Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-01

Special correspondence,
uNDON juno lE-"Whon Mrs,
BroWn'pollor was running the
l. Savoy lhcator at u loss last win.
ter and spring and placardlng the
town with predictions that shc would
Twin OUT people wondered greatly
whore all The money came FROM That
curiosity has been satisfied In rather
sensational fashion what might be
called the tragedy of "rho Angel and
the Aclrcss' has been played out In a
court NJ law, with the result that the
Angel" goes TO Jan for I'VE years for
misappioprlatlng trust funds, ana tho
actress has bclak,n herself to tho
variety stage,
.Alirol Fosslck the Angel" well iul.
nllod the popular conception of that
character Tie was bald and guaye and
church deacon and old enough to
Know bCttcr For some years he had
acted ~ Mrs Potter'8 solicitor, and had
exercised entire personal control of her
hlalrs after she went into the Savoy
speculation II happened also that ho
hhd charge of securities amounting to
over 100000 belonging 10 the estate OF
the late Agnes skinner And II was
mat money which Kept Mrs, Pottors
theatrical venture afoat 10 long, When
the executors found the securities had
disappeared proceedings were, uf
course, begun against rossIck Then
ne Anger turned ON the actress he
declared th0t he had loaned her the
money which he was accused Of mis-.
app,oplloting ana that she had broken
nor promise TO repay HIM lie could
never have escaped conviction on that
ground, but II focused public interest
IN the cHso on the question whether
or no MIS-. lrown.potlor knew how he
hnd raised The money with which no
had Kept her going
IN me witness box she iCpudmtcd this
delegation omphutIonlly and hoapod
Heorn und contempt on her oralwhIlo
Angel" A capital witness she nude,
ooHnNworing all questions with instant
drclelon occasionally showing u touch
Of the haulour Of tho Du Barr, or Inc
plalnlIyonofs Of Sanlu2g0, lately lmpor.
honHted by her Nor were her good
looks ana handsome costume lost ON
spectators ana jury who, apparently
foll mat thoy were being treated 10 an
excellent dramatic performance free OF
charge ana appreciated II all the moro
on that account,
Mrs brown'Potlor denied that she
hnd over asked Fossick 20 advance hor
money on his own account, She loft
the arrangements for raising II entirely
IN his hande, lie told her, she said,
mat he had clients who would loan
hor 100000 on her property NJ Maiden
head She signed a lot Of papers but
what lhoy meant she aid moi under.
stand, u trusted him completely" she
declared WIN tragic emphasis
'Whcn the lease Of the thealer OK.
plrod' she continued, ~ asked Mr..
Fossltk what WAS 10 be done. | told
nm mat i PnglacoI was run ut a loss,
ana That ! wnp down and out Uo
proposed the pu llarrl play and said
no hod found n syndicate 10 book II,
ITO lofuaod ~ my who composed tho
pyndcato. Under the terms arranged
! was TO hoyo GlOO N5oO) week. And
lhe SALARY was mover paid" she added
"Tho financial results Of your oaso.
citation win Mr. rossiok are whnt2"
hhkd the lnNNer Tor the prosecution,
y am ruined" said Mrs Potter
wv l,'N w WV "'Vl'N'' OulnR drowned
ny. ihe opposing counsola vehement
objection.
Among the documents you signed
was q hlll Of sale ON your own proper.
Tyr no quoriod
"Yes" she rotortod turning almost
Hereby towards the dock whore Fos.
sick sat with apoucd head. N signed
II because J thought II better that
ghonld sufler myself than that hun.
area ana nfty poor people earning 30
thllllnss should no starving for want OF
their weekly wages"
Leaving bohlnd tho impression that
Hne was muoh malIgned and self.
W.llnelnF woman Whose sole fault II
had poen 10 trust her Angel" too I'm.