The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-02

dated 1919. with the following notice in the
London Era Of Feb. p. of that year.:
wheatcroft. CT the Theater Royal. south
ampton. TO Miss Jenny Rogers, OF the same
theater-f
The ages given in the marriage certificate
are twenty-five and twenty-eight years. re-
spectively. Mrs. Wheatcroft was at that
time an actress of considerable experience.
while her husband was at the outset OF MS
career. They came to London after leav-
ing southampton. and. according TO the
widows story. the last London engage
ment of Nelson Wheatcroft was at Sad
ler'S Wells Theater. then under the man
agement of Mrs. Bateman. Leaving sad
ier's Wells. ne joined the touring COM
pany OF Miss Adeiine %Stanhop and her
husband. Amory Sullivan. the son OF Barry
Sullivan, Mrs. Wheatcroft being left In
London with her four children While on
tour differences arose between Mr.. Sullivan
and Mr.. Wheatcr0ft regarding the relations
of the latter with the formers wife. and
the uDshot was that i'm 1872 Mr.. Sullivan
obtained a divorce from his wife. Miss
Stanhope. Wheatcroft being named as CO.
respondent.
avoid payment of costs that ne left Eng
land. and she learned he Joined Miss Stan
nope at Buenos Ayres, to which place the
latter had preceded him with a theatrical
company. There had been no talk Of a di-
yorce between the TWO, Mrs. Wheatcroft
having forgiven him the Mrs. Sullivan incl
dent for the sake of tn children.
From Buenos Ayres Mr.. Wheatcroft went
to New York. and from hat time con-
StdHlly tOlilU uDltdltG With Ills wife. anu III
lss6 paid a brief visit TO England. lie then
told his wife that Miss Stanhope was mar
ried and off his hands. and that he did not
know where she was, and that il was a pity
she had ever come between him and his
wife.
Mrs. Wheatcroft put before the Herald's
correspondent letters showing that her has-
band during the whole period of his resi-
dence in New York had been promising TO
take her and her children out there and to
come home for them, but had been delay
ing doing so on one excuse and another.
Since Mr.. Wheatcroft began making head
way i'm New York he constantly maintained
his family in England. sending regularly
sums of so or &l2 a MONTH His last letter
was dated Feb. q and mailed by DR.. Burke
daughter. and reads: MY Dear May-in-
closed find T.. o. order for G10. / am i'll in
bed just at present and not sure when l
father. n. Wheatcroft."
Mrs. Wheatcroft states positively that
during their married life there was no
formal separation. divorce or legal pro-
ceedings of any sort. Her children at his
request: were kept ignorant Of the Stan
nope affair. and TO the last Mrs. Wheat
croft was looking forward 10 the family liv-
ing again happily together. The New York
announcement that he was married TO Miss
Stanhope came as a great shock TO her.
The American Mrs. Wheatcroft says that
Wheatcroft told her he had "A wife and
family in England. and in 1856 he left her
In this country TO go back to get a divorce.
He went TO England and renamed there
three months said She. and when he re-
turned he informed me that he was free at
last and could marry me. ] know that he
sent monthly remittances to his children.
and / encouraged him to do this"
The New York Mrs. Wheatcroft says
that her husband left no estate to amount
to anything. although il is currently re-
ported that he was worth 5000. She de-
clared that she had paid out of her own
earnings some of his personal debts.
Wheatcrcft was for many years a men,
Der of Daniel Frohman's company and later
head of the Empire School of acting. His
latest stage appearance was in the New
York production of Sardou's "Spiritisme. -
the play that collapsed in Washington this
week.