Show JOHN SJ lNOSAY IS STRANOfO DRAMATIC COMPANY MEETS MISFORTUNE AT UTTEr UTTE-r Lindsay Claims That He Was Bobbed by His TreasurerResult of Poor Business Butte InterMountain The John Lindsay Dramatic company which has just completed a engagement engage-ment at the Grand Opera House is in financial distress and is stranded in this city without the wherewithal to I continue its itinerary This unhappy 1 condition of affairs is the result of lack afair conditon of business in Butte and too much I confidence in a temporary employee I who managed to get away with the companys share of the receipts The 1 circumstances in which the gifted actor I finds himself will be the occasion of much regret among Mr Lindsays friends whose talents entitle him to amore a-more lucrative business and better treatment Mr Lindsay called at police headquarters head-quarters last night and wanted a warrant war-rant issued for the arrest of one Roy E Elvers whom the actor charges with having misappropriated the funds of the company Mr Lindsay said that on I a former occasion he employed Elvers a advance agent and as he evinced a disposition to pose a a theatrical man and wreak havoc among the feminine hearts of the towns visited and was very much disinclined to post the necessary neces-sary bills and do the work of an advance ad-vance man he was compelled to discharge dis-charge him When the actor arrived in Butte a few days ago he was surprised to meet his oldtime advance man El vera The two readily made up their differences of long ago and became good friends again The show opened Sunday night and Mr Lindsay needed a financial representative to stand at fnancial He asked Elvers to do this work for him and to check up with the management after the show and draw the companys percentage of the receipts This he did turning the money over to Mr Lindsay Monday night he performed the same duty and received 36 as Mr Lindsays share but on receiving the money he disappeared and Mr Lindsay was not able to see him He asked Captain Leyden to arrest ar-rest Elvers but the captain advised I Lindsay to swear out a warrant for Elvers arrest but up to a late hour this afternoon this had not been done Elxers claims that the money Is due him for salary which in the old days was not paid him and he was simply taking extreme measures to collect what was due him |