The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-07
Title of the Play, "Her One
Great SIM" Points a
Moral.
MEMBERS OF COMPANY
STRANDED IN SALT LAKE
Lester A. Mitchell, Leading
Man, Will Invoke the Law:
Young WOman's Plight.

"Her One Great Sin, which played
at the G:and theater during the week
of October Ills, has proven TO be
sorrowful affair for three OF the SIX
members Of the company, the manager,
Theodore Marstou, having dumped the
show and left three Of the members
stranded here at the Heron hotel.
Friday afternoon Florence STANLEY
wife OF the manager, left on the j
clock train, with another member of
the company, Louis Dayton, for Denver,
taking all the money with her. war.
rant has been issued for her arrest and
il is expected she will be arrested when
the Rio Grande train reaches Green
River. She will be brought back here
and the case will be pushed against her
and her husband, who is now IL Den
yer.
The company has been meeting with
some success on the road. True the road
| has developed into sort of '.rocky
road from Dublin but still the re.
ceipts were considerable, and as the
expense Of the company was small, the
profits were large. THIS money was
taken by Mrs. Marston, who ''went
SOUTH with it. members Of the COM
pany say.
Lester A. Mitchell, leading man OF
the company, told the following story, to
The Tribune, Friday evening: 81
Joined the company in San Francisco
three months ago, We had been play
ing to crowded houses and doing a
great business All went well until VIC
reached here. Instead of paying us
gave US q part and kept back the re-
mainder Finally We complained, and
the money due us was forthcoming. AT
ter playing here, we had a profitable
trip and last Monday played at Moroni,
Tuesday at Ephraim, Wednesday at
| Manti and Thursday at Pennington.
We were to have played at Murray last
evening.
Goes to Denver.
-. Last week. while VIC were at Lehi,
/ Mr., Marston left us and came TO this
city, going from here to Denver, where
he now IS. While on the trip OF this
week, instead OF being given our sal
! aries, we were merely banded 81 n
night with which TO pay our expenses,
and Mrs. Marston kept the rest.
Smelling a rat and noting that Mr..
Dayton and Mrs. Marston had disap-
peared from the hotel. / went to the
Short Line depot TO look for them. l
was informed that they were 10 take
| The = clock train from the Rio Grande
depot for Denver, and, rushing over
there, l found they were hiding in the
depot. AS they were about 10 board
the train, I accosted them and asked
for the money due us. | was refused
l took paius 10 acquaint everybody with
the facts They boarded the train and
departed for Denver. Then / engaged
counsel and, after going over the mat
ter, il was decided to issue Il warrant
for Mrs Marston. on the charge Of
being au absconding debtor. and word
was at once telegraphed TO Green River.
and / expect her arrest will be made
upon the arrival of the train thcrc.
F'Tbree OF the six members of the
company are left here Besides myself
there is Herbert Hayes Of Portland,
and Miss Viola Mitchell, of Baker
City, Oregon. She is the one who suf-
ferS more than the other two of Us.
1t might be expected that she is q
relative of mine, but such is not the
case. She has parents and they have
been notified. Undoubtedly they viii
come TO ber assistance, But she Is IN
actual need. Her feet are fairly pro
truding from her shoes, and she has
only q half dollar between herself and
absolute poverty. Mr.. Hayes is also
broke but | can get along decently for
n couple OF weeks The manager owes
me S47, Mr.. Hayes $40 and Miss Mitch,
ell SEQ.
Other Members Of Company.
EThe other members of the company
were Mrs, Marston, who called herself
Miss Stanley. the woman who wore the
directoire gown, Mr.. Dayton and an
other lady who is here, but who is well.
off and therefore not in need, She does
not want her name to be made public.
"Mr. MarSton sent MS word that he
would be in town Friday morning at
1850 clock TO pay us our salaries.
When be did not show UP my suspicious
were Immediately aroused and I began
an investigation, which led TO the facts
[ have already given YOU We propose
to push the matter to tho limit
All members here are pleasant.ap-
pearing young people, and seem to be
considerably above tho average of thea
trical companies which play in the
smaller towns. They are professionals,
and Mr.. Mitchell expects TO be able
to "catcb on" with some company in
the near future, Tho manager who has
left them stranded is n member of the
Theatrical Mechanics association, as is
Mr., Mitchell, and the latter will place
the matter in the hands Of the officials
of that body.