New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-22

- ,rie1 ia show by the answers Of his client
A., she had SIMPLY been patroncss OF the company
49, she had nothing to do with the business man
nsnt Of The enterprise and that Locke was the
,ole manager.
. 81 examination of Mrs Thurber that she
" ,ha rial manager of the enterprise. that Locke
w., his or!cr, from her and that she was solely
.nonsblc for the debts incurred before the cor
porailOn was io'rieu'
~. Thurlcr was on the witness stand nearly all
H., she said first that Locke came 10 her house
/, 1s.5 and toll her that he had $4,000 or Sdo'ooo
:, ~, an opera company and he requested her TO be
, no,r,nes, Of the company. She became Interested
n nj. mans and consented lie began, she said,
,r making contracts with singers entirely on his own
ssr.,,siblily and in July August 1885, she gave
,,m $1,000. which he promised to pay back. NJ
,noher tine she gave him $4,000 and at still
snoher 5000 more. making $4,000 altogether
,A,rh she had given TO him ont of her own pocket
No n,ouiscd 70 pay It all back, but in fact he had
never paid any Of II. Besides this she also raised
sa 900 rv getting subscriptions from other people
Mr. Root read some letters from Locke 10 her
IN Which lie spoke Of her as the manager OF the
oomnany She was asked If any part OF that letter
WIS sham or not.
II could not tell" she replied, "what was sham
IN his letters and what was not
On January l6 lS56, she said she suggested to
Locke the Feasibility of forming new company.
Locke wanted S3jOO0O for his interest in the old
company. Another suggestion Of his that a
salary Of 49, 900 year bc Civcr to him. and that he
receive % per cent OF the receipts up to 10000 In
the season and 10 per cent of all that She de-
nied the testimony which Locke had given thu dav
before 10 the Effect that She had suggested he should
white TO her, saving that no and not She was TIE
manager Of the Company. Locke testified that Mis-,
Thurter wanted this letter To- show to her husband
She denied the story absolutely. good many letters
between Locke and her-tlf concerning singers which
were 10 be hired were read. Mrs. ThurOer said that
she never authorized the engagement of any singers
but that Mr. Locke consulted her about them some
tines.
Mr. welman l,rgan the crOSsexaminatlon OF Mrs.
Thurber BY asking her why IN nearly ali her letters
10 Locke she had toll him TO h. sure and burn the
letters.
she answered that she feared Mr.. Locke. In an
yver to other questions she said that she was putting
forth an her energies to carry through the IDEAS which
she had about educational music, and all the money
she cot Mr. Locke got.
Nr. Locke rich asked Mr.. Wcllmah
unfortunately, yes" she replied.
Mr.. Welman read letter In which Mrs. lhnrp,r
Insisted that certain opera should be cast lus, rs !,
had been originally. lie wanted to know how II wa,
that thu witness could make such demand as mat
II she We're OILY lairOncas.
Mrs. Tn lrbrr replied that Sh" WAS doing tilN All iOr
arts SAKE ard she iEssed .aia that She had n"'h'I
whatever 10 90 with the company except Us pE'
rone,s.
F. b. Thurh"r the hus, and Of The defendant, was
next called and he tc,,ifed that he had been intro
tuced TO Locke. H. understood that his wife was
working OUT her ideas OF educational music, ana ne
Locke. ''''' WIN ''''' ''
The case VIII be continued to morrow.