The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-01
LESLIE CARTER IS
DEAD IN CHICAGO
Magnate's Feud With Stage
Star Was Blazoned Before
World Of Society.

V u lac OoI oAOO 1edAA-
way company, OF Chicago. died today
after a prolonged illness, the result Of
gas poisoning.
Last July MI. Carter was adjudged
mentally incompetent to Inc his
own affairs. Chas. E. Soule was APP
pointed conservator under bond OF
Sic, 1000. The petition was filed by Miss
Helen Leslie Carter. a sister. Witness.
es declared Mr.. Carriers condition was
incurabIe.
When Mr.. Carter, Yale graduate and
young man with q future" married
emotional girl who afterward created
'Zaza" and brought new iuster to the
brilliancy OF "pu Barry" society
opened its arms to them both. Their
future vas assured, said everybody
and SO It vas
Married Life Tragedy.
But the divergent paths which they
Travelled to reach the goal Of fame were
strewn with little tragedies which have
made history for the people of h the
alter and of the social realm and even
fntruded themselves upon h little cold
world where dollars and not sentiment
are presumed to rule.
In 1887 there. was trouble in the Car
ter home. Then the wife was sent to a
sanitarium near Lake Geneva, Wis. In
spite Of h opinion OF the physicians
that she was insane. Mrs. Carter fought
for her release, n a little more than
a yea later was set free. She sued
for divorce, making many and serious
charges. But in the exchange OF ac-
cusations that followed Mr.. Carter
proved to the satisfaction Of the court
hat his wife had been guilty of i'm
proprieties ard to him was awarded
the decree of divorce which she had
sought.
"In show him that I can make his
name more famous h he could have
made it In a thousand lifetimes," said
Mrs. Carter.
II never wish to see her or hear OF
her again. vas the reply of Mr.. Car
ter.
Within a short time the name OF
Mrs. Leslie Cart was posted on BILL
boards in many cities. 1t was thought
her desire for revenge had inspired this
method of affronting her former hus-
band, but Mrs. Carter was only trying
to make God her bid for fame. Under
David Belasco she studied her art until
she mastered it.
When Mrs. Carter came to Chicago to
! score her first great success in The
Heart OF Maryland" 1t was thought her
former husband would leave the city to
avoid her. Instead he remained to fight
her. He then was president OF the
| South Side Elevated railway, a posi-
ton which he held until a few months
ago. When the business manager OF
Mrs. Carriers production attempted to
make contracts for advertising along
the south side IL" Mr.. Carter stepped
in with an emphatic NO" The bust
ness manager pleaded and argued but
his efforts were useless.
h story was sent broadcast owe
the country and unwittingly the for
mer husband added thereby to the fame
Of the divorce.
other. In "zaza,'' "Du Barry" and
"Andrae" she enhanced her reputation
and brought wealth to herself and to
Beiasco. 1t seemed impossible for the
public to disassoclate her name from
that of her husband, to whom the pub
iicity was peculiarly odious. Her wish
that he might never hear of her again
was respected among his socia! and
business friends, but the sheer suc-
cess of her career shattered the walls
around his seclusion.
David Belasco added another chap
ter to the story when he brought suit
against N. K. Fairbank. millionaire
soap man, whom the theatrical man al
legged, was responsible for the pay
ment for Mrs. Carter's dramatic train
ing.
While Mrs. Carter was building her
fortunes under the friendly glare Of
the f%ootlights her former husband was
building his own, quietly u effec-
lively.
II know of no such woman as Mrs.
LcSiic L IT. IC Snlu liz
asked as to the truth of a report con
corning them both.
The departure of his son for New
York was the severest blow of all. He
had hoped to make the boy his sue
cessor in the manifold interests which
We're drifting together under his hand,
but the young man went to his mother
and has not seen Mr.. Carter since. Not
long after the father was stricken with
what was to be his last illness the son
made a secret visit to Chicago. The
! young man went to the home OF friends
of his fathers condition. He did not
go to the house in Cass street. THAT
is impossible" he said. But l hope he
will recover / hear from there daily
We have separated forever"
The name that Mrs. Carter persisted
in taking on the stage and emblazon-
ing on the bill boards she was forced
to lay aside when she went to Ports
mouth, N. H., in July, 1906, and mar
ried William l.. Payne, an actor Of Sa-
vannah and New York. To the recto,
who performed the ceremony she said
her name vas Caroline Louise Dudley
That was the actress maiden name
and the use of it in the marriage pa
pers gave the first inkling of the fac,
hat size had -7entured upon a SECOND
matrimonial roJage
The marriage was followed by trou-
bic with her manager, Mr.. Belasco. He
refused to continue as her business as.
ISOLATE. She sued for the right of sew.
eral of her most famous plays and wor
the suit. She hen fell into a contro.
versy with Norma Munro, whose in.
separate friend she had been for years
The daughter OF the millionaire pub
Usher has not yet patched up thu
bitter quarrel with Mrs. Carter-Payne
Despite all Of her successes. the ac.
tress is now said to be in financia
straits.
The son will get nothing Of the grea
Chicago fortunes IL his own statemen
hat he and his father are "forevel
separated" is true.
Mr.. Carter's affairs had never beer
so prosperous as at the time he wa.
seized with illness. He had hoped t,
make a tour of Europe this summe,
and his friends had said tina he seemed
more nearly ~reconcfled to the disturbed
condition Of his domestic life than a
any time for several years.
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