The morning call., 1894-06-27

and denies positively thas the actress will
elope Thursday. at least. with her former
manager.
why, I'll swear on anything you ask
me to-" she said to a reporter for THE
CALL at st. Mary's Hospital last night,
that Miss Brandon will not leave this
hospital for long time to come. She is
too i'll. We will have been here just two
months tom orrow. and she was very sick
when she came. She has had the best of
care and treatment. but is yet very weak
Yes, i suppose they say that she is
going to elope with Mr.. Elliott. but don't
you believe 1T. If there's to be any elop-
Ing party you can bet I'll be with il.
Mr.. Elliott calls here, of course. Why
shouldn't hep lie was her business man
ager. and to visit her when she Is sick is
as little as he could do. ] think. He was
here to-day-yes. but didn't see him. /
couldn't say where he is now, but l guess
lie is at his residence. wherever that
may be.
II can assure you certainly that Miss
Brandon Is not we'll enough TO make any
arrangements of any kind. let alone an
elopement Her only thought is TO get
we'll"
Miss Bacon was very indignant at what
she called the "sDeaking intrusion" of
Actors Thomas Keirns and Horace Thrum,
into Miss Brandon's room in the hospital
about 2:30 o'clock yesterday. According
to their story Miss Brandon is shamming
sickness at the hospital ia order to get a
good chance to move out of the State un-
observed, to escape legal process at the
suit OF certain actors ana actresses of her
lately stranded company. Over $1,000
was realized at the benefit rendered Miss
Brandon by sympathiZing friends, who
was led to believe that she was a physical
and nearly mental wreck. The actors
fund, in sympathy also with her reported
cad condition, waived its usual percentage
of the receipts, with the tact understand
ing that out of the total Miss Brandon
should pay the actors what she owed them.
This is the story of Keirns, and he con-
tiDues by saying that Miss Brandon or
any one acting for her has failed to evInce
the slightest interest in the matter. Keirns
grew tired of this indifference and SO did
Actor Horace Thrum. They say they
brought suits against her to recover the
money, but were utterly unable to get
service on her for the reason that admit
lance to her presence was denied on the
ground that she was Ill to nearly the point
of death.
They investigated, and. so they state,
satisfied themselves that she was sham
ming. They resolved to convince themselves
on this point and decided upon yesterday
as the time for putting their suspicious TO
the test. They called at the hospital
shortly after noon, but carefully avoided
making Inquiries at the front door. They
proceeded To the rear entrance, and, as
cendlng the stairs, went to the door of the
room occupied by Miss Brandon, which
keirns in some manner had previously
located. Through the ground glass in the
door they saw the shadow of a womanly
figure walking 10 and fro, then suddenly
turn and approach the door. They stepped
around one of the corners into another
corridor as the door opened and listened
In moment head was showed around
the corner and they confronted Miss Bran
don not nearly so sick-looking as had been
reported.
Keirns showed the summonses at her. but
she held up her hands as if 10 push them
away. crying. "No, new
She then turned and fed 10 the direction
OF her room, calling for Mr.. Elliott.
keirns says Elliott stuck his head ont of
the door and as quickly withdrew il.
Keirns then threw the papers into the
room after the figure of the retreatine g
woman. the door was quickly slammed 10