The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-08
nENTTOT DIR. A. E. BUCHANAN
UuN11U1 1888 When Building
ADJUSTMENTS.

There was a good advance sale yesterday
for Walker Whiteside engagement at the
Grand the first half of next week. Interest
appears to be pretty evenly divided among
the three great plays to be presented Those
who have seen Mr.. Whitesides Richelieu
and Hamlet know him to be the greatest
actor now playing those parts He has the
additional advantage this season of Fred
erick Paulding's support. A novelty is
promised for the coming engagement here
in an entirely new play based on Stanley
Weyman's thrilling romantic novel, THE
Man in Black Mr.. Whtesde ESSAYS
dual role, that of the old magician and the
young Cheyaler de Renaux. The test is a
severe one, but no one who remembers Mr..
Whitesides fervent young Hamlet and his
crafty old Richelieu can doubt his complete
triumph. "RichelieG' will be given Mon
day night, The Man in Black Tuesday
night and Wednesday matinee and Ham
let" Wednesday night.
The patrons of the Empire will have an
opportunity of seeing one of the best vaude-
vile attractions touring this circuit COM
mencing Monday matinee, when Manager
Harry Hills Mile. Ants Monarchs'' open
a package of fun. In the olio is Almon
Zrenyi an Austrian who has won fame for
himself as a hand jumper.
In the Hogan Alley" Company, coming
to the Park Monday are Gilmore and Leon
ard, Thompson and Bun -, Will J. Hogan
Len Tower, Lillian Shirley Nina Shirley,
Nozzle King. Maud and Ella LIE Page,
Gladys Arnold. Carrie Rose, Eddie ODen
days more of the engagement of Murray
and Mack at the Park. The theater has
been crowded every night this week.
Robert Mantell. who is to be at the Grand
the last half of Mex week in his new play,
"a Secret Warrant" was booked the first
half of the week at the Detroit Opera
House, which was burned Wednesday night.
One Author of ''Mr. JOhnsing' Dead.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. Harry
Green, of Evansville, prominent in musical
circles, died to-day at Nashville of typhoid
fever. He was to have been married next
week to daughter of Capt Frank Tardy.
of this city Green gained much prom
inence by having his name associated with
the popular song, Mr. Johnson Turn Me
Loose he claiming to be the author. Ben
r. Harvey, of Louisville, also claims to be
the author, and sued Green for damages
The case is now pending.
Harney's claim to be the author of "NIr.
Johnson. Turn Me Loose got him behind
the bars in the West Forty-seventh-street
station in New York recently. This is how
the New York Journal wrote it up: He
went to the Olympia last evening. where
his wife, one of the Sisters Leigh. is per-
forming and sought admission without
money and without price. The doorkeeper
wanted to know what for. For a moment
tho author of that great song stood and
stared as if he were about to silently have
fits. Then he recovered breath enough to
exclaim proudly Il am the man who wrote
MIR. Johnson, Turn Me- Loose
The dOOrkeeper was overheard to mutter
sonnet hing which SOnpdAd like sffbpIl
say but he said aloud: Nit, not, no."
The song writer plainly could not believe
his ears. He supposed the ticket-taker had
taken something else. and, plying him, he
tried to pass him. But he was restrained.
Then he became indignant, and suffered
himself to explain once more who he was
ticketeta ker objected and the more Benja-
MINIS anger rose, until there was what the
Tenderloin reporters speak of as "a slight
disturbance"
Thereupon a special policeman approached
and laid hand on the composers Shout
''Take your hand off SIR, exclaimed
Benjamin, haughtiiy. do you know who
i ann"
The special policeman unblushingly adj
mitted that he did not know who the dis
turbing person was, ana once more Benja-
min exclaimed:
Il am the man who wrote Mr.. Johnson,
Turn Me Loose.
Then he watched to see the special drop
deaSt but instead OF thus ceaSing to cum
Der the ground he turned the great song
ster over 10 a policeman, who conducted
him TO Jail. Out from the glitter and glare
and gayety of the Tenderloin street Benia-
min Harvey was led, singing softly, more
Turn Me Loose and thus he sang behind
the bars