Kusowa kodabwitsa kwa Ambrose Small

Patangotha ​​maola ochepa atamaliza bizinesi ya madola miliyoni ku Toronto, wochita zosangalatsa Ambrose Small adasowa modabwitsa. Ngakhale kuti anafufuzidwa padziko lonse, palibe m'modzi yemwe adapezeka.

Ambrose Small, miliyoneya waku Canada komanso wowonetsa zisudzo, yemwe anali ndi zisudzo zingapo zochokera ku Ontario kuphatikiza Grand Opera House ku Toronto, Grand Opera House ku Kingston, Grand Theatre ku London, ndi Grand Theatre ku Sudbury, adasowa muofesi yake Nyumba ya Opera ya Grand mu Toronto, Ontario, pa December 2, 1919, tsiku lomwelo pamene kugulitsidwa kwa mabwalo ake ochitira maseŵero kunali koyenera kumalizidwa.

Mwini zisudzo waku Canada komanso impresario Ambrose Small pa desiki ku Grand Opera House ku Toronto. Asanawonongeke mu 1919.
Mwini zisudzo waku Canada komanso impresario Ambrose Small pa desiki ku Grand Opera House ku Toronto. Asanazimiririke mu 1919. Mawu a Chithunzi: Toronto Star archives | Wikimedia Commons.

Wamng'ono anali wofunitsitsa kumaliza mgwirizano womwe unapangitsa kuti apeze ndalama zoposa $ 1.7 miliyoni (pafupifupi $ 25 miliyoni lero). Mosayembekezeka, sanatulutse ndalama zonse kubanki. Kuwona komaliza kodziwika kwa Small kunachitika madzulo a December 2, 1919. Anadziwika kuti amasowa nthawi ndi nthawi kuti azichita zachikazi ndi za carouse, kotero kusowa kwake sikunanenedwe komanso sikunadziwike kwa milungu ingapo.

Wamng'ono analibe cholinga chosowa: Miliyoniyo sanatenge ndalama naye, komanso panalibe chiwombolo, osasiyapo umboni wakuba. Mkazi wake ankaganiza kuti Small anali ndi mkazi, ndipo kunali pa January 3, mwezi umodzi pambuyo pake, pamene kusapezeka kwake kunadziwika.

Grand Opera House, 11 Adelaide Street West. Toronto, Canada.
Grand Opera House, 11 Adelaide Street West. Toronto, Canada. Ngongole yazithunzi: Toronto Star archives | Wikimedia Commons.

Ziphunzitso zambiri zinafalitsidwa ponena za kusowa kwake, monga kuti anaphedwa ndi mkazi wake ndi kutenthedwa m'ng'anjo ya ku Grand Theatre, kapena kuti apolisi adamuthandiza kuti awonongeke.

Apolisi anayambitsa kufufuza kwakukulu. Mkazi wake Theresa adanena kuti Small adagwa m'manja mwa "mkazi wojambula" koma apolisi sanapeze ofuna.

Theresa Small adapereka mphotho ya $50,000 kuti adziwe zakusowa kwa mwamuna wake komanso komwe ali ngati atapezeka ali moyo, komanso $15,000 ngati atamwalira. Mphothoyo sanaipeze. Small analengezedwa mwalamulo kuti wamwalira mu 1924. Mlanduwo unakhalabe wosathetsedwa kufikira unatha mu 1960.

Mlandu Wamng'ono ukadali m'modzi mwa zinsinsi zododometsa komanso zodziwika bwino ku Canada zomwe sizinathetsedwe.