The San Francisco call., 1899-07-01
Trixie Coleman in a
Critical State.
ALARM OVER HER CONDITION
PROPRIETOR SCHWARTZ TRIES
TO SUPPRESS FACTS.
The Woman Was Hit on the Head
With g Bottle, and Blood Poi
soning Is Said to Have =.
Set In.

Great alarm is felt In certain circles
over the cOndi tion OF "Trixie'' Coleman
the young variety actress who was badly
injured last Saturday night at the Tha-
| liza beer hall While engaged in a dis
| graceful row with another woman named
l:''Dollte" Kellog. .TriXie Coleman is now
lying in. a critical condition at the home
of MaQde Darrell, a well-known tender
loin. character. and. James Schwartz, the
/ proprietor of the beer hall; has instructed
the*friends.:of=* the: young woman to sup
press**t the facts concerning Miss Cole
+ man s *:precarfous state. Instead of hay
ling. heen: hit on the head with a glass
| the Coleman woman. was struck with a
sbeer*bottle. f. The force Of the blow opened
la cash .seNeral inches, and. the broken
f%gIass: cut deep=into her; scalp. In dress
ling: / he *W0und=.tlle doctor failed to. re-
Enfove the: spFnters of glass. and as a re-
/ suit blood zpoisqning IS said to have set
In =.@:=: = >=,:. = -:
. Fearing that. the police would refuse to
grant him. a new license to. conduct his
resort t,# Prophet or Schwartz - and the
friends of the young woman, I'll of whom
E.a re employed by him. have done all ia
their pow er': hush up. the matter. When
+ Ef1rSt.taken to the. home OF; the Darrell
woman, at: 720E Bush street. Miss Cole
t man wa s. unconscious and she remained
Fin that condition. for several days. Dr.
I:BohTi,, who occupies an office a block
AWAY from the Thalia, was called IN TO
attend the woman, and he. too, was cat
tioned::to give out no information as to
where the woman was confined or how
t:seriously she was injured. ....-: .---
E Despite Schwartz attitude, few per
sons. employed at the Thdlia who were
Witnesses to the row stated yesterday that
Eif the Coleman WOman's injuries resulted
fatally; they would divulge certain ugly
"details which have thus far been success
fully suppressed. .r-
The quarrel which resulted so disas-
trously for the Coleman woman began
| over a dispute as TO which one was justly
entitled under the rules of the institution
| to profit by the favor Of a man who was
spending his mouey freely in the place.
/ One warm word brought on another. and
in a moment Trixie Coleman and Dollte
Kellog were tangled in wild combat. AT
long range they .rained blows on each
others countenance and in the clinches
| 1rixie Coleman possibly because of heI
intimate association with a broken-doW
| prizefighter, proved the kellogg: woman
superior. 'rriXie landed an artistic LETT
hook ON Dollie'S nose. and fractured heI
nasal appendage in two places. Then the
! keliog woman grabbed a beer bottle ano
struck 'friXie on the head. ''* .
The crowd of walters and cheap per
| formers who had watched the struggle
! for supremacy between the TWO womer
became alarmed at its serious. cQnSe-
Quences, and they hustled DOllie Kellog
| into another portion of the place The
| Coleman woman was picked UP. In an un-
| conscious tcOndltlOn ana carried INTO one
! of the back rooms: She was bleeding pre-
| fusely from q deep cut in her head; but
/ rather than have the. affair come, to the
| notice of the police Schwartz, who was
an interested spectator, refused to allow
I the woman to be removed to- the Receiv-
| ing Hospital. where she could have beer
! given Immediate attention. She was al
T lowed to lay there unconscious and bleed
! ing until DR.. Bohn arrived. 5..-.9-
I Contrary to general expectation, Dol
| lie Kelfog has made no attempt to leave
town. but since she was informed of hel
victims serious condition she has become
greatly alarmed.