Katie Wynkoop has brought suit in the Common Pleas, through her attorney, H. Bischoff, Jr., against George S. Gardner, one of the managers of Niblo's Garden, to recover $500 damages for the loss of the play, "Divided Hearts," of which she claims to be the author. She says she left the same with Mr. Gardner for examination with a view to its production at Niblo's Garden, and that she has demanded a return of the play, but has not received it. Mr. Franklin Blen has been retained to defend the action.

Source:

Unknown, "City and Suburban News, New-York," The New York Times, New York, Sunday, 30 June 1878, p. 12.

    "Katie Wynkoop", mentioned in the above article, is Catharine Sinclair Carmichael, the wife of Ned Wynkoop's older brother, Charles Shippen Wynkoop. She was an respected actress who trod the boards under the stage name of Katie Estelle, taking her name from the middle name of Charlie and Ned's older brother, John Estill Wynkoop. She retired from the stage later in 1878, living out the rest of her life in Brooklyn, New York.

    Richard Wynkoop, in the 1904 edition of the Wynkoop Genealogy in the United States of America, has this to say about her on page 188:

    1222. Charles Shippen Wynkoop, (John W. 722, Dr. Nicholas 393, Judge Henry 157, Nicholas 46, Gerret 5, Cornelius 1,) born in 1828: died in August, 1864, in Petersburg, Va.: married Catharine Carmichael.
    He went upon the stage, under the name of Charles McKenzie. His southern residence led him to sympathize with the rebellion, and he became Lieutenant Colonel of the 14th Reg. of Alabama. He was wounded, while in command of the regiment, after the explosion, July 30, 1864, of a mine under the rebel defenses of Petersburg, and underwent an amputation, from the effects of which he died.

    Child of Charles S. and Catharine Wynkoop:
1604. May: b. in 1858.

    Richard added the following information to the 1906 Supplement to the Wynkoop Genealogy, on page 23:

    1222. Charles Shippen Wynkoop. His wife, Catharine Sinclair Carmichael, was born Dec., 21, 1833; d. Mch., 30, 1904, in Brooklyn, N. Y., at the residence of her daughter, Mai Twiggs (1604), Mrs. Wm. Wolcott Marks. She had some celebrity as an actress. Children:-
          i. Catharine (1603A), b. abt., 1856;
         ii. Mai Twiggs (1604), b. May 19, 1859.

    Unfortunately, a lot of the information Richard wrote about Charles Shippen Wynkoop is wrong. I've been researching his history for some time now and with Gerard Wynkoop's help we may have soon have something reliable to write about in the near future. You can find Katie's obituary, along with her picture, posted on the Obituary page under the heading:

Death Wakes The Echoes of Aged Actress' Fame.

    Chris