Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-09-27 | Page 10 | Former Theatre Manager is Dead

FORMER THEATRE MANAGER IS DEAD Warren B. Emmerson. manager of- the . Oarrlrk theatre moat of hut sssann and an actor there In a few shows with hia nr. Jessie Prlnsle. Is dead. Letters to members of the (Jarrtck theatre from Mra, Emmerson tell of the passing of ; Mr. Emmerson In Dee liolnea, Heptem-ber Heptem-ber 1. . J Mr.' Ernnerson w forced to retire from hia position here on account of ll health. An operation thai waa pro-i nounred necessary waa delayed aa lonarj aa poeslble on account of Mr. Rmmer-son'a Rmmer-son'a weak condition. The operation waa performed In a Dea Moines hospital fori dropsical troubles, hut the aetor-maa : ager couldn't recover. He waa known as a good follow, not only among the people of his profession, but also with other people whose business busi-ness brought him Into contact with th.m. When the newspaper men of the Press club were In the midst of sll kinds of troubles with their lsat annual show. It was Mr. Kmmeraon who saved them by acting aa Interlocutor tor the minstrels. ' Mr. Kmmerson entered the theatrical orofeaslon when a youth and played at different times In the companies of J. K. Emmett. Richard Mansfleld. Mary Anderson Ander-son and other celebrated stars. Hia widow survives, a doe, a sister. Mm. Fred Oulver of Rprlngfleld. Maes. HIS wife and ateter were with him when ho died.