The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-01
Ex-MusicaI Director of THE Gay
Musician" Sad at Treatment
HE WAS ASKED TO RESIGN
Manager M. ]. Kavanagh's Company Was
Therefore Held Up in Barre for Time
To-day Because of the Legal OBJ
stacle Placed in Its Way.

After having been delayed by writ
of attachment on the properties and
scenery Manager NJ J. Kavanagh's "The
Gay Musician" company win leave this
noon at 1925 for st. Johnsbury to pre-
sent the piece this evening. According
to the statement given out this morning.
the legal proceedings that interrupted
the eompany's departure were the out
come OF personal milf against the
manager and not the result OF financial
embarrassment. 1t is said that the mu-
steal director of the company, Gustav
! Hemple, was asked to resign in Platts.
burg, N. ", because of alleged over
indulgence in liquor. When the company
arrived in Burlington yesterday on its
way to Burlington, Hemple was ready
with a writ of troyer demanding ms
trunk. The baggage was turned over to
him, but according to the story the man
ager found out later that the key to the
trunk containing the musical properties
was in Hemple's possession.
Hemple is said to have refused to pro-
duce the key and was lodged in Jail on
an intoxication charge, the company pro-
ceeding to Barre in the meantime, after
securing new director. The writ OF
attachment served on the company's
property during the performance last
evening, it was claimed was the out
come Of civil proceedings brought by
Hemple against Kavanagh, who the for
mer alleges struck him in the face.
Manager Kavanagh contends that the
attachment process would be Of no BEN
eft to Hemple and adds that it is sim
ply the device of his discharged director
to get even with what he seems to con-
slider an unfair deal The manager also
says that Hemple was treated squarely
by the company and given every oppor
tunity to make good. Last evening, att
er the deputy sheriff had served the writ,
the manager retained the services Of At
torney John W. Gordon. The company
planned to leave for st. Johnsbury at
Z 30 this morning, but it was a few
hours later before the attachment was
A mere handful Of people witnessed |
the presentation of "The Gay Musician |
at the Barre opera house last night, and |
they were disappointed in the wind up of
a season which has had many meritori- |
Gus productions. "The Gay Musician"
was a misnomer. as the manner of pres
was far from gay.
The Burlington End.
The preliminary chapters to the Barre
episode were told in to-day's Burlington
Free Press, as follows:
when the steamer Vermont came into
port yesterday morning, it had on board
Just as sore an artistic temperament as
il is possible to create, in the person of
Gustav HempIe, until Thursday night
musical director of The Gay Musician
'pera company, which appeared at The
Strong a few weeks ago. Also on board
we're the members of the company, and
t was with NJ. J. Kavanagh, manager,
hat Gustav was in trouble.
1T seems that Hemple, who played the
,art of the gay musician himself on Me
norial day in Plattsburg, where the show
,layed that night, appeared at the thea
re in an intoxicated condition and, ac-
ording to the stories of members of the
ompany, did his best to queer the show.
Ie was consequently discharged and !
when he reached Burlington his wrath
new no Dounus' 10 paCllg MS outraged
oul, he took potations, both large and
mall, and rode around furiously from ]
lace to place in hacks. S
"At last he hit on plan for revenge
nd had warrant sworn out for the
manager of the show, claiming that the
alter would not give him possession of
is trunk. Consequently, Deputy Sheriff s
!. w. Ravlin executed a warrant on {
.avanagh, and it was found that no
npediment was placed in the way OF |
citing the musicians trunk. Kavanagh \
hen got back at Hemple by getting a
-arrant out on his own hook. as Hemple | I
efused to give up the keys of the COM Ii
any's trunk which contained the music d
nd other paraphernalis.
"When confronted by the deputy sher- fl
I on this occasion, Gustav wept copious- Y
and then accused the officer of being 7
vo-sided in the affair He then turned v
ito something of self-styled martyr Ii
nd said that he would give up anything .
lther than the keys. He would even B
lffer Imprisonment in the county Jail, ri
nd that's Just where he was last even N
g, weeping, wailing and doing numer- j.
is other things" D
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