The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
MARIE WILL" {. : ;.
 z. :. BE MISSED !
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:@. Marie Jansen Is, booked to leave for Sa acrarnento. to- -norrow; bit: whether she: wilfmanage to getaway or. not is a a*mat- ter of doubt If she does manage;. and charming stage s0ubrettes are. credited, with the ability to do almost anything. they choose. her absence. will be regretted: in the extreme-by. people who hold bills against.:her for certain sums of lucre. .
 Last night an attempt was: made to: at tacE Marie by certain deputies from the Sheriff office. 1t was: an attempt and nothing more. When the deputies visited: the office of the Columbia Theater ~tney: found -:there " was n0thing.. to attach; Marie was there. She also had her cos: tunes, but nothing else; and: costumes: being: personal ..propertyj cannot be at. tached by: the attaches: of the. Sheriff $. office. The receipts of the box office may. be figured up. in the; one expressive slang word, Mt" The SheriffAas deputies were: not long in discovering. that as. far as the box: office receipts we're concerned. there was nothing to- attach The com. pany had brought no scenery with it., so; there was no scenery to-. attach. There was but one thing left: to: do,: and that: was to serve a summons. =.
 Now, the claim was made out in the name of one Robert Montaine against E. B. Ludlow: manager; Arthur: " ard and: " for services rendered.: and was placed in: the hands of Deputy Sheriff George: Rad. ford. .+.-;. - :.. ..< :: Mr. Radford: visited the box office, and, , as heretofore stated, found that If: the company desired to fill its next engage ment It must walk to Sacramento. ie de-. cided to serve. a summons on the defend- ants, Ludlow, Ward and JanSen, but none of the defendants could be found Miss, Jansen, it was stated, was on the stage, carrying out her part. and could not De til .flla M nG Ludlow and Ward were anywhere in gen. eral and nowhere in particular
 The Sheriff's deputies then withdrew around the corner of the box office, where they could be heard but not seen, and discussed the situation They had just about decided upon making raid behind the scenes in search of the tair Marie when a corpulent gentleman with numer- ous chins approached and asked if they desired to see MT. Ludlow: On being informed that such was the case, he stated that he was the man wanted, and in a brusQue manner told them to go ahead He was served with the summons, and in response gave grunt that might have meant anything or nothing, pocketed the papers and walked away, after mak- ing few remarks derogatory to the antecedents of Sheriffs deputies in gen eral.
 When confronted by a Call representa- tive he was at first as affable as press agent who expects free advertisement. but when a few leading questions had been put he changed his tone entirely.
 At first he made the bare and bold as- sertion that Montaine's wife had been q member of the company but had been discharged. When further questioned he replied: See here, young man, if you're looking for information you'll have to go somewhere else to get it. See? I'm not here to answer your questions. This man Montaine is no good. l am manager of this company, and my word goes. Mon- taine was with us, and we fired him for getting drunk. That's all m tell you, and that's the whole story. He can keep on issuing attachments until he gets tired"
 After positively refusing to answer. all further questions regarding Mr. Mon taines connection with. the company, the corpulent manager withdrew, and as his horid face resembied that of man in imminent danger of being stricken with apoplexy or gout he was not further pressed with questions.
 There are many claims against the company in which Marie figures as the star, but as the company carries nothing attachable 1t Is doubtful if the claimants will ever realize anything. On Friday night an attempt was made to attach the company for $123 75, but it was impossible to do so as there was absolutely nothing to attach. If the company ever makes a return engagement it will undoubtedly be met with most formidable writ of execution.