The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-01-07
BERTHA'S BREAK.
A Young st. Louis Lady Who is
WOOpd and neGds d tOa
scamp.

IL Was stated in the kHr 49, Civ papers
yeet. ,day that di.s Beri"a w~-'b'o"k,
you & lsdv who is known To- several par
ties in ihi- CITY ard also vel known In
81, Louis. wher. her pr IS rrslte and
where he bad won s me- tame in smatrur
tb.a,ric,l circles, hai it under an en-
espem.nt 10 the Aga Hrr"don COM
nav. marti.i III Ri 4, mem
Der of the c'mpsn, wt"m s.e
had known only one week. In
.ccordar CO with di -p.rch-s fro" Mime
apoiis, inn. il sPpers th't hr q is
scouudrei IF the deepest Eye and vas at
one time sentenced To 1 pm e"tIaIy Tor
eft en- years for SD ntir,cIous a>ssuit on
n young actress named % p-' n. lie was
ut The Time IF III crime n rrady m Tried
man, but his wife ecur.d niv"1ce from
him. He was fna ~ rdonrd ""d OF
late has been member OF tie Agres
Hernd ID c"mpspy. Mis- I'll ndor"r Ms
Jess..l, was formerly sid ut OF
Sedslia and she and her hu-b'nd re- we'll
kuowu here. For 'hs lat twriv- or four
teen years she has hecn end-sy"riog TO
gain a recognized place among theatrical
tsrs. but WI Indifferent SUCCESS AUD
while it is hardly possible th-r she would
enter into any conspiracy vi IA Rir' to en-
trap Miss Westbrook. yet she evidently
did nothing to prevent her "a srriage with
Him. as it was stated she treated them TO
an elsbor lie vine ,uppe alter h. ir mar
rage Possibly she might hav. wish. Il
70 rid herss IF an unwelcnme a IA FER 4
the flowing dispatch from Kansas City
can be beiiev.d:
Kansas City, Mo, Drcenbrr 80 IL now
develops that the 20 rriage OF nIss T. ha
Westbrook, the ST. Loui, lady who recently
made ner debut In ne AgUe, iternd"n
company, and Mr.. Harry Preston, il -
pears was in love with Miss iierndon. or
Mrs JesseI, as che is known in private life,
and shortly after his marriage wItn Miss
We. tbruok auu"unced thai iL as to spite
the fair star that n 10, The IT matrlmo-
niat. Some days ago F. estOm indlted a
gushing We letter TO Mrs herndo' AT
this MIR J.ssei who is man ger. took Of
tense and a very war eDsued. hut without
serious results. Much sympathy istx-
pressed by theatrical propie COW in the
city for Miss W@stbroos, and resiOn's
conduct is vigorously chndeInn"d. Has
name in prisa,e life is Henry X ID, and
n. - the son of a practicIng physician II
ing. ---s
Another dispatch from Cincinnati also
makes interesting re tding and ii is not
much wonder that Miss We>Ibrook's pa
rents in Louis are almost crazy over
their daughters escapsde'
Cincinnati, o., Dec. 30.-Hsl Reid, the
young actor, who was I'D FRIED in Kansas
City a few days ago. has an unssvory
record in this CITY. He came to Cincin. |
natl from Cedarville, O., about fifteen
years sgo and lived with his paren,s, who
we're respectable poop and relatives of
Hon Whitelaw Reid. on West Eighth
street. Reid first came into notice 10y
rnnsw way match niIh NJ Iao-WitLe-s,
. beautiful Kentucky girl, daughter
of Col. Wirhers, we'll known TOBACCO
dealer. He treated his vile most shame-
fully, and on one occasion ran her around
the house with butcher knife. His cruel
ETY. forced her to desert him an" he kid
mapped the child, which he was finally
forced to surrender 10 its moIber when she
obtained deer of divorce. Reid went
from Cincinnati to Minneapolis. leaving a
number oil creditors. The young lasn was
regarded here as liberlin-, absolutely
Without principle. His conduct drove him
10 flight, and he has never since visited
Cincinnati,