Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-24
WIFE HAS LEFT HIM.
Actor NeiII's Feelings Hurt
$4,000 Worth.
BOSTON DOCTOR SUED.
Neill is Very Popular with the Theatre
Going Public.

Boston, No, 2t-A cas- ba, been en-
tered in the l~'ei : S.ate- circuit court
which l. aprar tly stined TO cause
shiyers OF delis.o delight e. ch ise each
other down tie spilal columns of the
scandal loving. Actor James Francis
Neill has beSur suit against DIR. DeFor-
est Chase for alternating his wife's affrc'
tions, and pla e. the damages At $4,000.
Both Mr. az. Mrs. Neill. as we'll as the de-
fe dant iE the suit, are well aid favorably
known ia thi- city, and the case is attract
iug widespread attention. Mrs. Neill Is
probab best known here "a Taggs in "The
County Fir"
According 70 the story Ia, Mrs. Neil
and DIR. Chase met whi e the lady was
playing Tags during the run at the
Park theater in thr early part of 1892. The
two heceme very friendly, IL is said. The
piece closed & run on April 80, but Mrs
Neill did not cave town, rt m lining here
aud, n Il al eg d, kept company with the
young phys can.
Dr. ca se's lather was IN Europe at the
tiue aud it /, cioimed "A. the couple
made the pr VI 'te Office of doctors re-
ception room, their hahitpton.
The husband, Ne |, ws not here with
his wife, bur iu nj, New York home h,.
! eald OF the Trouble s' pr mn tly took
steps % invest < %. The result WIS a sui
for uivorc. n as New Yorks courts aud
the pre-e SUI tor nlcnation II affections
in the Boston courts.
Tt case vii. be tried in I United
States circuit C urt aud will y obably
come up next Monday. Some Of the wit
nesses viii osity nersonaily. while otue 3
will send der os tions
FL wa Up Rumor-
IL was in I. suur er tha rumors were
ahpat that Mrs. Neill'r nc'5ols were beiu.
commented up.n While Mrs. Ne II was
playing In "l h- County Fair" some one
acquainted tie lus band with the facts Of
the case, and he followed the dliTerent
clues Until he satisfied himself
IT, the Bo.toH suit he a.l.ges that he L.
a ci lizan New York, and thai he " edded
US. Nsill III Wilmington, Del, March L.
lss8.
nr alleges that Il was while he and his
wife were living happily to.,thrr he 60
feudaut, well knowing here 20 be his " fe
aud wrongfu.iy inteud md contrivinr
to iniure HI an to de, i've him # fer
comfort, love- aid md : C ETY., ma lei us Y
aud w!lltu Y enticed her I remove aud re-
main IrOu tue complainant her husband,
aud their home at OakNo d, Richmond
| county, n Y, TO Boston, a out April IS,
1922; and ennced her to abide ana con-
tinue in the companionship f The defend
ant from theu To july "a, 1892
Fer the above actions of the defendant
Mr.. \ iii ella ms that h. has sufTertd last
in2 distress . d pain Of aud mind to
he extent Of sl5, ,0OO which Ae seeks to re-
cover.
About Mrs. Nell.
Mrs. Neill at the present time IL with
Sol Smith Russell, At Days heater, New
York. She IS extre eiv diminutivo ia
tature, aui n very att.acIive, though not
b nisome, person.
She created the p lrt of Maud Charter
In Barnes OF New York." her husband
playing in the same niece. She PLAYED
Leone, the grown child, with FIR drric
Bryton in "F rgven," also in the eli hts
Of London" at the Grand, and with other
pie,es. She IS about q years Of age.
James f. \ i'll Is com petent actor, tall
and very handsome. L. is said that he al
most worshipped the ground that his wife
rrod on, before he discovered her unfaith-
fulness.
Mrs. Nell Is reported as saying to a
friend recently: 81 never knew how much
loved Jim until lost him"