The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-19
THE DACRES.
SAD END OF A COUPLE OF THEAT-
RICAL STARS.
Dacre Found with His Throat Cut
and His Wife with a Bullet IN
Her Body-ResuIt of g. Poor The
atricaI Season.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-Concerning
the report from Sydney. n. S. w. OF
the finding of the bodies of Arthur
Dacre and his wife, the former with
his throat cut, the latter with a bullet
wound in her body, the result OF
poor theatrical season in the colonles'
the World says:
Arthur Dacre and his wife were last
seen in this country five years ago.
He came here as the leading man with
Mrs. Leslie Carter He left her COM
pany, which was then playing The
Ugly Duckling," shortly after on ac-
count of difficulty with Ed Price,
manager of the star.
MIR. Dacre had been engaged by
Mrs. Carriers manager to take a lead
ing part in the cast at salary CT SZoo
a week. He had contract which guar
anteed him a season Of twenty-five
weeks. He was advanced $1,000 before
leaving London, the contract being
that this amount should not be deduct
ed until the last four weeks OF his en-
gagement.
Shortly after beginning his duties
Mr.. Dacre was discharged as incompe-
tent-a disappointment to the puohc
and the press, as he claimed.
Then came the effort to prevent him
accepting any other engagement in
this city There was court declslon
that as he was not a star, his place
could be filled, and that he would do
no injury to Mrs. Carter by accepting
other engagements with an intima-
ton by the court that the attempt to
enioin him looked like petty spite.
Mr.. Dacre. whose family name is
James, appeared first in America in
1878. under Mr.. Dion Boucicault max
ing his chief success as Captain Molly
nelx in "The Shaugrun.' He start
ed in life as doctor, and after study
ing at Guys hospital became NJ. D.,
N. c.. and Nj. r. G. s. On returning to
England from this country, Mr. Dacre
supported Mr.. Wilson Barrett at the
| London court
Miss Roselle was an emotional ac-
tress. and achieved success in both
tragedy and comedy. She was OF
handsome presence, and made her de-
but as a child in Exeter. After play
| ing in the provinces, with Mr.. Sothern
! one tour and in stock companies, Miss
Roselle made her London debut as
Lady Teasle in 1871. Following her
appearance under Mr.. Sothern in An
English Gentleman" Miss Roselle came
with that actor to this country. Miss
Roselle's most conspicuous successes
were. however, achieved in two parts
which she made her own. The first OF
these was Mary Melrose in Our Boys
which she created and played through
the whole run of 5000 nights at the
vaudeville theater The second was
Lillian Vavasour in Bronson Howard's
Bankers Daughter" produced in En-
gland at the Court theater under the
title of the "old Love and the New
and il which Charles Coghlan was the
John Straton; here she first met Mr.
Dacre, WIN was a superb Harold Ken
yon.
cre's differences with his charming wifi
and his attachment to Miss Rosell
began to circulate through professional
circles in London and New York. TIL
trouble eliminated in suit for divorc
brought by Mr.. Dacre. In the end, Mrs
Dacres innocence was fully proved
subsequently she sued her husband TO
divorce on the grounds of adultery wit
Miss Roselle and won her case. MI
Dacre and Miss Roselle were after
wards married.