Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-19
NOLONGER A SECRET
IJnwritten Romance in the Life
of Lincoln's Assassin.
WILKES BOOTHS DAUGHTER.
,,rs Brought Out by a Bet Which an Old
Tine Manager Decided--A New Phase
IN .hc Character OF the MoDomaniac Ac-
tor-Ihe Bet Draw but the
secret ia OUt-Th. Lady
Has Many Friends.
.srrtslto The Gazette.


---~..r n the Gazette
Z-.g %,,. 1t rnust ne true that
-. [-..tsr win net on ;,nythiur. in OF.
nm The Gotnaui . OF fh. tr.le
5..G ,a,ne sporr and in an aron-
.or, rrirl,, all ,cirh him
~ ma. a1...rt,n baitl. had hardly
'- 60. and The Hoffman house cash
.- ...- ...Isad having carnpliern states
.@ .- -...,..rs before wa we'll known man
$50 Ia9,j 10 make a bet that was as
d. +. ,,-as ipcoruurehpnsibIe t'iyz
-- 49,. -.,.s,,r,,.. NJ, ,,.a,-ered II seemed
49, .....,.,,.,l,.5 man thair. talk had been
.r. lin. days'' and the actors VIII,
H. tism Both managers were
and both we're enthusiastic IL
..... ~. ro he memory of Holm Wilkes
-, .-., assassin. the genius. and the
.... Edwin Booth rs an odd cir
hat ever, old-time actor. act
-...r;,g,.r believes firmly that John
I....a wa, fue Creates star Of his
...-ra,. has NOT shaken their be-
III his .re.ius. There IS still. falter-
. H. ,h,..r. Worship OF his brilliant and
-...g.. achievements. which. after
,"........r 81. quarter, century have gained
.. -.... list luster.
-r........ial,t If the "has beeus.f among
,..r,... ...- r.f,.il OF wilkes BOOTHS e,.ce,l
w." -. .., his trig1nphs before the foot
- '-I b,, c5uol.a,ts behind the scenes
.-... mn of = renliuisceu1ial chat of
-. when was listened to almost
''. ~ IN a .rroUn of vounper a,.rors
....,-.,. r..,r.;,....rs mentioned col TO betting
--, ,r'. .-.r- 5, called Gl.izzle because
,4,,s.r,r his name had declared that
- Los R..+. had never welded. and thai
So 1884,, ,Is..fore cailGless. But the other.
~. argr- OF many o;,tbs. OF keen memory
a.. .r..r..-.na rapftal. had here iutcrposed
i..r...,..r.. and As each was certain OF his
-. ....fb,,n talI, Won would have
49,, ..r1 we're bosom crapIss of the
'..,..-.-.,r. in his widest fIays-1bc WAGER
SS's..,..fy made. 1t was for a sun. as larpe
ID, r..,.grrs generally place on a turf
.'...r.r e. and .h4 od5itv' of The contested
r.-r- WIS quickly uoised about the Rialto,
Ttr b..-ars agreed uDou 4 referee in the
rsrs,r ,f one whose Immortality was ad-
..r..s r,.5 ,,bos, ,ic,ht ia decide th,, yvanar
w.. ..,--i mon an Intimate stlIdy of the
H'a,a. .ul lie American stage generally,
....,.,.5 s,,i,s4 at first ia Spttle The
.,.
4 ,r.,. s,rr, ,.orI made a WAGER like that ,,
AeesfI ..Yol,r argument has caused com
T..rr Thu. having Of A bel and the decidinp
oftrrv.u only spread a matter that shouId
h,.,. 1,su f,rgolreu thirty years ago
In, Ni.,r,.,-,4r. I,rizzIa ,yaS ,,,rsiSrant ~
I |
l.. said and my money saws. first. that he
never, married. and second that he never
had som ror. .l,urhter
"a vf. mo-. draw down. eitheru de-
c.trra his oupou,ut. ssBoofh acted in nv
ho,.la dozen times. l had his contidences
Otreuer than 1 wished. | knew his inner
rg.r secrets NV money bets that he was
either secretly Or publicly married. and
-f.,. he h.,,i "a child Tat Y decide il y
o.. decision. and the oracle ..ope'd his
r.lth g"
"GrgtIerneu. Won have wasted words and
zine. ami y,ur money GOES neither yyav. In
4,fu,r Ni3uappr GrizzIe * RIGHT. for .Tohn
WEfes Booth never led woman to any altar
r.rc,.I..1 any woman wife In a sense too
Manager l.ri.zIe's oppouent is RIGHT; for.
John Wf.k,, Booth was rs surely = father
as nat We are here. and that This bet was
MADE
A slgeu listeners chined in with eyclana-
t..- of surprise and demands for an ex-
r4ra.llu.
Thea fIl,. oracle said. with that delibera-
ton uI -ruprrssiyeness which mark the
co,asura Informant: 1T is another chapter
Of gm.lce m the sad book of Wilkes
Rou,n4 lie. Nearly all of Won know or
have a.r! of his power to fascinate
WOMEN lie never denied that he had
lse4 that sa,.l rift as often as the opportu
1ity presented itsrlfto him. His copduests
were numerous varied. and more than once
remarkable. A score of brilliant women,
some ol them noted, had worshiped at the
sariie of this imperlous. impulsive and sell
fish actor. These had been lannon's ac-
're,ses who proudly accented his caresses.
ard There is one live, rich and couspicu-
Gus. wa. sill. declares he was the only man
che ever loved II seems to me that Wilkes
Booth with all his septimeutalitv never lost
bis a.art save once and il is because he
dultar t.iS wager has become a draw
Tie sl. woman vino was truly loved by
laa Was a Boston actress of that dav,
Ueu..r Of 3. famous stock company there
aue4.,ttu. creature, but sclf-willed and in
Ultimately ambitious, She cid not at first
co.gt Booths attention but when attracted
3. her personal charms. he BEGAN 10 WOO
-er, ~sr could not long resist his impet
.o-I'g ard ms eloquence. 1t is to her
ret.- That She believed he meant TO marry
a.- He vowed SO to her at auy rate. and
IS Aauggu that he did not publicly deny
.,.r r..-..,areut when A newsnaper of
ttlag iuted at it. But there never was
tuaar.a-a for the public prints TO chroni-
-.. a,s Booth lived and died wifeIess
tr' 5r.rr. he passed away he had held in
->arus . daughter. the love child of the
-.-.u .-s. IS I-aeri,y ua di5 nor fplfu