Show NS STENT AD THREAT NS ACTRESS WHO I REfUSES TO SEE HIM HIMI I r r 4 I P b Z lad K k r rr rt t I I r 3 Y lc I e ef I II f 1 VV VIOLET BLACK Pretty actress who has lias received a threatening note noto from an admirer she refused re rc fused to meet moot i 1 H 1 f r Dear Miss Black 1 I- I I mu must t see you tonight You I- I must not scorn my request tl this s I f time I beg of you to heed this i i iI I humble It will bo be the reque request t. t cs ts I I last ono that t 1 I will make 1 i i v If you fall fail I fear foar the conse conse- i. v to both you and me I Iv i i v will wait vait for you one half block blockI or I- I 1 cast east of tho the hotel betel 1 Till then I- I Affectionately 1 j- j E. E H. H o i Miss Violet Black head hc of Violet Black mack Co who produce A A WestPoint West WestPoint I Point Regulation Regulation- U reee received the tho foro foro- going note Dote shortly after noon yester yester- day It was written in a clear dear hand han and on on good paper and apparently the penmanship was not disguised It was wa the second note noto Miss l Black had received since sho camo eanie here Tho The first apparently was from tho the same pe person on The Tho writing Ind tn the paper were cre sim similar lar and the initials were ere the same game The Tho first vote note morel merely ask asked ell Miss Black to meet him Actresses seg frequently fre ire frequently r ll eiVe such messages es and she sho paid l little attention attention to it But when containing tho the throat threat arrived arrived ar ar- rived Miss Black was visibly fright fright- ened Actress Was Frightened What shall I do she cried appealing ap ap- pealing palin to W W. L L. L Jennings Jennins the mana manager cr crof of the theater This is the second letter T. T have havo received this week I have o heard beard that a girl irl was murdered hero here only i a short shoTt time ago 30 I do not know who f this hie person is who has sent me mo this letter but I feel that ho ha is going go go- 0 ing to kill me mc Oh Oh it is aW ll I ha have hae e not to lo be ho nervous but I cannot help but think that thero heo is tome some ono who ho wants ants to kill m me 1 I I dont don't know why I never ne hurt anyone here but I am so so afraid afraid Miss Black was assured bv by Mr Jr Jennings Jennings Jen Jen- nin s that she was W pretty safe but she refused to be comforted I fr feel that something dreadful is going oin to happen appen to mo me before I leave leave- this city said Miss iss Black This i is the tho second letter that I have o received this thiR week in the tho santo samo handwriting I 1 took little or no notice of the fi first t. t I r glanced over o it and then threw it on en tho ho floor But this morning tic the other r ono came I saw W at a glance that it was in tho ho tame same handwriting as the tho ono one that I reee received cd last Tues Tuesday a I opened it and I here nero it is Please read it and tell teU me mc I what to do Not a Mash Note Miss Black Jack insisted that it did not look to her hel like ikc a mash note and sho she was certain someone was going to kill her ber Finally on the advice ice of Mr MT Jennings sho she appealed to tho the police I It was only aster alter being reassured by Blau the police and Mr lr Jennings Jennins that Miss liss Black was as persuaded to go 0 o on n with r her turn yesterday afternoon So frightened frightened fright fright- rich t. t ened was tho the actress that it was necessary sary nary to send an escort with her from tho the theater to the hotel botel after the afternoon performance Not even en in tt daylight ht would ouId she sho consent to make matte the trip I alone done Last ni night ht an escort accompanied her ber to tho the theater At the close of tho the performance last night Sergeant Sergeant Ser geant John and two plainclothes plain plans clothes policemen were ut at tho Miss Black was wa told toM to lo walk down the street and aUll to the hotel and was Vas assured assured as It that if anyone molested her hel they would take e care of them One of the tho officers was sent ahead and stationed at tho the point mentioned in the letter while the ho other two followed close behind behin Miss Black It wa was with witha a real si sigh h of relief that she sho thanked them after sho she had reached tho the hotel While Miss Black insists that she docs does not know v tho ho author of tho the threatening threatening threatening threat threat- ening note it is believed that the writer is Ernest a wealthy Australian Australian Aus Aus- who is about 28 years old I is said eaid to have O met M Miss ss Black about three years a ago o while she was filling an en engagement with the Augustin ustin Daly coat company in San Fran cisco deco It Is believed believed e that the wealthy wealth Australian became fascinated with tho little HUJa actress It is suspected that j heard of her bor en engagement 3 ement here I and followed her An effort was mado made to locate him last night but it was un j successful I Miss iss Black is petite and attractive I in appearance She Sho looks like a Parisian Paris ian but insists that sh shy is American heart he soul and bo body |