The sun., 1903-11-09
TRIED TO SERVE NINE. PATTI
BUT HEP HUSBAND, THE BARON,
SENT THE MAN SPRAWLING.
Little Scene at the stage Door OF Car.
negie Hall--Police Escort for the
Singer on Her way HOme-Lawyer
Says He Has Two Suits Against Her.

Says He Has Two suits Against Her.
AS Nine Adelina Patti was getting out
Of her carriage on Saturday evening to
begin her concert at Carnegie Hall she had
an adventure which. she declared later, al
most made her wish she had never returned
to America
She was accompanied from the Savoy,
where she was staying until she left for
Philadelphia yesterday, by her husband
Baron Rolf Cedestrom. On the box at
the drivers side sat big man named Her.
ron. an expressnan whom Marcus Mayer,
as representative for Robert Grau, Nine,
PATHS manager, had hired to do police
duty.
When the singers carriage stopped in
front OF Carnegie Hall the Baron got out
and handed his wife to the sidewalk. Her
ron had already Jumped down. At that
moment man, who the Baron says Is
representative OF the custom house broker
age firm Of Kennedy d Moon OF 66 Beaver
street, rushed up to Nine. Patti. She was
pressing her handkerchief with both hands
against her throat to avoid injury to her
voice from the cool air.
The man, according to an account OF the
affair given to Sun reporter by Mr. Mayer
last evening. rather roughly pulled Nine
PATHS hands from her throat and tried
to make her take piece of paper. He eald'
according 10 Mr.. Mayer
Mime. Patti, here 10 something that |
want you to attend to-
She didn't take the paper. Before the
man could do anything else the Baron
Jumped at him and gave him combination
of a blow and a shove which sent the man
sprawling. Heron had refrained from in
terfering. He thought that the man was
a process server and didn't care to interfere,
he says.
Nine. Patti, according to MIR. Mayer,
was not bothered any more, but when she
got inside the hall wept hysterically ana
was so wrought up that Mr.. Mayer began
to fear that she would not sing. She did,
however, 60 through with the programme.
Mr. Mayer says that her nervousness was
plainly noticeable In her first song
She was still so worried at the end OF
the concert that she requested police
escort to her hotel, so Mr.. Mayer telephoned
to Police Inspector McCiusky who sent
two detectives up. The man with the
paper didn't appear again. Mr' Msver
said last night that ne had not discovered
who tho man was.
Before Madame Patti arrived" he said
- man from Kennedy j Moore went to
sue Mr.. Morin, Madame PATHS agent
and asked that his firm superintend the
inspection of her baggage when II came
He was told to see me or MIR. Gra'i the
next day, but he didn't and went ahead
and made arrangements TO have her baggage
passed and her effects bonded.
.Ihe only dut ia ble article that she brought
was d basket OF light wine. which she de-
clared and on which her maid paid SIG
duty While her baggage was being eI-
amiped man from Kennedy \ Moons
bothered around taSing things from the
trunks and putting them back. He forced
himself upon the job he wasn't asked
TO do it.
Madame Patti got aletter from Kennedy
4 Moon on Nov. 2 saying that they were
glad that duty OF only sl6 had been de-
manded and enclosing bill for Sl0O. II
was sent to me and paid no attention to It.
last flflfselay.a "a man from Kennedy Moon
went to the Savoy and told the Baron that
his firm had bin for 500 against Madame
me about it and did SO paid no attention
1T was this man. the Baron says. who
met Nine Patti at Carnegie Hall.
io>.pI. :. h."',re,:V a 80 i'f"retaee hfm
had gone to led Wlerl u SuS rei rter tried
to see him at his home, $50 Wes, i4etl street
last night He said through he closed
door that it wac not he who tai met Nine.
Patti at Carnegie Hall,
1T was a City Marshal" he said.
For further details he referred the re-
nor-er TO LAWYER John J. Nause. Mr..
Fause was not visible last night, but his
brother and business associate, William
II Vaus said that ho Knew nothing about
Nine PATHS adventure.
we have TWO cases against Madame
Patti" he said "One is for s. 900 for
breach Of contract, but am not az liberty
10 speak of that now
THAT il all hot air" said Mr.. Mayer
when he heard of it II have ,managed or
have helped to marriage Madame PATHS
last two tourr here and nothing has occurred
ont of which such a claim might grow"
William r. Si-on, Mr.. kennedy's rart-
ner. said last night hat he knew very little
about the firn,'s relations with Nine Patti,
as the entire business had been in his Tart-
ner's hands. He guessed that the bill for
seeing the prirna donna through the GUS
toms might have been as much as 500,
but Just how the matter stood Mr.. Kennedy
would have to say,
He said lie didn't believe it was marshal
that had accosted Madame Patti but he
thought it quite possible that ii had been
a subpoena serie-.
-They had givcn their last concert
said Mr. Moon, 'and were going West.
You know how theatrical people are: 1t
wasn't certain that they were cominglback.
Perhaps there was subpnn1 out ard the
server NAV have laid j, on Madame PATHS
shoulder. The Baron may have msunder-
stood"