Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-13
AN ACT THAT IS
TRULY DRAMATIC
Action Taken in Court to Stop
The Play "Her Fatal
Love-"
RESTRAINING ORDER OUT.
Alleged That Production l. Changed
Version OF THE squaw
Man"

Theo Loren the one-time villain OF
the Mack Swain company, aud now
leading actor OF his own stock COM
pany. seems destined 30 end his days
In Salt Lake In truly dramatic fash
ion
After playing the season through,
filing in all the vacant dates ut the
Grand II was announced that Man
ager shutter had Joined the popular
clamor In favor OF sending the young
motor to New York for "A course Of
study. and that after this weeks per-
formances he would close his western
engagements. Torch played the first
hair OF the week through with Reap
ing he Harvest" and for the last two
nights decided to put on his best plays
for his farewell beIeht Last night he
did Soldier of the Empire" in which
he had made big hit and tonight he
planned To- put ON Her Fatal Love"
which ran FOR four nights last week
However at O'CLOCK today II tenn
porary restraining order was served
upon the actor the manager and the
company prohibiting them from put
ting on the play and naming tomorrow
as the date for appearing to show
cause why permanent injunction
should not issue
MANAGER SHUTTER ARRIVES.
The restraining order. which is taken
out in behalf of Liebler & Tyler and
Selma Fetter Royle wife of Edwin
Milton Royle author Of the Squaw
Man makes the Denver Theater COM
pany Pelton and Smutzer Individually.
and Tltn Torch defendants 1t alleges
that the play Her Fatal Love" is a
piratcal edition Of "The Squaw Man"
the popular play by Mr. Royle which
was built on occurrences during his
life in Utah
Manager .SmutZer errived IN Salt
Lake at ll:45 o'clock today from Lo-
gan, where he went to take charge of
theater which has Just been brought
under his control. He was served with
the papers at o'clock, and Immediate
" took them to his lawyers Richards
Ferry, with whom he held a consul
tation this afternoon,
You can assure the public said
Mr.. shutter. when first served with the
papers, that the play Her Fatal Love
VIII be presented tonight. and that ii
Is no piracy on The Squaw Man. II
we believed it We're. We should say 50
frankly, aud give M our presentation.
Hut Mi. CritchloW assured me persons
ally that We We're dealing with dishon-
est play houses, ana bought manu-
scripts, knowing them 10 be piracies
As We are rot IN this kind Of business
we intend Co fight this case to finish,
and We shall ask for stay of pro-
ceedngs this afternoon, that will allow
US to go ahead with the performance
Torch MAKES DENIAL
Theo Lorch Went over the plot Of the
'Squaw Man" nv outlined in the com.
plant, and declared on finishing, "Wh"
this is not my play at all The sltua-
lions are very different and go are tbs.
characters
In explaining how the rlay Her Fa-
tai Love WAS secured MIR, shutter
stated that be- dealt with the ChiraE,
Manuscript company, from whom he
obtained this manuscript, and Ia whom
he was paying royalty for the privilege
of producing H. he considered this was
evidence that he came by 1t honestly
and was entitled 90 perform Il
\ charge Is made by the thpater PEG.
pie that both tho "SuuaW Man and
Her Fatal Love- which is entitled In
the Torch manuscript The Texas RAN
ger, are takcn from book and Mr.
shutter has tcepy uf thls II iscallcd
Told IN the Hills ana Is by Marah
Ellis Ryan However II is generally
known here that the "SGuaW Man" is
not a Naturalization uf any novel, but o.
play based on actual Incidents Of vests
ern life
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with their petition for an Injunction
the cnmpainants furnished a bond of
81 900 ana secured a hearing Of the ease
for tomorrow morning. This effectu-
ally prevents any performance oil Inc
play unless he theater people are will
Ing TO put up bond, backing their de,.
laration that the plays are not identi-
cal. which bond will ALLOW them to
play tonight, under penalty of forfeiture
of the money in case the play Is decided
To- Doe piIatical in nature.
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''"' VIZ NE FhAl'
The story Of THE Sduaw Man" as
told in the complaint is that Henry
Wynnrgate. the Earl of Kerhll. am
| officer of the English army. has en-
! bezZled funds entrusted 10 MIN as
| colonel of his regiment. for the widows
| aud oruhans of officers killed IN the
| Bucr war. He confcsses 10 Lady Eliza,
! beth az a social function. the fact OF
| his guilt and she pleads with Cant.
James. an adopted son. TO assume he
| Il.