Evening journal., 1907-02-18
AL|ENIST DECLARES HARRY THAW WAS
INSANE DAY HE MARRIED EVELYN NGfSBIT
.LONERGAN GETS
OUT OF LIMBO
Mrs. HOueh Adjusts Her Diff
CuItieS and Drops Case
Against Actor
COMPANY LEAVES THE CITY

After bcns locked up mt thr police sll-
tion from saturday evening until noon toe
day. Lester Loncrgan leading man of IT
] Were king" Company was roleas d t.e
ease against him In which be- was charged
wAh trespass having been settled.
Mrs Mamie Freeman Hough, of New
York. who caused tine arrest of i.onergiu,
loft for New York yesterday evening for
the purpose of obtaining witnesses ugalnst
the actor her daughter Miss Mary Hough,
having gone TO the metropolic some hours
previously
This morning David J. ReInhlrdt who
with Herman l.. Ro.h. of New York, rcr-
resented Mrs. Hough, received word from
the latter that the case had been amicabie
adjusted and that no further action would
Doe pressed against lonorgan. Acting upon
this advice Nlr. Rcnhardt he'd q conier-
enco with Judge Edwin r. Cochran, Jr.
and Josiah Marvel representing Loner-
gan. the result being that the prisoner was
released. The company left az o'clock
this afternoon for Annapolis where O. will
show Tonight with Mrs. Lonergan as Lead
ing woman.
j. IS said that the trouble did not ar
rive directly from ihep reduction OF III
Were King but was the result OF the
lfsilure OF Lonergau 10 produce "The r bel
Prince" IN which Mrs. Housh was inan-
oiaily interested.
Makes Statement
After his release this morning Mr Lone
organ made the following statement 70
an Evening journal representative: ~ have
been the victim Of conspiracy Held up
for money. prevented giving "a pc form-
ance and locked In a cell for forty hours.
There was an effort 70 disostablish my
ocdit. The ilicgllity of my arrest has been
proven and / shall now proceed TO get re-
dress My charge will be conspiracy.
blackmail. perjury and false imprison-
ment ] viii withhold the names Of my
offenders 'til eho proper time and place "
Lonergan's arrest and the consequent
calling on of the show on Saturday night
was a great disappointment to large
audience which had gathered in the Opera
House TO witness the play
He was taken into custody Immediately
after thee lose Of the afternoon pcrform-
ance by Sheriff Stafford on a capas IS
sued by Prothonotary Frank l.. Speak
man. tho specific charge being trcspass
on the case The cnpias was issued on be-
half OF Mrs Mamie Freeman Hough. and
alleges that the actor disposed of his pron-
crty for the purpose OF dcfrauding certain
creditors. of which she is one TO the ex-
tent Of S500o
The production was Incorporated under
the laws of the State Of Maine under the
title Of the Lenhowe Company. Mrs
Hough Invested NOO0 while Lonorgan I'M.
vested 5000 together with his talent and
reputation. These two We're the sole OWN
ers. It is understood that Ia the agree
ment Miss Mary Hough, daughter Of Mrs
Hough, was TO be- given part best ht.
tod for her talents and that shcwas placed
in the role Of leading woman.
] After some time Mr.. Loncrgan became
convinced that Miss Hough could not nm
the part and she was given another ono
better fitted to her ability. Mr.. Ionergan's
wife being given the part formerly played
by Miss Hough.
According 60 statements OF some mom-
bers Of the company this did not please
MNN. AAWN-n AlAN AAi AhAAiNAAi'AAs AN "" NtAtN
she caused tho arrest Of Mr. Lonergan. al
leglng that she was not getting. all the
money that she was entitled to out Of ehc
receipts Of the production.
! Lonergan. however declares that the
! production has been losing money since il
went on the road some six weeks ago and
says that the 5000 was practically in.
vested in fitting out the company and as a
consequence but a small revenue fund was
lef.
The announcement Saturday night thai
there would be no production caused CON
siderable confusion about the Opera Housl
and as soon as il became known that tn
show would not 20 on there was a rusi
for tho box Office Ga order OF get mone'
refunded. Manager Gainer finally got th
crowd stralghtoned out and everyone VIII
was entitled 10 have their money refundel
received r.. II is said also that severa
Who had no claim upon tho Opera Hous
received money from the box office.
Tyre Case on Wednesday.
owing to the fact that County Cour
has adjourned until Wednesday mex
the Tyre case. which was set for tria
to-day. did not come up. 1t is expect
ed that il Mr.. Tyre is present the cas-