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(Special to The World.)OMAHA, Aug. 4.-—The rehearsal of a jlurid melodrama in a second-rate theatre to-day went from make-believe to earnest, Thttd Brookie, the stage hero, killing the leading woman, Mrs. Millie Light hawk, with a ahot from a revolver,and then turning the weapon on himself with fatal effect. The tragedy grew out of- the jealousy otf .Brookie, who objected* to the real kisses used in rehearsal by Bert Arlams, a, -member of the company.The drama was “The Arizona Female Bandit,” written by Mrs. Lighthawk, who had had considerable stage experience under the name of Millie Allen. Mrs. Lighthawk took the title, role.Brookie, who had a record of sixteen' years spent in the Iowa Penitentiary f*or burglary and other misdeeds, enacted •the. role of WIMia-m Desmond, chief of detectives. When Adams rushed Into Mirs. Idghithawk’s embrace In the final act, he exclaimed: “Oh, cint -that out. Th'a.t don't g-o in rehearsal.'’Ada.ms -insisted that -all t'he business should stay in, and he was sustained •bv -the heroine. Brookie remonsirated further atm] the actors present throw him out.Brookie returned in a few minnt.es with a revolver and, without comment, fired n,t 'Mrs. Llgth.t.ha.wk. The bullet took effect in her breast. Brookie then shot himself In the 'forehead, dying Instantly, .The woman died a few hours afterward at Clarkson 'Hospital. —— —
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Mon, Aug 05, 1901
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