The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-27
AN ANGEL FOR IA MONTHS.
WlRBURroN,s ExPERTENCEs WIN
DIIEF AND RICE.

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Barclay H. wsrburton Of Philadelphia told
before Justice Beach Of the Supreme Court yes
terdsy something about his fourteen months
experience as = theatrical manager. II was In
an action brought against him by Lawyer Jane.
Hamilton Egan on an assigned claim 10 recovsV
81, 900 for the loss Of the costumes Of the play
Of The Seven Ages"
warburton. who In the smart sets in Phila.
delphia and In England. where he was educated
at oxford. was known as the young Greek
god" largely because OF the chiselling Of his
face. sat in court near Theatrical Manager Ed
ward Z. Rice, with whom he had had relations
in the past, but they did not speak. warbur-
ton wore the ring, set with large turquoise sur
rounded By diamonds which he IL said to have
won from the Duchess Of Leeds ct poker when
he made her drop flush to his bobtsil straight.
His sleeve buttons were also blue turquoises,
and his suit and necktie were blue.
Rice had bought the costumes for The Seven
Ages 7" from Costumer Dszian In 1880 for -. 500.
They were 10 be paid for in installments the title
to remain In Dazian until the full amount was
paid. There was default In the final payment
Of 81. o42 along in February, 1890. when War
burton stepped in as manager The company
was practically in charge OF Henry Z. Dixey.
warburton bought the costumes from Dazian
for the sum remaining due en- them.
The leading lady Of the company was Esther
ward alleged that she had married warburton
by contract on May %, 1890. warburton de-
MED that he bad married her: She sued TO es.
addicted TO opium, and that she had an opium
layout which cost $1,000. Her suit was COM
mentioned. aud at the time OF settlement she
swore that sue never had any right to call War
wsrburton made the money ny while mana
ger, paying bills right and left and seeing that
the girls rode In special cars; IL was said that
he had SUNK from 900 to $50 900 in his four
. In March. 1891, as warburton testified yester-
day. Rice set sail for Australia without telling
his friends where he was going. He left his
wife behind. He sent her power Of attorney to
~s sa. to Res hs
services, so he got an assignment of the costumes
IN " The seven Ages, from Mrs Rice Rice CON
What has become Of these costumes - War
burton was asked.
condition when ! gave up the company" said
warburton. Sc so I sent them to him q sort OF
cha charity at Newark. even paid the express
Subsequently, he said that the costumes had
been used for over two years at the time. and he
TO the manager OF the Park Theatre. He added !;
e The costumes considered worthless; so it
WarSurton said that he had paid about $500
to Rice through DiIey during this period. He
insisted that Rice had nothing to do with the
company, and when asked why he had paid
money to Rice he said:
For my elf-protection, Dixey would declare
that he would not go on the stage some nights
unless gave him money for Rice"
wsrburton ssid that Bis SECRETARY had given
he could swear that the money had got to Rice.
the witness said:
III Rice hadn't got IL would have had tele-
grams from him every moment OF the day. He
would have swamped me with kilograms for it."
Did you owe Rice this money!
II did not"
Then why would he have telegraphed you
"Oh. he would telegraph to anybody for
money said Warburton, and q laugh went
around the court room.
Why did you pay money you did not over
well. that's about the size OF it." answered
warburton, nonchalanty.
Rice testified that he had received money
from time to time from Dixey. but he denied
that he received 1t at the times that Warburton
had stated. He said that the loans were per-
sonal and that he had repaid Dixey.
DAzian testified that the costumes were worth
about 81. 500 when he resold them to Warbur-
ton. and that they were worth about $500 when
WArburton's season with them ended. Justice
Beach dismissed the case.