Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05

1 ue' Ihis gives me an excuse for bavin,
my hand over my stomach On the NIGH,
| speak Of the end of the necltis 90
caught in tho trigger. and couldn't re
II uhtangled in time. That was one occa
sion when Leland could have killed me I
we had been playing the game in earnest.
me actor was asked how it was possibl,
TOT Laylock to know, from his position
what Leland was doing.
Laylock feels it, he said "When ",
were reheafsing. II was suggested tina
we do that thing according to the usua
stage method, that is | was to count ono
TWO, three, four, from the time I turned
my back on Leland, and he was 10 dc
the same. Then was to whIrl and fire
Sut found this unsatisfactory. I worlxed
out the situation until 1 had convinced
myself just what was happening. IavIocl
knows Leland is aiming to take advanta ge
OF him-get 90 per cent ADVANTAGE as
you might say. When Leland drops his 70.
Volver on the table Laylock moves awav
out he knows a man Of Ieiand's strins
IS going to act the coward and shoot IN
the back, and instinct tells him the pre-
else second at which this is attempted
and he wheels rapidly and fires"
are you a gun fighter in private life p,
was asked
NO. said Mr.. Corrigan but have had
revolver pressed against my stomach on
more than one occasion. One time I will
never forget. 1t was travelling through
the south. Shortly after the train had
pulled out Of New Orleans. one OF the pas
sengers, who sat in the next seat. became
enraged oyer fancied affront His name
was Harry Phillips, and he was the orig
ha .N
Dad man all the way through. He stood
up IN ms seat and then moved toward me
his fingers were playing with his watch
charm and / had no suspicion of what
was coming. Suddenly, 1 felt a revolver
pressing against my body. though I badn,,
been able TO see how it was made 10 an
pear. 1t wasn't a pleasant sensation. Nv
muscles seemed paralyzed for a few sec
onds. Then, as I saw that Phillips did not
press the trigger, l caught his wrist and
disarmed him. talked with him till |
thought he was reasonable, and left him
with his revolver. L thought the only wav
to do was to let him know 1 didn't fear
him. so turned my back-a good deal as
Laylock does in our play-and walked into
the smoking car. He didn't fire. In a few
minutes he followed, sat down beside me
ana asked me what / thought OF a suR-
gestion to Kill another OF our party. He
argued that it wouldn't make much diff
ference to the world at large IL he removed
one man. He was simply insane at the
moment on the subject of killing some one.
But he didn't. Phillips dropped dead on
Broadway a few years ago"
Mr.. Corrigan is thoroughly in sympatbv
with the part OF Laylock. He thinks the
hold up man had right TO take the lives
he did take for they were taken In de-
Tense or his own. Laylock has a number
OF grimly delightful lines, most OF
which are appreciated by his audience
But one line In particular, which Mr.
Corrigan likes best Of all. he thinks Is not
always caught in front" This occurs
when LaylOck comes to New York ana ex-
plains himself to Kate Fallon miss Ada
Dwyer).
Were you ever arrested?" asks Mrs.
FalIon
No" answers Laylock, Il never let the
law get that close 10 me-"
Photographed? asks the woman and
this is a poser. Laylock stops TO think
This is something which has not occurred
to him. Perhaps-at some time-well. who
knows? lie answers slowly Not unless
they got me through the smoke"