The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-01
CARTER IS
DEAD IN CHICAGO
Magnate's Feud With Stage
Star Was Blazoned Before
World Of Society.

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after a prolonged illness, the result of
gas poisoning.
Last July Mr.. Carter was adjudged
mentally Incompetent TO manage his
own affairs. Chas. r. Soule was APP
pointed conservator under bond of
3ll0, 600. The petition was filed by Miss
Helen Leslie Carter, a sister. Witness
es declared Mr.. Carriers condition was
~incurable.
When Mr.. Carter, Yale graduate and
young man with a future" married
Caroline Louise Dudley, the beautiful.
emotional girl who afterward created
"Zaza' and brought new luster 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.
Blu 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.
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 the opinion of the. physicians
that she was insane, Mrs. Carter fought
for her release, and a little more than
a year 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
that his wife had been guilty OF Inn
proprieties and to him was awarded
the decree OF divorce which she had
sought.
"Tll show him that / can make his
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made II in q thousand lifetimes," said
Mrs. Carter
'I 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. tt was thought
her desire for revenge had inspired this
method of affronting her former hus-
band, but Mrs. Carter was only trying
to make ~,ood her bid for fame. Under
David Belasco she studied her art until
she mastered II. D
When Mrs. Carter came to Chicago to
score her first great success in The
Heart OF Maryland II 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 ELECTROMAGNETIC 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.
The story was sent broadcast over
the country and unwittingly the for
ner husband added thereby TO the fame
of the divorcee.
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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 d~isassoclate her name from
that of her husband, to whom the pub
licity was peculiarly odious. Her wish
hat he might never hear OF her again
was respected among his social and
business friends. but the sheer sue
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. X. Fairbank, millionaire
soap man. whom the theatrical man al
Ieged, was responsible for the pay
nent for Mrs. Carriers dramatic train
ing.
While Mrs. Carter was building her
fortunes under the friendly glare OF
| the footlights her former husband was
building his own, quietly but effec-
lively.
II know OF no such woman az Mrs.
Leslie Carter he said once when
asked as to the truth or 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 h manifold interests which
were 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
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 recover ! near from there daily.
We have separated forever"
The name that Mrs. Carter persisted
In taking or the stage n emblazon-
ing on the bill boards h was forced
to lay aside when h went to Ports
mouth, N. H, in July. 1905. and a
ried William L. Payne. an actor OF Sa-
vannah and New York. To the rector
who performed the ceremony she said
her name was Caroline Louise Dudley.
That was the actress maiden name
and the use OF 1t 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 right Of sew
I 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.
The daughter OF the millionaire pub
Usher has not yet patched up the
bitter quarrel with Mrs. Carter-Payne.
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 IL his own statement
that he and his father are forever
separated is true.
MIR. Carriers affairs had never been
so prosperous as at the time he was
seized with illness. He had hoped to
make a tour OF Europe this summer
and his friends had said that he seemed
more nearly reconciled to the disturbed
condition of his domestic life than at
n time for several years,
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