Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-28

| aSamn of Poseu"
| There Is great interest just now in
this well known person, on account OF
his recently having been saved from the
| gallows, for a short time at least, by the
disagreement Of San Francisco jury.
The case has excited the most wide
| spread interest, owing to the prisoners
! national reputation. The crime for
| which Curtis is on trial for his life was
| committed at San Francisco one night
| last September. Curtis was intoxicated
and was creating a disturbance on the
street, and Officer Grant attempted to
arrest him.
Grant was heard to say: "Come along
now!" The next moment three pistol
shots rang out, and Grant dropped to
| the ground, dead.
Curtis started to run, but was soon
overtaken by some policemen, who had
been attracted TO the spot by the sound
of the shots. The actor was found to
have a pair of nippers on his wrists, so
that there was little doubt that he was
the man to whom Policeman Grant had
said 'Come along now!" just before he
was murdered. Moreover, the pistol
which did the deed was found between
the spot where Grant fell and the place
where Curtis was captured, and was
proved to have belonged to the actor.
soUANDERED A FORTUNE.
Curtis real name was Maurice Ber-
trand Strellinger. He was born in De-
troit about forty years ago. From be-
ing a bell-boy in hotel he drifted TO
the stage, and Is now, through his char
acter of ''Sam'l Of Posen," one OF the
widest known character actors in Amer
lea. With George H. JeSsup he wrote
"Sam'l of Posen," with which his name
has ever since been intimately associ-
ated. The play proved gold mine, and
in q few years he had amaSsed large
fortune. His second production, 1.-The
Schatchen," proved dismal failure,
and he lost heavily by the operation.
This apparently preyed upon his mind,
for he soon after began drinking to ex-
cess. He also produced spot Cash" and
Caught in a Corner"
Curtis owned considerable property
in California. A small town, half of
which he owned, was called Posenville,
in honor Of his play.
Miss Jansen and Marion Manola have
for some time been indulging in little
merry warfare. Some folks say that 1t
wasn't very merry. Some folks will say
ANYTHING, YOU know. 1t was all on &C.
count of Jack Mason. At one time, be-
fore his marriage, Jack Mason carried
on pleasant, harmless little Irritation
10 m
quantities of sweet peas, a flower OF
which she is exceedingly fond. After
his marriage to Manola, Miss Jansen
sent the bride a letter in which she
devilishly enclosed some OF the sweet
peas. Miss Manola did not reply. On
Monday night boQuet of roses was
sent to the Broadway Theatre for Miss
Jansen. Tackled to it was card bear.
ing the legend: "pm sorry can't send
YOU any sweet peas. They are now out
of season." 1t is said that Miss Jansen
was furiously indignant.
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To "Aunt Louisa" Eldridge belongs
no small share of the credit for the sale
of flowers and programmes at the recent
benefit to j. A. McCaull, at the Metro
politan Opera House. She gathered to-
gether the groupe OF young actresses
who served as the committee, and, I'M
der Mrs. Eldridge's direction, the work
was pursued Systematically and tri-
umphantly, as the pecuniary results in
dictated. Aunt Louisa should be given
some public recognition for all the SER
vices she has rendered the profession
thasa twenty wears,
~
The absurd report that Robert Man
tell will ''head" New York stock COM
pany is, of course, untrue. Mr.. Man
tell has never had more prosperous
season than the present, and his profits
will be close on to $4,000 before the
warm weather comes. He is the best
heroic star on the road, and, with the
exception of Edwin Booth when he
plays) makes quite as much money.
No! Mr.. Mantel will "head" nothing
but his own company.
-
The English papers say that Charles
Wyndham is losing his hold on the Lon
don public through his unreasonable
distrust of new pieces. OF late years
novelties at the Criterion have been few
| and far between; and the fact Is all the
more surprising that Wyndham is
known to have in his desk many excel
lent pieces bought years ago. Competi-
ton is as severe In the theatrical world
as elsewhere.
And now Mrs. Frank Leslie Is cruel
enough to say that her new husband
must earn his own living IL he wishes to
remain with her. Willie Wilde is dill
letante Bohemian and brother OF Os-
car Wilde. He is shining member OF
the London Savage, Club and his friends
will probably not much longer sing:
"Oh! Willie, we have missed YOU"
~
Can't. VIM. M. Conner, who died last
week at the Mullanphy Hospital, at 81.
Louis, got his title from three months
entertainment in the Confederate serv-
ice. He was a sporting man, sporting
writer and increased John McCullough's
average yearly profits from NIL to $780,
900.
So
Loie Fuller is again at liberty. She
was receiving $50 week for dancing at
the Casino, when somebody said she had
made hit. Her head swelled to such
An extent that she demanded $3.50 a
week, and then Aronson told her she