The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
HIT HERR CONREID'S HAT.
MR. EBUMlNN RFsENTs THE MANA
GERS INDIFFERENCE.

Thereby ne Gets himself Hailed TO Court
ana Rouna over 10 Keep the Peace. ana the
German Theatrical Season Opens n Little
Prematureiy. but, on tho whole. with Success
The German theatrical season opened yoster-
day-maybo q little promaturoly, but with sue
cess. Manager Conried Of the Irving Place
Theatre had his hat knocked of by Albert
Neumann. critic and dramatist, and he had Mr..
Ncumann put under bonds to keep tho peace.
The German cafes. from Flcischmann's TO the
Boulevard, buzzed with tho news last night,
and there was u temporary neglect of the bit
tcrly discussed question as to whether Marie
deistingor was really coming back next year or
not. Whether Mr.. Conried or Mr.. Neumann
had won the day was undecided. At Fleisch-
mann's 1t was declared by the group around tho
philosophers table that victory rested with the
manager. But Lnchow's was for tho critic to
q man, Over at the Boulevard there was q tie.
Manager Conriod got back from Europe last
week. and told the reporters that In his absence
Mr.. Neumann, who, owing to his suavity and
polish. is frequently called tho Baron" in Cor
man.Amerioan circles, he'd made an AFFIDAVIT,
in tho interests Of q rival manager, that Johann
Strauss, as we'll as Mrs. Strauss, had told him
that Manager Conrled during the past ten
years had never sent to Vienna one cent Of roy
alties for the use Of the Strauss o~perettas here.
xAAohohoA ~eA . behu thtAe AS "oo eNabA w
prosecute Mr.. Neumnnn for the statement.
This was not mentioned In any Of the news
papers, for German theatrical rows, like
legal ~lctions, arc dangerous things. Mr.. Nou-
mann himself was o dreadful example of their
uncertainty. Last spring the manager Of q
small German theatre pulled Mr.. Neumann's
nose In q clubhouse uptown because he did not
like q criticism Mr.. Neumann had made Of his
theatre. Mr.. Neumann hailed him to court.
But shortly afterward he produced one Of Mr..
the troubles In the German theatres sometimes
Mr.. Conried and Mr.. Ncumann did not meet
after Mr.. Neumann had made the Strauss AMI.
S HiSnn, until Gafs Friday; THAT was ss,,s Sp' M9 c the
and asked him how he Was. Mr.. ,Conried
called Mr.. Neumann by no name, neglected as
taurant and upstairs to where the large table
stands about which the "StdPsnI0dcste gather
ried:ate a schnitzel and drank Pilsner. MIR: Neu.
wsrs o StSsas az a't the , a1d sT 70 talk to. 50 ii Was
not until tho meal was finished that Mr.. Seu.
RED why fSo he Ss S %ss0 80 distant. A' Them he asked.
Mr.. Conried answered. The table listened. The
manager said he. would say no more, The
then. Mr.. Conried said some moro, and the
philosophers put down their beer not in the
way Icy nAo p0on putting II uoN H. Out On INC
table Then Mr.. NeumRnn flushed and left
the table. Manager Conried says he went down
stairs and proposed to fight a duel with him. .
Yesterday at noon Mr.. Conried started to seek
the philosophers table at Tenth street and
broadway. He was absorbed in thinking OF
sixteenth century costumes for his opening play
and tho roar OF Fourteenth street reached his
ears family. He did not even hear the man
who plays the flute for fourteen hours q day at
tho door OF Huber's Museum until no looked up
and saw Mr.. Seumann standing In front OF him.
Mr.. Seumann continued to stand there; Mr.;
Conried asked him n he would step aside and
Mr.. Seumann asked why no had been called
names. Mr.. Corried says that then he stepped
up TO call q policeman standing near the
museum, As no passed BY a blow landed on
his hat brtm and the hat slipped down violently
over his left ear. II almost fell to the street,
but Manager Conried caught IL in time to pre-
vent more serious results. Then the policeman
arrested Mr.. NeumAnn. and, with . lawyer, Mr.
Conried went down to tho EsSex Market Police
Court
Magistrate Kudlich decided that disorderly
conduct was enough 10 cover the case, and Mr.
SeumAnn pleaie6 guilty and was paroled until
this morning. when his bondsmAn will have Il
furnish 300 bail for his good behavior. 20 fal
as the case goes he IS satisfied. Manager Con
ried 10 satisfied, and so the opening VI the fal
and winter season In German thea tricAl
passed OF very we'll.