Bisbee daily review., 1905-09-22

The Ethel Tucker Stock Co.,. which is playing at the Orpheum in Douglas this week, and which will appear in Bisbee on Sunday evening, caused a scene in a Phoenix theatre last week.
 In speaking of the occurrence the Phoenix Gazette says:
 Last night at Eastlake park during the progress of the play at F. C. Der gers theatre the audience was thun- der struck when during an act Miss Ethel Tucker, the leading lady, turned to a party of gentlemen, including two of the most prominent business men in Phoenix. and remarked that they evidently did not like the play and if so she would say for Manager Berger that they could get their money back. Berger himself then walked forward and pointed out the gentlemen telling them they would have to leave.
 Thy started to go and a squabble ensued about the return of the money. The gentlemen. as a matter of prin- cipal, dmanded the return of their money and the box office desired to retain a portion of it. Mir. Cheatham San Francisco gentleman who is a friend of MT. Louis Melczer, was of the party and had bought the tickets
 When he was finally given his mon- ey he asked why one of the party, Mir Tod, should remain and the rest be elected He said the rest had as much right to see the play through as he and then it was that Manager Berger lost his temper and grabbing a big revolver he swung it around his head in wild west style.
 The gentlemen of the party. while incensed at the unjust, uncalled for and decidedly ungentlemanly treat ment that had been accorded them, had refrained from saying some things that they might have been tempted to say had not MT. Berger's wife been present but the manager was not so careful.
 As he whirled the gun around his head he shouted: "I will shoot - What he might have done with the deadly weapon is matter for conjecture.
 His fathertinlaw, MT. Reid, who seemed to be the only one of the the atrical people retaining any judgment, seized Berger and probably prevented bloodshed.
 The gentlemen of the party were Mr. Root, a recent arrival, of New York city; MT Cheatham, a San Fran cisco gentleman, MT Louis Melczer and NIT. Paul Brizzard, two prominent business men of the city, N. L. Me Elligott of the Republican and Eugene Tod, an advertising man.
 Judging from Miss Fuckers speech some of the audience thought the gentlemen had passed offending re- marks about the members of the com pany but no one could be found who heard anything of the kind and a mem Der of the party explained it 10 the Gazette this morning saying that as they entered MT. Cheatham called for the tickets and when asked where he wanted them remarked to Mrs. Der ger that he was not particular. Then he said: Don't take us too near the line" At this Berger seemed to take offense and remarked that We don't put any one too near the line"
 On entering the strangers of the party were questioning the others con cerning the identity of some of the actors and the party were laughing and talking in quiet way. No un- favorable comment was being made and MT Brizzard remarked to the Ga zette today that he was so surprised that he gazed in open mouth wonder at Miss Tucker when she made her remarks and pointed out his party.
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