The morning call., 1893-06-09
BARTO ASKS COIN.
An Actress With Gorgeous
Bibs and fuckers.
SEQUEL OF A RAILWAYWRECK
Madame Claudia CarIotto Barto Sues
the Texas Pacific Railway for
over $4,000 Damages.

William /. Chew, resident of Dallas.
Tex, is a guestat the Palace Hotel. He
represents the law department of the
Texas and Pacific Railway. Mr.. Chew's
business in San Francisco is peculiar.
Nine. Claudia Carlotto Barto. who is
alleged TO be theatrical star of the first
magnitude. is plaintiff in suit against
the Texas and Pacific Railroad for big
damages. She asks the Texas courts to
compel the railroad corporation to pay her
$4,000 damages for personal injuries re-
ceived and also $500 for wardrobe and
wearing apparel.
This is the story an1 it is highly inter-
esting: Nine. Claudia Carlotto Barto is a
resident of San Francisco, and is doml-
ciled at 2529 Bryant street. She is an
actress and played for short time at
StockwelIs Theater.
She was not always Nine. Barto. Some
thing over year ago she was only Clau-
dia Carotto. Then she secured an eu-
gagement in New York, it is said, at a
dazzling salary. She left San Francisco
for Gotham by the Southern route, and
while travelling across the Lone Star State
Claudia got all mixed up in frightiul
railway wreck. TWAS a genuine smash-up
WIN Hu Iutd Ilcdl aspect 10 II. IL WAS al
night. CIaudIa escaped from the wreck in
her robe de nuit. The cars caught fire AMI
the only trunk that Claudia possessed was
quickly cremated along with other bag
gage.
Actress Carlotto returned to San Fran
cisco and failed 10 fulf her New York en-
gagement. Her next engagement, as she
alleges in her complaint, was with Mr..
Barto, whom she promptly married and
thus she became Madame Claudia CarlOtlo
Barto. Then Mr.. BartO, as her husband,
entered suit against the Texas and Pacific
Railway, as aforesaid. claiming damages
for his wife in SO, 100.
Physicians have testified that Madame
Barto Is suffering from all manner of hurts,
bruises and injuries received in the terri
Bile Texas wreck, and that she cannot act
therefore in the star parts assigned her by
enterprising theatrical managers. Fol
this Mr.. Barto asks $1,000 at the bands OF
the railroad.
The solitary trunk belonging to the ac
tress is alleged by sworn affidavit, to have
contained dresses and other wearing ap
parel vslned at $500. In the itemized &C
count $3.50 is set .ide for underclothns
of rare and costly texture, and $4,000 is fig
ured in IS the value of gorgeous stage
dresses, in which attire Claudia was wont
to woo, on the stage of course, and
sweep her costly trains in the salons o.
nooie lad es, on the stage of course.
Mr.. Chew. who comes here to investi
gate Nine. Barto and Mr.. Barto, claim!
the couple have bitten off more than they
can chew. He has had regular m0nke
and parrot time for the last ten days, es-
ptclally in proving the marriage OF Clau.
dia to the mysterious Mr.. Barto.
In the affidavIts he plaintiff claims tC
have been married to Mr.. Barto, in a lod 9.
Ing-house on Kearny street, some time
last fall by no less parsonage than the
late ex-Judge Hastings. There is said tC
be no record of her marriage at the City
Hall, nor is there contract marriage on
HE IL the Hall of Records.
N Chew carries back with him to the
I'xas courts sworn alfidavits from Secre-
tkry of Sta Waite, Superior Court Judges
and scores OF other San Francisco and
California State officials. who all declare
IN the most solemn and impressive manner
that the late Judge Hastings was not q
Superior Court official at the time of the
marriage. nor q SUPERIOR Judge. nor 6
Justice of the Peace, nor minister of the
gospel. No one has been able TO discover
when and how Nine. Claudia and Mr.
Bartu were married.
Nethertheless the Bartos feel confden
of recovering S10,7 700 IN good Texas coin
which they hope TO ship from Dallas tt
san Francisco by fast Express before tht
winds OF November whistle once again