The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-08
WILL SUE AND THEN STAR.
Llzzie McCall-Wau Resumes War on
the McAllisters,
From the New York Sun

The suit which Lizzie McCau-Wall says
she is going to bring against Hayward
Hall McAllister, son of the founder of
the -Four Hundred, is for breach of prom
Use of marriage. The actress says she
is tired of having her affections
tempered with, "eveu by an Amer
lean aristocrat," and she is de-
termined to make Mr. McAllister fulfill
an alleged promise of marriage or make
amends. She threatens TO cali as wit
nesses Ward McAllister and lady whose
name is on the calling list of every fash
iona bic person at Newport and this city.
And then. if Mrs. McCall-Wall carries out
one of a dozen other threats, she will
have Ward McAllister arrested on
charge of defaming her character The
possibility of further complications lies in
the uncertainty whether or not Hayward
Hall McAllister has been divorced from
his wife, who was Miss Germany, a
daughter of the late George w. Germany
of Savannah, Ga
Yesterday morning at 9 O'Clock Mrs.
McCall-Wall put on stunning iron gray
gown and a chic little hat and said to her
sister Maggie
pm going to settle this thing right
Off"
what are you going to do?" asked
Maggie
Pm going right down to see Mr.. Abe
Hummel about suing Hayward McAllis-
ter for breach of promise, replied Mrs.
McCau-Wall
She collected all of Hayward Hall Nc
I Allisters letters and tied them up in a
tight bundle. Then she left her home III
| the second story back 1t 1872 East Twenty
! third street and hurried down to the law
offices of Howe & Hummel. Mr.. Hummel
| Ushered her into his inner Office, and for
an hour the unceasing sound of her voice
came through the half-opened door, and
! Mr.. Hummel's hand few over pad of
| of foolscap paper as he took copious notes.
| Then Mrs. McCall-Wall came out. She
had very determined expression ON her
face. When a reporter asked her if she
intended to bring suit against Hayward
Hail McAllister, she said:
II am tired OF yentilating my private
affairs before the public. | have, how
ever, decided to act. ! am through shield
ing Mr.. McAllister. My character has
been assaulted and l am going to defend
myself This action has been brought to
clear my character. l will win, and then
| will go on the stage again l am not so
much incansed against Howard McAllis-
ter as / am against his father, for be-
| lieve he sent the detectives after me when
] went to Newport The mean thing
! The idea of his going to Supt.
! Byrnes to have me arrested! | think a
great deal of Hayward McAlllster. There
is society woman at the bottom of all
| this trouble. -
Mrs MCall-Wall spoke loud enough to
cause passers-by to look inquiringly in the
! front room of the office.
! MIR. Hummel would not divulge the
! secrets of his foolscap pad. He said,
| however, that he had some forty odd let
! ters from Hayward McAllister TO Mrs.
! Mccall Wall, most Of which began with
! Sweetheart darling" and closed with
| Loving, Hayward"
This complaint" Mr.. Hummel added,
sets forth the ground for this action,
which are, that by repeated declarations
OF love and affection Hayward McAllister
! promised to make Mrs. McCall-Wau his
| wife. Mr. McAllister was lavish in his
affection At first Mrs. McCall-Wan re-
+ pulsed him, but the ardor Of his affection
won from her promise to become his
wife. A day, some Atimelast June, was
set for the wedding. She told him that
she feared marriage was out of the ques-
J ton, as the supreme court in the state of
Of New York had decreed that she should
not marry again in this state as Lennon,
the actor, had been divorced from her
! IN this state MIR. McAllister assured
her that he would marry her in any other
! state. For the purpose of allowing Mr..
! McAlnster to fulfill the promise, she
! went TO Newport in June, and the scene
| at the cottage was the outcome MIR.
/ McAllister told Mrs. McCall-Wall that he
! wanted things kept quiet for time for
| his fathers sake and for the sake Of his
! social standing. We don't propose to al
| low social distinctions TO injure her Mrs.
! McCall-Wall thinks she is just as good as
! any one of the so-called -Four Hundred.
| Mr.. McAllister asked Mrs. McCall-Wall
/ not 10 take any steps in the matter until
! he had seen her in New York. Mrs Nc
! Call-Wall came to this city. So did Hey
! ward McAllister, but she did not hear
! anything from him personally. He COM
munlcated with her through his lawyer,
/ who, believe, is Mr. Hurry
! Randolph Hurry, who was the law
| partner Of the late Albert Gallup, the
| park commissioner has been attending to
! Hayward Han McAllister's law business