Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1911 — “Girl From Eagle Ranch” Manager Had To Settle at Monticello. [ARTICLE]

“Girl From Eagle Ranch” Manager Had To Settle at Monticello.

Monticello Journal. Monticello witnessed the death o another show company Saturday. "The Girl From Eagle Ranch” company with fifteen members came in here from Francesville Friday noon, and the manager proceeded to the Forbis for his dinner, telling the rest of the company to hustle for itself or go hungry. Two ladies with small children in the company were left at the depot with no place to go, nothing to eat and no money, although they had salaries coming so them, but the manager claimed to be broke. The condition of affairs was brought to the attention of some of our local people, and Attorney Kassabaum and the city peace officers took up the question. The thing was to find a charge on which to hold the manager and make him pay up salaries, as he could not be arrested on a mere breach of contract. It was found that he had appropriated a dollar from one of the women, and she swore out a warrant for petit larceny against him. On this charge he was lodged in jail. Saturday morning he concluded it would be wiser to pay the salaries that he owed, and he wired to Chicago parties for the money. About noon he received $l5O, which he turned over to Marshall Dobbins for distribution. The money was pro-rated among those whom he owed. He was then released and all of them hustled out of toWn as fast as they could find trains to take them in the directions they wished to go. Thus died another histronic affair.