The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-29
Left on Wednesday to
Join Miss Thropp.
WAS THE FAIR CLARA'S ANGEL
CONTENTS OF A TRUNK GAVE
THE DoTING ACTOR AWAY.
The Funds Raised in Charity Are
Recklessly Spent in Entertain
ing the Missing
Actress.

At the New Comedy Theater they have
hung out another badge of mourning
and are now wailing the loss of George
Folsom, missing Clara Troops leading
man.
Folsom skipped out on Wednesday
morning, and like the fetching Clara,
sent waiting manager and matinee
audience q brief note, stating that they
need not expect him to contribute his
share to the programme.
F'olSom's absence surprised neither the
company nor the management. In fact,
an atmosphere of direful suspicion how
cred Ger the leading man since last Mon
day morning, when the greater part of
Miss Thropp's wardrobe was found in his
trunk
Folsom on leaving the city went to Sac
ramento and appealed to VIM. ]. Jossey,
manager of the Signal of Liberty" with
which company he was formerly con-
nected. Folsom's haggard appearance
and his hard-luck story touched the man
ager and su6Serp9n was Immediately
enable the stranded actor to purchase
meal tickets and otherwise keep him in
comfort for several weeks to come,
The subscribed money, however, did not
go toward the essentials necessary to
sustain the life of perishing comedian,
but helped to pay for a soubrette supper
for the missing Clara, whom Folsom had
1t was while hilariouSly returning from
this supper that Folsom met some of the
Liberty people and his real troubles be-
gan. The philanthropists traced the re-
Calcitrant pair to a lodging house near
the Golden Eagle Hotel. and emphatically
and altogether unceremoniously demand
ed the return of their bounty. The money
was returned, less 81 so which had gone
toward the entertainment of Clara
Thropp.
William ]. Jossey, manager of Signal
of Liberty COmnanV. nlaVinP at the
Auditorium in San Jose, in speaking of
the matter last evening said:
George Folsom, who played light COM
edy lead in the Thropp company, came to
members of our company Wednesday
evening at Sacramento after the perform
ance and asked US TO help him, as he was
without means Folsom had just come
from San Francisco, and suspected that
Miss Thropp was with him. I asked him
If she was and he said she was not.
with this understanding, we took up
collection, and raised enough money TO
keep him for while He went out as
soon as he got it. Shortly after two mem
bers of our company met him and Miss
Thropp together on the street. Our peo-
pie are very bitter against Miss Thropp
for the way she treated her company
and they FASTENED back to tell the rest
of US that she and Folsom were together.
The company then all agreed to demand
the money they had given Folsom, and
asked me to go and get it, finally To-
Gated the couple in a clearinghouse near
the Golden Eagle Hotel. l told him that
my people had given money to him be-
cause of his former connection with us,
but that under no consideration could
Miss Thropp enjoy any of It. | demanded
its return. / threatened to telegraph his
whereabouts to San Francisco, and he lost
no time in handing over the money Fol-
som then told me he was married to Miss
On Thursday morning Jossey saw Fol-
som at the Sacramento depot, and the
latter asked him to mail a letter that was
addressed to the agent of the Great
cisco He also requested Jossey not to
tell any one of his having been In Sacra-
mento Jossey says Folsom is very good
actor, and until five months ago was
member of the JoSsey-Marvin Company.
He was dismissed from the company in
the Black Hills for characterization. he
then went East and joined MISS IhTopps
company He had some money, and 1t is
understood was playing the part OF
angel and advancing funds, the. com
pany having started out on shoe-
string" and being In bad hnancial conol-
Manager Leavitt and the. police are con-
fdent that they will now shortly have the
absconding soubrette behind bolts and
ossiAsCRAMENTO, Oct. 2S.-Clara Thropp,
the actress, was arrested here late to-
night on a telegram from Chief Lees OF
San Francisco. She. is charged BY Maj Map
TReater with felony embezzlement. She
is accompanied here by a Mr.. ROBSON,
who says he is her HUSBAND
Miss Thropp says she. left Leavitts
theater because she could get no money
for a weeks appearance there. she de-
clares she has nothing in her possession
belonging TO Leavitt or ms manager, IT, r.,
in her possession belong to her me COM
pany she says, is her brother 8, ana lnat
she had no contract with Leav1tt. She
in company with officer Maley and Fol-