The herald., 1894-12-21
BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY.
A Sequel to the Passing of the
"Merry Baron"
The Brinkley Fortune Has Found a
LOdgment at Last.
MRS. BrIukl,y Leaves for Memphis to
SPEND tho Interest and Man
age the Principal.

The passing of the merry baron" F"
better known to people in this city as
Manager A. W. Benson, has already
been detailed at length in the HERALD.
But there is q sequel to the story, which
only came out yesterday and which
concerns the "merry baron" though In
. distant way.
It will be remem bered that when Ben
son left so suddenly and SO quietly. be
was accompanied by young man
named Brinkley. This Robert Brinkley
was more or less prominent locally on
account of family troubles and his great
longing for the theatrical life. Then.
too. he posed as man with fortune
awaiting him, when the courts should
decide to let him have it.
The present turn of the story is that
the courts have decided, but Brinkley
doesn't get the fortune; his wife gets it
In trust for the children, OF which there
are three, and though not allowed to
handle the principal. che gets the in
come, while Brinkley gets what Johnny
shot at.
Brinkley left his wife and children in
this city when he won't away with Ben
son.
A few days ago Mrs. Brinkley received
. letter from Memphis. where Brink
ley's people live and where the litiga-
tion over the fortune was going on, in
forming her OF the outcome of the mat
ter, and she has left the city for that
place already.
Brinkley is in Memphis. but there is
an element of doubt Ss to whether thsre
will be happy reunion upon the ar
rival Of the wife. Ths doubt is based
ON the rumor that when Brinkley left
here with Benson he had intended to
secure his fortune in Memphis and re-
Joining merry" Baron Benson in New
York city, become the husband Of that
polished gentleman's eldest daughter.
Whether Brinkley would seek di-
vorce from his present wife before tax
ing another deponent sayeth not.
But if such were the plans of the two
schemers they have slipped a cog early
in the game-in fact, couple or three
cogs. Just now the wife eeems to be
down her back.
The story of young Brinklev's esca-
pades would fill book, and he was not
u u
roller, either. He was the ne'er-do. well
of wealthy and highly respectable
family OF Memphis.
Brinkey's wife was, it ia alleged.
piano player and dsnseuse in Natchez,
Miss. Brinkley met her there and she
fell in love with his prospects OF a for
time, q. first sight. and followed him to
Memphis. There they were secretly
married.
To escape some of the notoriety, Brink.
ley's folks shipped him and his to Cali
fornia, buying them 40acre piece of
ground at West Ontario. Young Brink
ley never took kindly TO orange growing,
however, and lef. the grove to the mercy
of the cottony cushion scale, the while
he came to this city to elevate the stage.
A little plaster in the shape of mort
gage was placed upon the orange grove,
and the money thus obtained used to
defray current expenses. The interest
became due and Brinkley went to
Memphis TO raise the wind to meet the
interest. Ho sent $500 to his wife.
While Brinkley was in Memphis
young man named Claude Hill, also of
Memphis, was in this city. He was
friend OF B Iinkley's. He it was who got
the $500 from the telegraph office, paid
a little OF the interest and helped Mrs.
Brinkley to invest the residue ere the
absent one returned. Hills arrest fol-
lowed, and he was found guilty OF en-
bezzlement and sent to San Quentin.
Mr. and Mrs. Brinkley lived together
in this city after that until Brnkley left
for Memphis with the Merry Baron"