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♥ 1864 West Sunderland - † 1918 Glasgow ☼ Actor, ☺ Comedian, ♫ Musician www.marksheridan.org |
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From The Glasgow Herald 22/11/1918 MARK SHERIDAN’S DEATH In the King’s Bench yesterday the Equitable Life Insurance Society of the United States were sued by Mrs. Ethel Maude Shaw ( widow), Mr. Thomas Shaw of Sunderland, and Mr. Thomas Frederick Dunn of Glasgow, who were the executors of the late Frederick Shaw, popularly known as Mark Sheridan. Plaintiffs ‘ claim against the defendants was for Ł5000 alleged to be due to plaintiffs as executors of the will of deceased under two policies of insurance from him, one for Ł4000 and the other for Ł1000 dated October, 1917. Counsel said the defendants claimed that a clause in the policies on which they relied stated that if the insured committed suicide within one year from the date of the policy their liability was to be limited to the amount of the premium actually paid. They further said deceased shot himself in Glasgow in January last, and that therefore they were not liable .The simple issue was whether or not deceased killed himself on the day that he died. A Glasgow detective said deceased’s wife told him her husband had not been well for about two years, and was worried by family matters. Counsel mentioned that Mr. Sheridan had produced in Glasgow a play called “ In Gay Paree “ and Mr. Louis J. Baxter, the acting manager of the Coliseum Theatre, Glasgow, stated that it was not a success and received a hostile reception. Mr. Bruce Green, a music hall artist, spoke to seeing Mark Sheridan in a depressed condition at Glasgow on January 14. Professor H. Littlejohn, casualty surgeon of Edinburgh City Police, said all facts and circumstances of deceased’s death pointed to suicide. Counsel for plaintiffs said deceased had been in the habit of carrying a revolver ever since his early days in South Africa. He was making between Ł 5000 and Ł 10000 yearly. He went into Kelvingrove Park merely to rehearse his part in which as Napoleon he shot a convict. It was while doing this that the unfortunate accident happened. There was no family trouble, as suggested. His daughter merely went away and married a man she loved, and the father objected the the man. Mr. George Robey, comedian, stated that Sheridan was not the man to commit suicide because his play was not a success the first night. Mrs. Ethel M. Shaw , the widow, said her husband was not worried in any way at the time of his death. The jury , without removing from the box, returned a verdict for defendants and judgement was entered acccordingly with costs.| |
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