The sun., 1890-01-15
JEROME HOPKINS ANGRY.
HE PEPPERS a LONDON DOCTOR WITH
EPITHETS AND POEIRK

BPITHhIb AND POETRY.
Visiting n Postal Card Daily 20 the Man
vhe wouidn't Fay for GHIs Tiekets-The
Musician Arrested, but lie Vvon't Apollo
eiEe-His Views ON British Dendbents.
cSy,rtohL 1850 bv THH suE Printing ana PublnhGno
Association.
LONDON, Jan. l4.--Jerome Hopkins, the
American musician who has been lecturinG on
music and producing his oratorios In London
and the provinces for the last nineteen months,
stands chance Of doing three months hard"
When Hopkins gave a concert in London, a
year or more ago. the namo Of DR.. Thomas
Boor Crosby. the Lord Mayors physician. and
ono Of the most eminent medical practitioners
OF London. appeared on the list OF patrons.
Hopkins said that Crosby owed him for tickets
after the concert was over, and sued him for
f8 l2s Crosby won the suit, and since then
Hopkins has been carrying on q one sided cor
respondence with him from all over England.
Hopkins's favorite method OF communica-
ton was by postal cards. and these Crosby has
been finding for year or so on his breakfast
table In Gordon Square and on his desk at Fin
church street. Sometimes the card would
carry the simple message that the Doctor was
q blackguard. thief. or perjurer. Another time
Hopkins would draw parallel between Crosby
and the late Judas lscariot. Anon skull and
crossbones would come to taunt the physician
with his professional failures, or card would
arrive containing q sketch Of duck In the act
OF 1uackinR.
Crosby stood 1t oil until Hopkins began to
write poetry to him. When he came down to
breakfast, about ten days ago, and found his
servants laboring hard to suppress their Rrins.
he was surprised until he took postal card
from the table and read:
With mobiles and gentry Boor Crosby aspires
To pass companion. for which he requires
His name In bR print as patron of music,
For adding Ia surely much nicer than physic;
But when for his honors pay day comes around.
ouoth sawoones: mo guinea from I'll bo bound"
That was too much. Crosby wrote to Hop
kins that he might have one week TO apologize
and promise to annoy him no more, or he
would prosecute him. Hopkins replied thus
on postal card:
Well pay what you owe me, you lying thief.
The Doctor applied for warrant Hopkins
is giving musical entertainments in York.
He was brought to London to-day and ar
raigned before Alderman Fowler at tho Man.
Bion House.
Crosby said he would lot matters drop II
Hopkins would apologize and promise to cease
writing. Hopkins said he would apologize II
allowed to read a statement first. This salts
faction being denied him. he was bound in his
the Old Bailey on Feb. 8. Hopkins went back
to York. but before going he said to THE Sun
correspondent, In tone OF much jubilation:
well, I've brought this all on myself. but
want to show some things up. Iwant to see II
a subscription to a concert is as legal as q SUBJ
scription to q book agent. sued Crosby with a
lot of others for subscriptions and won all but
his. He escaped on a atechnicality That en-
velope containing his tickets l had marked
present as We do in America when it is not
necessary 70 write mans address on the en-
velope. The iackass OF aJudge decided that
rs had marked 1t present the tickets were a
present to Crosby. / thought I'd have some
fun with him. and wrote him daily letters. His
lawyer wrote informing me that letters would
not he answered sol pepDered him with postal
cards
i've been cheated right and left by these
English. nabobs and all. Why, the Archbishop
OF York. whose name is at the head OF the
patrons of my concerts in York. wrote only q
day or two ago to say he could not afford to pay
y guinea for tickets. but would like to have his
name remain on the list I've had Major Gen.
erals and members Of the nobility do mo out Of
10 shillngs"
DR.. Crosby told the correspondent he was
sorry to be compelled to prosecute Hopkins.
but he had been driven to 1t in elf-defence.
He added:
For year now have been getting these
blackguardly epistles. which make me tho
laughing stock Of my servants and clerks. I
allowed him to use my name as q patron at his
urgent request. He desired 1t because was a
member Of the council OF the Guildhall School
Of Music. purchased no tickets and owe him
nothing, but have been put to large legal ex-
pense by his prosecutions"
AS the English libel laws are very strict and
Hopkins's post cards come within the stntutes
It Is probable that he will be punished.