''
''l am not able to say, for the reason
that the case was never NJ any time II
topic of discussion between the Tcrrys
and myself. Indeed, IL was difficult to
A'hAAfN mliNii Nl0iAAllB AiiNlits tltN
were such central figures in great law.
suit. They never spoke of the matter To
any one Mt home. Public sentiment, |
see, Is against them, But there is this
in their favor that they were actuated
by human impulses in whatever they
did that appeared unwise or ill-tem-
pered. She was wrapt up in her case
it was her very existence. He was de.
voted To her and loyal to her.
"As happened To know well the bet
ter side of Judge Tcrry's character in re.
gard to his wife, his enjoyment of home,
his modcsty, his ability, his integrity, |
must be pardoned for speaking in his
favor as have done. Mrs, Terry's per-
sonal traits resemble her husbands 5 in
that she is Il clever woman of the strictest
honor, high pride, retiring but fearless.
There Is not the slightest doubt in my
mind but that she will he equal to the
present emergency and pursue the
Sharon estate To the last with the same
extraordinary pluck she has done in the
past five years