A CHORUS GIRL WANTS DAMAGES.
» I If the case of Miss " Birdie" Sutherland, a chorus girl in the Gaiety , Theatre, against Dudley. Churchill » Majoribanks, the eldest son of Baron Tweedmouth, for breach of promise, i ever comes to trial, it will (according [ to a London despatch of May 18) be [ the most sensational affair since Miss Forfcescue, the actress, vron £10,000 from Lord Garmoyle on a similar \ charge. Miss Sutherland is very ' handsome, being nearly six feet tall, 1 and only eighteen years old. Her \ real name is Annie Louise Watkins. She first met Dudley Majoribanks at i the Prince of Wales' Club. It was i a case of love at first sight. He proj posed, and was accepted. When his i parents learned of the affair, thej were very much disturbed. Mr i Majoribanks went to Canada on a - visit with his mother to the Earl oi Aberdeen, Governor-General of Can--3 ada. The young man did not return , with his mother to England, bui • remained in Canada, and the match J was broken off. Miss Sutherland P then placed the case in the hands oi a welMsaown theatrical lawyer, wh<j
, retained in her behalf Sir Edward Clark, who defended OscarJWilde in his recent trial. Mr C. J. Gill, who ; appeared against Wilde on behalf of i the Treasury, and several other legal ' lights have also been retained.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 157, 27 June 1895, Page 3
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228A CHORUS GIRL WANTS DAMAGES. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 157, 27 June 1895, Page 3
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