Show A TALE OF THE STAGE Mrs DovrCurriers Biff Suit Against David Henderson Pittsburg March 16The judgment of 19140 which Mrs Ada D Dow Currier obtained last year against David Henderson the manager of the Chicago opera house and the Duquesne theatre Pittsburg for alleged injuries sustained by being struck on the head by a piece of batting from the tIles has been affirmed by the general term of the supreme court of New York Mr Henderson received this Information informa-tion and stated that the case will be carried to the court of appeals of New York He further stated that Julia Marlowe and Ariel Barney who was Miss Marlowes manager at the time the accident occurred in 1889 had signed sign-ed papers to protect him against any possible damage suits that might arise in the future He Mr Henderson paid all convalescent expenses and doctors doc-tors bills until Mrs Dow was discharged dis-charged as cured This agreement was accepted by Miss Marlowe and Mr Barney as payment in full for all damages dam-ages arid according to Mr Barney and Miss Marlowe was accepted by Mrs Dow The facts of the accident are these She was with Miss Marlowe as an aunt or companion Mr Currier was stage manager Mrs Dow was on the stage when she had no business to be there She was ordered off repeatedly by the stage manager who feared she might be hit with the scen ery She rused to go A piece of batting bat-ting caught in the flies struck her on the head and knocked her insensible She was carried to the hospital I was threatened with law suits > by her manager Ariel Barney whose COunsel was Robert Ingersoll who at that time took a strong Interest In Miss Marlowe Rather than get Into any litigation with Mr Ingersoll I consented consen-ted to a compromise I agreed to pay all doctor bills and convalescent expenses ex-penses until she was discharged as cured and Miss Marlowe and Mr Barney Bar-ney agreed to protect me from any future claims that might be made I engaged one of the most noted physicians phy-sicians of the western country to attend at-tend her She was discharged as cured My bills for her convalescence and doctors amounted to something like 2000 Three or four months alter she was discharged as cured she married Mr Currier who formerly had been a stage manager for Miss Marlowe |