The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-26
SUING CORBHTT'S WIFE.
The First Name Of the Champions
Wife Given as "Jezabel."
From the Nesc York Herald

The First Name of the Champions
Wife Given as "Jezabel."
From the Ne,c York Herdld,
The wife Of James J. Corbett, champion
pugilist Of the world, decided on Monday
last to have prepared big scrap book con-
tanning all the favorable articles about her
husband that had appeared In the leading
newspapers OF the country. She wrote TO
Henry Romeike, who sells newspaper clip
pings, aud ne sent one Of his agents TO her =,
who said that the work would cost $780,
and got her to sign a contract agreeing TO
pay that amount.
When Mr.. Corbett arrived at the Coleman
house she told him with some glee what she
had done. He didn't seem at all pleased and
remarked that the work would be dear at
$50. MrS. Corbett thereupon wrote TO Mr..
Romeike cancelling the contract on the
ground that the price was excessive.
The clipping dealer did not like this and
sent his lawyer, James Henderson of the
Bennett building, to see Mrs. Corhett YES
terday morning and to tell her that she
must carry out her part of the contract.
Mr.. Henderson declares that Mrs. Corbett
was quite angry, and that she said Mr.
RomeiKe's agent had deceived her, and that
the efforts to make her pay the
money amounted anyhow to swindling aud
perhaps TO blackmail.
RoMEIKE AFTER sCALPs.
When Mr.. Romeike heard that such cpl
thets had been applied to his way of doing
business, he, TOO, got angry and instructed
the lawyer TO bring proceedings against
Mrs. Corbett to make her pay him the
money If it took the whole summer aud all
the courts in the state Without delay Mr..
Henderson began suit In sbe city court and
served the summons ON the wife of the
fighter,
Mr. Henderson wondered for some time
how he could avenge himself upon her for
iptimating that DO was a member OF a
blackmaiiing conspiracy. Finally be hit
upon it. When plSiutiff doesn't know the
first name Of person be wishes to sue he
invents one. explaining in the COM
plant that it is fictitious. Mr.. Henderson
didn't know the first name of the champions
better half and SO he complied with legal
formality and took sweet reve &c at the
same time by suings her as Mrs "Jezabeln
Corbett In Webster's dictionary the wol d
''Jezabel" is defined as IAN impudents dar-
ing, vicious woman
When | asked Mrs. Corbett for her side of
the story yesterday she politely refused to
talk. Her husband was appearing In a
Brooklyn theater and he could not talk for
her, but his manager, William A. Brady,
gave their side OF the question:
II shall place the matter in the hands of
my lawyer Tomorrow he said, ''and il
there is anything due to Mr.. Romeike he
will geU it. He needn't worry himself about
the matter. Jim has always paid every
just claim.
CORBETT ISN'T MINT.
"You can say for me that Corbett has got
quite weary Of people coming to him for
money since the fight They appear to
think that he is a combination Of million
ARE and fool and that they have only to 90
to him with an exerbitant bill to get IL paid
In addition to the supply Of men who want
big sums for teaching him how to lick Sui
hvan,' as they put it. and who return checks
for $3.50 with insulting remarks, thinking
they ought to receive the entire purse Of
S25, 900, pension for life and a certificate
OF character, there are a number who write
for few hundred dollars on the general
ground that they admire Corbett, or that
they are related to a maH who once prophe-
sled that Sullivan would get beaten some
day or other"
Trainer Delaney told me that he and Cor
bett were in street car, and the fighter
gave the conductor a s. bill to nav
their fares. The conductor put it ia his
pocket and didh't volunteer any change.
When the champion called his attention to
the omission the conductor said that
Coroett being so rich was
hog TO ask for such thing as change, and
gave it up reluctantly. A cabman wanted
to charge Corbets $50 for taking him to
Brooklyn. and denounced him when refused
TO be bled.
''Some people get very much annoyed be-
cause Corbett doesn't get drunk and 90 up
and down Broadway with bag dealing,out
his wealth" said Braiy. HE knows better
than that. This is how he spends his
money"-and be showed me q telegram
from the champions father In San Fran
cisco, saying that no had given the money
to mother" 1t is said that Corbett made
his mother a present of s., 600
When l asked Brady " hat he thought of
the first name invented for Mrs. Corbett bv
the lawyer. he asked another question.
Yankee fashion.
'tDo you know what a blackboard fs7p