The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-02
LESLIE CARTER IS
DEAD IN CHICAGO
Magnate's Feud With Stage
Star Was Blazoned Before
World Of Society.

Chicago, Sept. 2S.-Leslie Garter.
aged 81 Years, n time capitalist, pres
idcnt of the South Sid Elevated Rail
way company. OF Chicago. died today
after 4 prolonged illness. the result OF
gas poisoning.
Last duly Mir. Carter was adjudgeG
mentally Incompetent to manage his
affairs. Chas. Il. Soule was APP
pointed oo~nseGvator under bond of
Sll0.o10. The petition was filed by Miss
Helen Leslie Carter, Il sister. Witness
cs declared EJr. Calter's condition was
lRcurable.
When Mr., Carter. Yale graduate ana
young man with a FUTURE" married
Caroline Louise Dudley. the beautiful.
emotional girl who afterward created
'Iaza" and brought new lusycr to the
brilliancy of "Du Barry" society
opened its arms to them both. Their
future was assured, said everybody
and so IL was.
Married Life Tragedy.
But the divergent paths which they
Travelled to reach the goal of fame We're
strewn with little tragedies which have
made history for the people OF the the
alter and of the social realm and even
intruded themselves upon the little cold
world where dollars and not sentiment
are presumed to rule.
III 1901 lItIe WAS lIOuDfe ll ltle SdT-
ter home. Then the wife was sent to a
sanitariu1n near Lake Geneva, Wis. In
spite of the opinion of the physicians
that she was insane, Mrs. Carter fought
for her release. and Il little more than
a year later was set free. She sued
for divorce. making many and serious
charges. But in tho exchange OF ac-
cusations that followed MIR. Carter
proved to The satisfaction of the court
that his wife had been guilty of i'm
proprieties and to him was awarded
the decree of divorce which she had
sought.
"Ill show him that I can make his
name more famous than he could have
made it in q thousand lifetimes," said
Mrs. Carter.
II never wish to see her or hear OF
her again." was the reply of Mr.. Car
ter.
Within a short time the name of
Mrs. Leslie Cart was posted on BILL
boards i'm many cities. 1t was thought
her desire for revenge had inspired this
method of afflonting her former hus-
band, but Mrs. Carter was only trying
to make 1rood her bid for fame. Under
David Belasco she studied her art until
she mastered 1t.
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 Their was president of the
ton which he held until a few months
ago. When the business of
Mrs. Carriers production attempted to
make contracts for advertising along
the south side AZ" Mr.. Carter stepped
IN with an emphatic No" The bust
manager pleaded and argued but
his efforts We're useless.
h story was sen broadcast over
the country and unwittingly the for
ner husband added thereby to the fame
of the DIVORCE.
She went from one success to an
other In "zaza." "Du Barry" and
"Andrae" she enhanced her reputation
and brought wealth to herself and to
1t seemed Impossible for the
public to disassoclate he. name from
that Of her husband. to whom the pub
,ioity was peculiarly odious. Her wish
chat he might never hear of her again
was respected mons his social and
business friends, but the sheer sue
cess of her career shattered the walls
his seclusion.
David Belasco added another chap
ter to the story when he brought suit
against N. *. F%airbank, millionaire
soap man. whom the theatrical MAJ all
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 footliehts her former husband was
building his own, quietly but effec-
lively.
Il know of no such woman aa Mrs.
Leslie Carter he said once when
asked as to the truth of Il report con-
corning them both.
The departure of his son FOR New
York was the sevcrest blow of all. lie
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
u man went to the home of friends
and kept in close touch With the news
of his fathers condition. He did not
go to the house in Cass street. That
is impossible" he said. "But hope he
will ecovcr. / 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-
Nttnnah and New York. To the rector
who performed the ceremony she said
her lame was Caroline Louise Dudley
MAT was the actress maiden name
and the use of it in the marriage pa
pers gave the first inkling of the fact
that she had ventured upon a second
matrimonial voyage.
The marriage was followed by trou-
BILE with her manager. Mr.. Belasco. He
refused to continue as her business as
sociate. She sued for the rieht of sew
eral of her most famous plays and won
the suit. She then fell into a contro-
versy with Norma Munro. whose in
.separable friend she had been for years.
daughter OF the millionaire pub
Usher has not yet patched IN tho
bitter quarrel with Mrs. Carter-Pavne,
Despite all of her successes, the ac-
tress is now said to be in financial
straits.
The son will get nothing of the great
Chicago fortunes if his own statement
that he and his father are forever
separated" is true.
Mr.. Carriers affairs had never been
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