The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-07-28
& Ten Nation-Fam0us
New York Murders
Y Alfred Henry Lewis
NO. s-THE BLOODsaED IN As1OR PLACE.
tCopysssht. 1918, b .. Q. Mcclure.

dagger Of Ice through the Macrsady
heart.
Macready. In his doliar-Questing. came
again to America. Forrest. upon some
coals-of-fre principle, or forgetful Of
that Garrick Club affair. gave Macready
. dinner. OF which attention the latter
took patronizirg not to say weary
notice In his invaluable diary:
Oct. Srd. fS43.-Dined with Forrest |:
met a very large party. too large for
comfort. but II was most kindly In
tended:-Bryant. with whom I talked
very little: Halleck. and Inman the
artist. were OF the party. Our day
was very cheerful: like all I see Of
Forrest very much. He appears .
clear-headsd. honest. kind man. What
can be better?"
Wise actor Macready! Macready
was not to escape the Forrest rivalry.
In Baltimore. In Philadelphia, in New
FORK. In Boston. the managers smelling
a profit. matched Forrest against Ma
cready. one against the other. While
hacready played Macbeth at one thea
ter. Forrest was playing Macbeth at
another; while Macready a. Lear
suffered from the hardness Of his
daughters at one theatre. Forrest az
Lear was experiencing . similar fiiiaI
inF gratitude at another: and 30 tho good
work went on. But with this bitter
dinerence: Forrest drew tho more
money by two and three-fold.
Macready went home, and related
his "wrongs." He had been most out.
rageously treated" A common Ameri.
can actor had dared to be his superior!
The Macready coteris was most
properly shocked. and when Forrest
followed Macready to London they
evinced their feeling by having him
Kissed In the London theatres.
The Aston Place killings occurred in
May. 1Si9.
Macready. setting out on his dollar.
hunting march through tho country.
found Boston cold. New York Oh
streperous. with Philadelphia--thatc city
or brotherly love-on the actual war.
path. The weird doinss In Philadelphla
fairly drove him into his journal. some.
thing which Boston and New York had
not as yet been able to do. Macreadv
writes: ''
philadelphia, November Goth. 1sls
ACTED Macbeth. Before the play nv.
der came to inform me there would be
disturbance. Went on, ana
applause. with the Kissing and coarse
noises OF the ruffians there, attended
my entry In the NTH act, as II
the scoundrels were aware that IL was
a strong point for me. they began with
more than their primary violence Of
noise and outrage. and rotten eRs
was thrown on the stage. 80 Obtain.
Ing at last silence. I observed MAT at
New York and Boston had been
warned OF an organized opposition IN
be In force against me. 800 There had
been impression widely and most
industriously disseminated that bod
shown hostility In my own country 10
an American actor. ] declared upon nv
sacred honor that. not only were the
assertions 30 made false in the az
gregate. but that In all the circum.
stances carefully compiled there was
not for a single one the smallest
shadow OF foundation. That I had
beer Kissed In Q public theatre by an
American actor. an act which I believed
no other American would have com.
mitted. and which I was certain no
European actor would have teen
guilty or"
ITO BE Continued