The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-03
BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY.
MacDowell Would Not Share Honors
With Miss Stone.

AS result of ilffeeling commencing
last Thursday, and reaching climax
Sunday afternoon when blows were
struck. Melbourne MacDowell left for
New Orleans last night at 6 o'clock over
the Memphis railroad. and Miss Flor
ence Stone departed three hours later
over the Alton FOR Cincinnati. says q
Kansas. City paper. 1sFrr sssfn4s
3 Mr. MacDowe1l' and Miss Stone have
been appearing in the leading parts for
the Woodward stock company al the
Auditorium The two were to have
opened an engagement at New Orleans
this week, but the departure in different
directions indicates that at least a tenn
porary separation has resulted.
Mr.. Mcdowell first played in Topeka
a the Grand with bis wife, the late
Fanny Davenport. as Antony" to her
Cleopatra" and later played with Miss
Stone in the Sardou plays La Tosca"
and Fedora" at the Crawford. He was
also seen here with Blanch Walsh.
The trouble first came to the surface
when Miss Stone entered Mr.. Meadow
ellis dressing room at the Auditorium and
ship by an apology and explanations.
Mr.. Mcdowell thrust her from the room
and slammed the door in her face, ex-
claiming that he did not want any of
her explanations, that he was tired of
them.
Miss Stone was found a little later
weeping bitterly in her dressing room.
At the same time it was noticed at the
coates house, WQore Iney were stopping,
that they did not come in together any
more and that each departed separately
for the Auditorium He seemed to en-
t1rely ignore her. and she in return ac-
cepted it as gracefully is she could and
did not appear to notice him. Their
engagement closed at the Auditorium
last Saturday night
Nothing more was heard of the mat
ter and some of those around the hotel
thought that the difficulty had been
smoothed over, until about o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Charles Gerold a
travelling man for spice house. had
left his room, almost oppOsite7to the ele-
vator, when he heard loud and angry
talking and the pleading tones of a wo-
man. He stopped and listened a mo-
ment and as the mans voice seemed to
grow more threatening with each word,
he walked back toward the room.
The enraged man was heaping all the
abusive language upon the crying wo-
man that seemed capable for human
tongue and this was followed by blows.
The woman did not cry out, but begged
while the man threw her against the
door, and he was about to approach the
door when another voice broke in in de-
Tense of the woman
The scuff1e stopped for an instant and
tfen the door flew open, and Mr.. Mac
Dowell rushed his son out of the room.
! George Mcdowell had all his extra
clothes thrown over his arm. AS the
door slammed and the key was turned
in the lock. the son called out to the
father in the most scorching tones:
You coward"
After a moment the quarrel inside was
renewed with even more fury and Mr..
Gerold heard a body hurled against the
door and a sound like someone's head be-
ing bumped. Still there were no loud out
cries, the same pleading. About this time
Mr.. Gerold. as he afterwards stated,
thought that if there was any more beat
ing he might as well take a hand in il
and started for the door but the 1oise set
| tied down.
At the Auditorium the impression is
that the whole matter was the outcome OF
Mr.. MacDowells jealousy, professional
and otherwise, of Miss Stone. He made
| everyone strictly understand that he was
the star and boss of the productions and
would run things to please himself. Dur
ing the first week there seemed to hare