The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
COWHIDED In PUBLIC
AN IRATE MOTHER ATTACKS FRED
ERICk LORRAINE.
Says He Tried to Marry Her Daugh-
ter While He Has n Wife and Child
Living in This City.

Yesterday afternoon, about 2:30 o'clock, a
sensational horse-whipping occurred in the
Journal building, in which Mrs. Johanna
North welded the cowhide with telling eff
feet over the head and shoulders of Fred
erick Lorraine, who gained some promi-
nence a few years ago by playing the lead
ing part in the Marble Heart" with Mar
garet Mather. Mr.. Lorraine had just
stepped into the building and was standing
talking with an acquaintance when Mrs.
North quietly opened the door. and coming
up behind him asked: "Is this Mr.. Lor-
raine?" Without waiting for an answer,
however, she Immediately began flashing
him over the head with a cowhide, which
she had carried wrapped in a paper. Mr..
Lorraine turned around and recognizing the
woman, asked, What does all this mean?'
at the same time throwing up his hands
to ward off the singing blows which We're
falling thick and fast about his head. For
a few moments he made no attempt to do
anything but protect his face. In doing SO
he found that a few blows on the backs
of his hands were quite as painful as those
about the head. He then began struggling
for possession of the Whip, and soon got
a firm hold on it. BY this time by~standers
interfered and separated them.
Mrs. North was very much exhausted by
her efforts and Mr.. Lorraine's face was
visibly whitened and a few red streaks
showed the places where the whip had had
it's effect.
Il wish I had brought a pistol and I
would kill you on the spot, you dirty
hound. You tried to marry my daughter,
North.
Il don't owe her any money, Lloyd owes
ner the money. She has my wal drobe IN her
trunk and wouldn't give it to me when L
tried to get il. If / have Some her any
wrong, go to the courthouse, that's the place
to fix it up replied Lorraine.
Mrs. North was soon quieted and then in
a disconnected way told her story. She said
Lorraine had come to her house last week
license, and wanted to marry her daughter.
She said he had represented to her that ne
was moi married, when in fact he has a wife
and child living in this city. Neighbors had
heard of the matter, and knowing the truth,
had advised Mrs. North against the mar
riage and it was prohibited.
But to go further back. Last summer,
m wana p Mp; to RI : 1he s Was ln.e tbsafricals at
Armstrong Park, Miss North was one of the
members of the company, and later in the
season was also a member of the company
which Lorraine took out on the road. Lor-
raine says that while on the road Miss
North showed a tendency to fall in love
with him but this is denied by Mrs. North
who says her daughter consented to marry
Mr.. Lorraine because he had represented to
her that he was a single man, alone in the
world with no one to care for him and In
that way had worked on her sympathies to
SlIll GIL CAtCIL Tia C1C tiiG M AAaiAi ~ IN
an honorable but down-trodden man who
would make a loving husband. All this time
she was unaware, SO Mrs. North says, OF the
fact that Lorraine had a wife and child
living in this city, and a divorced wife in
New York.
An inquiry at the county clerks office
developed the fact that no license had been
issued to Lorraine, although the one which
he presented to Mrs. North purported
to be signed by one of the deputies in the
clerks office. The deputy says he knows
nothing of the mater and says If his ign
furp is attached IL as Il forgery.
According to Mr.. Lorraine's story of his
land. His name. he says, is not Lorraine,
but William Tetley. When about thirteen
years of age he ran away from home and
came to this country. since which time he
has been on the stage. His father, he says,
is a. wealthy brewer of Leeds, and has been
raised to the peerage since Lorraine left
home. According to the laws Of England,
tate at the death of his father, which IS
momentarily expected, and may already
have occurred. A. telegram received a week
ago stated that Lorraine's father was at
the point of death, but that while his SICK
ness was considered fatal it was thought he
might linger on for some weeks yet.
Shortly after Lorraine left home a young
err brother also ran away, going to Aus
tralia, where 1t is said he has since become
one of the leading members of the theatrical
profession of that country.
Lorraine's first wife was a Miss Georgia
Curtis, a choir singer, of New York, and a
woman of considerable wealth. Her wealth
gances on his part, which finally led to a
separation, and later to an application. for
divorce, which was granted about three
months before he married in this city.