The morning news., 1894-08-19
IS SHE MRs. mALL1sTERp
Miss mcCall-Wall, Who Has Been
AFTER Him. Says She Is.
From the Ne1V Vorl, rT,rib,pa

! II d CGItdln woman, whose career mas
attracted considerable attention, tells the
truth, Ward McAllister has a daughter
in-law to whom he hasn't been intro
! duced.
| The mysterious woman who has of late
! been dogging the footsteps of Mr. Meal
! listers son Hayward, at Newport, freely,
! disclosed her identity TO Tribune re-
| porter last night She is Miss Lizzie Nc
! Call-Wall, an actress, whose name has
been mentioned unpleasantly in the news
! papers from time to time. She SAYS, how
ever, that she isn't Miss McCall-Wan
any longer, but Mrs. Hayward Hall Nc
| Allister.
1t was a few minutes before o'clock
! when the Tribune reporter pressed button
mo. Z" in the hallway of No 1872 East
! Iwenty-third street. a man with a
blond mustache promptly appeared at
! the top OF the stairs on the second floor
! and said, before any question was asked,
| Miss Mccall isn't in-she's out of
| town"
Finally the man admitted that Miss
! Mccall was in town, but wouldn't be in
! TILL after lOo'cloCk. No. Z, Miss McCall's
apartment, is at the end of the hall. in
! the rear of the house Rooms Nos. aud
! g are between the top of the stairs and
No T. The door of No. was open and
the reporter asked its occupant, hand
! SOLlC 4ClluW dbOub on wears OlQ, WIN
! wavy, brown hair and blue eyes, if Miss
Mccall could probably be induced to
make statement for publication.
NO sir; Yon couldn't get a word out
| of her if you stayed here all night" said
he. Miss Mccall has told me her story
and it is one of the biggest sensations Of
the year. 1t will be made public in the
near future"
Soon steps were heard on the stairs,
and two. handsome young women in dark
skirts, pink waists and broad -brimmed
straw hats. appeared at the door and
! greeted the wavy-haired man with
a cordial remark, finally entering the
room.
ANY one calledln asked the first
| young woman; who Awas Miss Eiz1ie Nc
! Call-Wall.
Yes, fifty or sixty reporters" " was the
reply.
"0h, bother the reporters7 Have you
seen the evening papers and the per-
! fectly infamous stories about mel / wish
l had been here when those reporters
came. I've got a good gun and I think
there'd been a scattering. Why, those
stories about me are Just horrid in spots,
! and
This gentleman is a reporter, :" said
Mr.. Wavy Hair
Miss McCaI's round blue eyes opened
wide with astonishment.
"WeH, haven't a word to say-not
word although | know the Tribune is
| lovely paper she said.
But, Miss Mccall, are the stories
true Were you in Newport2 Did you
follow Mr.. McAllister. and whyN
Despite frown from Mr.. Wavy Hair,
Miss Mccall, after heroic struggle to
keep still, blurted out: "Yes, l was in
Newport and had a lovely time the
most Of the time. I didn't follow Hey
ward McAllister about without good rea-
| son?'
What was the reason2"
at was was-oh, bother! Ito Wavy
Hair) / will, too tell Why shouldn't |
tell? l followed him about and he fol-
lowed me about because we are married.
| That's why.n
''You say that you are Mrs. Hayward
McAllister2''
Yes. Pm Mrs. Haywood McAllister,
and think it's just infamous the way
the papers talk about me tonight. |
wish Hayward was here. If Heyward
had known Monday night when VIC were
out riding together that by Thursday
night his little wife would be the most
talked-about woman in New York, l
think he would have fallen of the car
riage seat =
Where were you married."
"Oh, can tell you now. 1t will all
/ come out later"
WAS it in this city2" .-. -..
! "Yes, IL YVES in this CITY," -r
WAS il by minister -
"Oh, l must not tell you that. But we
are married, and very much attached to
each other. l wOndern said she pen
/ Siyely, as she yazed at the carpet and
| patted the floor with her foot, chow l
shall like Papa McAllister. have never
/ met him yet. They say he's just lovely"
Does Hayward McAllister acknow-
ledge YOU as his wifeE
He will now. And shall assert my
| claim upon him from this time on-but
/ I'm not going 10 say word about it. I'm
/ all broke up. l shant sleep a wink to-
night. That's what comes from being a
/ ner GUS woman
Then she hounced into No Z with her
sister and locked the door.
Miss Lizzie Mccall first became promi-
I nently known through the shooting of her
first husband, George Barry Wall, a
/ young lawl er, the son of Rev. DR.. Wall,
superintendent of the Presbyterian hos
/ pital IN this city She was fairly well
/ known as an actress and he became in
/ tatuated with her. She began her career
at the age Of 10 in Buffalo. Dion Bouci-
/ cault secured her Tor the leading role in
The Shaughraun. ~ For her Wall gave
up all his social aspira tions and leased
. quaint old mansion at New Utrecht. The
world went well with them for a time,
/ but one day the neighbors were hurriedly
summoned TO the Wan home. There had
been a strange accident The young
husband had bullet hole in the back Of
OF his neck The wife had, she said,
picked up loaded pistol TO put it away
ana il had gone off accidentally in his
ante mortem statement Wall charged his
wife with tue shooting A Kings county
grand jury indicted her for manslaughJer
IN the third degree, but she was never ar
ralgued. Her youth ana beauty and the
united efforts of the local theatrical pro-
fessiou saved her
Miss McCall-Wall was then married TO
Nestor Lennon, who is still living in this
city. They were divorced. Miss Mccall
I Wall 10 is said, went to Newport about
three weeks ago and took rooms az the
Ocean house, opposite the McAllister cot
tage. About all her time in Newport, il
IS said. was spent in following Hayward
McAllister around and in sending him
notes and telegrams A favorite trick Of