San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-28
JOSIE WILBUR'S TALK
REGARDING THE HORRIBLE CUT
TING AFFRAY.
A Third Party's Tongue Aroused
the Wrath of Roberts, and He
Concluded to Murder Josie Wilbur
and Suicide.

A LIGHT mdu NlSlleu Mis-. Oooi0
Wilbur, the variety actress, who
was slashed in five different places
at the Gem theatre Monday morn
ing about l o'clock, by Charles
Roberts, the soldier, last night, and
found her lying at her home, No.
3l6 South Concho street, resting
easily. She talked freely OF her
trouble and. seemed to be light
hearted. Relative to her acquaint-
ance with Roberts, and the trouble,
she said:
1.-TWO months ago | came from
New Orleans with my daughter,
Aggie Wilbur, who is now an en-
ploye at the Gem theatre. About
month ago l met Char
lie Roberts, this soldier, while
at the theatre. He treated me to
beer and acted quite gentlemanly.
He called frequently during the
following week, and we became
quite good friends. l was taken
with la grippe, and he requested
me to stay at home while i'll, which
l did, and during which time he
was kind and obliging.
about the time L recovered
Jennie Davis, an actress at the
Washington theatre, asked me to
engage a room from her, on East
street. / was about to do so, when
Roberts told me not to rent the
room, claiming that she and a man
named AL. Nolan were not suited
companions for me. l then bought
some furniture and came to this
house and engaged a room.
"This move angered Miss Davis,
and she did all in her power to
turn Roberts against me. Nolan,
her friend, told Roberts that [ was
not doing right toward him and
accused me of conduct unbe-
coming of a lady. Roberts APP
preached me one night and &C
cused me of wrong doing, claiming
that Nolan had so Informed him.
We had a few words, and l con-
WINGED him that he had been mis-
informed.
"Last Friday night Roberts came
to the theatre and we had a little
row. We went up stairs, and as
we reached the gallery, pre-
paratory to going down stairs,
he grabbed me and said:
For two cents / would drag you
and throw you over this gallery l
got away from him and he followed
me all the way home and beat me
severely, threatening my life. He
said: Before | will have you as
sociate with any other men, l will
cut your, d throat and then
my own
"He had been drinking that
night and / attributed his conduct
to his intoxicated condition"
"Sunday night he again visited
the theatre and was all right and
treated me with great respect"
"Monday night, the night when
he cut me, he came into the
theatre and was drunk. He called
me into a box up stairs
and / went. He had a bottle of
whisky with him and asked me to
drink. l refused and he grew
angry. To be sociable did drink
with him. / then went down to
the dressing room to prepare for
my appearance on the stage. He.
again sent for me and | went to see
what he wanted. He asked me if
l had gone on the stage yet and L
replied that | had not. | again
excused myself and went down.
After | did my turn on the stage,
/ walked out to the bar and was
drinking with some men, as was
my duty to do, when he called me
from the box above. motioned to
him, and went on talking to these
men. He motioned again to me,
and then started, though L feared
him, knowing he was angry. Just
as I entered the box he began to
quarrel and slapped me twice in
the face. / said: Don't do that any
more, and he then hit me twice.
Just then Jennie Ladelle, who
heard him slap me, rushed to the
box door and said: NO more of
that, She called for Manager
Sutor, and as she did so Roberts
drew out something from his
pocket and began cutting me. He
was wild with anger and L at once
realized that he was going to kill
me. Jennie screamed, murder |!
policep AS soon as she did Rob-
erts stepped to the entrance Of the
box, and placing the weapon to his
own throat, said: Josie we will
do tOootharJ Officnr AddinOtOn