The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-10
THEATRICAL TROUBLES
Partners in NeWark's Variety
Theatre Object to the
Management.

A theatrical case occupied Vice Char
eellor Stevens attention in Chancery
Chambers this morning, Nand one OF a
peculiar nature. 1t was that OF Lena
Baker, Lulu Waldmann and Maud Wald-
MANN, infants, by Lena Baker, their next
friend, against Frederick Waldmann n
Carrie A. Quinn, to restrain the latter
from disposing of certain copartnership
property in the firm of Fred Waldmann's
Newark Opera House." a company car
ryilfg on a variety, operate and dra-
matte theatre, in which there is a bar
where liquors and refreshments are sold.
From the bill filed 1t appears that an
agreement was made between Lena
Baker, trustee for the little girls, Lulu
and Maud Waldmann, and Frederick
Waldmann and Carrie Quinn, OF June
/, 1899, by which the c~opartnership was
to continue for five years. The theatre
i'll Newark, known as "Waldmann's,s
was owned as follows.-Frederick Wald-
Mann, one-fourth; Carrie A. Quinn. one
fourth; Lulu Waldnann, one-eighth;
Maud Waldmann. one-eighth, and Lena
Baker, the oratrix in the present suit,
o~ne-fourth.
All rents ard expenses were to be
discharged between them, according to
their share. Frederick Waldmann was to
be manager at a salary of $50 weekly.
The bill then goes on to say hat Fred
erick Waldmann has conduct the BUSH
ness of the co--partnership in a careless,
Indifferent, incompetent and negligent
manner; that he has failed and neglected
to keep full and proper books of accounts.
and he has maintained a travelling roupe
of variety performers, known as Fired
Waldmann's WI Speciality Company"
while pretending to act as of
the said co-partnership."
Mrs. Baker then proceeds to show in
her petition that Frederick Waldmann
has paid out of the co-partnership funds
large sums of money for the benefit of
the Specially" travelling troupe. Among
the payments so made, says Mrs. Baker,
is one sum of 1925 paid to Peter Rice,
manager of the troupe. Other sums IL
legally paid out of the co-partnership
funds for the "Waldmann Speciality
Travelling Troupe" are: $3.50 paid to
Harry Morris, $165 to William Eddy, $500
to William Rolf, and in all there was
taken out by Waldmann and applied to
his troupe $500.
Continuing, Mrs. Baker says that in pur-
chasing certain supplies large rebates are
allowed upon accounts when paid, but
during the past three years rebates or
discounts amounting ito 5000 rave been
received by Waldmann, but he has failed
to properly account for them.
Although the agreement between the
partners expressly stipulated, said the Pc
titiorer,s that all funds of the copartner-
ship Should be banked in the FIRMS name
Waldnrann has deposited them in his own
individual name, so that the funds of the
be charged with any checks, acceptaDces
or notes, which may be drawn for Valid
mann'S personal use. Then he has licensed
the place in his own name ard insured
1t as if i. were his own property.
Mrs. Baker complains that she has
made several efforts to make Waidmann
account for the business of the copart-
nership, but she has been unable to OBJ
tain any satisfactory explanation from
him.. The c-opartnersh.p business is worth
about 100000, and If prudenrly managed,
fits. Finally, the bill asks that Waldmann
be compelled to come into court and ac-
count. and in the meantime be stopped
from receiving amy of the copartnership's
funds or disposing of it's property.
Messrs. j. Vail Queen. Flavel MCGEE.
F. McDermott and r. McCarter were the
counsel in the case, and they after a con-
sultation agreed on a settlement. An
agreement Will be made by which VALID
mann WIN continue as manager and he
Will make a proper accounting.