The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-22
NAN AT 1T
ONCE MORE
LEFT NEW YORK SUD.
DENLY FOR WASHING
TON CITY
ROW WITH MORGAN SMITH
a -
ROW WITH MORGAN SMITH
Former Sweetheart of Young
in a New TangIe.


Ne,v York. Aus. go Nan Palter-
Sqe packed her trunks huriedly yesier.
: day and gave lp her apartments at tho
Cambridge Court hotel Forty-ninth
street near seventh avenue SHE Icft
word for callers that she had gone to
Washington. j. c.
With the sudden departure of the
former Florodora sextctte girl comes a
statement from Mrs. v W Handy. Of
the Hoiyoke apartments No. ass west
End avenue alleging that She Patterson
girl has been altogether too friendly with
her brother-in-iaw, c. Ralph Ash. q wen-
to-do lumher broker. OF Duluth MINI.
whrl IS stayine at the Hotei ssnr
twice Mrs. Handy ,.Ied to ht an
Interview with the Saterson plra nut
each time failed once the lciress es-
capped in an electric hanson. according
to Mrs Handy
Il would Ike to inset that woman IN
Ozark street" SAID Mrs. Handy yester-
day and while ! know my POSITION. I
feel that mix-up and blacken,d eyes
might result"
The actress was registered al the Cam
bridge Court as Helen Needham.r
Mrs Handy. who formerly lived n
Syracuse. n y. was bitter Ia her dc.
nunciaiion OF "rVan. Ash. accordine ia
ms. Handy has known the Floro.iora
siri only four weeks. and IN that time
has gained Broadway notoriety as "a
liberal snender
First Met While Bathing.
Ralph Ash first met Nan Patteryan "a
bathing az Brighton Beach four weeks
asc.s5and Mrs. Handy today "r,ie in-
PRODUCTION came through Abe Attel a
prize hghter who Is friendly with Nan.
The actress ana her bro;her-ia-law. J.
Morgan smith and Julia smith. her Sis
ter. became very much attached 10 my
hTod;hor-in-law
Information reached me llnilns The
zane Of Mr. Ash With that or the former
sweetheart Of Caesar Young. I qucs-.
Toned Ralph about 1t and DE sa.d that be
had been Introduced to a young woman
named Helen Needham. and .aat after.
ward he found out she was Nan pat-
terson.
WHEN asked how he came 10 dis
cover the real identity Of fhe Pattetson
giri AIr Ash said that he had known
Helen Ntedhain three days and was sur
her he replied shat he did She siid:
Wquld you Ike me Just as much Il YOU
knew who I amg ho again rcpncd IN the
alternative. pncn she said I'm Nan
Patterson.
Mrs. Handy declared that she up-
braided Ash for iiis conduct 10 which the
Duluth man replied he would have given
$4,000 Il he could have avoided the in-
PRODUCTION
Raih visited the conS.s,ao brothers
saloor az Broadway and Forty-seoond
strssi In company with 'Nan and met
lot OF her sporting Acquaintance inciud-
ing horsemen, prize frhiors ana actress
es The pair also dined az the spauidng
on Forty third street and visited the
Hotel Astor.
At this iuncture a wcol, Gro sup
posed friend OF the Patterson ain came
70 me with new Information I immedi-
ately called Mr. Ash on the 'elerhone and
De promised to quit Mans company. The
next day he was again in Mans COM
pany
Spent a Small Fortune.
4 threatened to write 10 the city
National Bank OF Duiuth, 10 an onlciaI
ftiA naive AfN hftlA account HfNl-
3ped. j. g not true thar Ralph spent s5.-
ooe with Mar and her friends, but ne did
get ria OF q small sized fortune.
"A few days ago Nj Ash said that
Nan had a pretty pair OF blue eyes
reminded him Of his wife 'is Dumth
my sister ana OF his four pretty babies
'-tach haying blue eyes. lie broke down
and promised not TO meet tho actress
aeain.
Ny Ash paid for the hotel bin oil
Que OF Nau's friends AT Brighton Beach
know this because saw the biz
have knowledge of othef money transac-
lions including bois made by San az the
rsice-trnck.
Nan Had Row with Smith
+W'hile IN the oomrmy of Ar Ash
fhere was a quarrel between j Morgan
Smith and Nan MI Ash said Dc was
sh9ekcd by what he heard"
Mro Handy Informed friend Of Mans
that something serious would hapEen
II me Florodofa giii persisted iu her nt-
4 tention a. Ash. This news was carried
70 Nan yesterday. Later San took the
ccngressional Limited for Washington