Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-07-08
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-, the Chicago Journal, July Sd
and Francois Ravel, the well known
6seI; 6seIi.,;.t,, now performing at McVicker's
Is1'';n 70 this city, were arrested yesterday
TheaIbr ne complaint Of Angelo Chiarini, a tight
Hl Jsneer and general actor, connected with
rP' ,-oupe. charging them with assault and
t.,,sry upon him, on Tuesday evening last,
bstwecn the plays Inc case was examined
pln, psI and Walker appearing for defendants
"a Yessrs. Perry, Driscoll and Doolitte fol
FS Ths facts. % elected by the evidence, were
- Angelo Chiarini has been with the
.oonnc about six years, having formerly served
- Antoine and jerome, and by the con-
--,ct between them is expected not only to
lance the slippery rope, but also to appear rs
General actor; sort oil utility man, to run
Ssyc and there at the bidding of Francois
On Tuesday evening, the curtain had fallen
,,,,n the first piece, and the audience were in
Ts,tures little knowing the tempest behind
,be curtain. Gabriel was in his dressing room
nsintinr his face and slightly in . state of
I,turs Francois was upon the stage superin-
tending sfFairs. Marietta Zanfretta was in her
drsssing. room. arranging the tights and the
sDsnoIes to captivate the audience by her
,r.esiul eyolutions and dizzy dances upon the
RIPE. Chiarini was also upon the stage. ln
the preparation Of the fixtures, 1t was neces-
.ary that board should be carried across the
s;sge, and Francois called upon Chiarini to do
IT. The latter stood upon his dignity and re.
Irsed Francois grew irate and repeated his
command. but Chfarini still refused, exclaim-
ir,, =. Zst is none of my Dizziness" Francois
replied, ''YOu Won pig and von lazy; you paid
for work and you no work. Chiarini reso-
luieIy refused to bulge, and Francois seizing
him BIZ the neck pushed him into the dressing
rom where Gabriel was at work, and slapped
hun twice IN the face. ......s ..
And now let the charming Marietta, who
was called rs a witness tell the story. With q
graceful wave Of the hand, Marietta was sworn
to tell the truth: -.-.. .-....
Il vas in my dress room and heard re noise
and run down 10 stairs and zee il all. Ze door
Of Mons. Gabriel room was shoot and L kick ed
zim open witness illustrated the manner, by a
vigorous series Of arm and leg gestures, which
fully explained the Hodus operandi, and aston
ished the couri;j Mons. Gabriel take me by re
arm and say you go away; you no business in
ze gentleman's dress room say Il no go; I
no afraid to lose my situation Mons Fran
co.'s he give ze poor boy slaps, one, two, in ze
face. / stay one, two minutes and Gabriel
speak me plenty, and / say you slap one man
for nothing, and is one Ehame, and zen 20 to
dance Ie rope: / know Mons Chiarini in 70
ooMyagais for long time. He is one good boy"
COunsel-Are you married to him?
Witness-Oh, no, Monsieur, no-yat you call
hiIn-nO marry. ~
The witness at this point was allowed TO re-
tire, and Gabriel was sworn, the issue being
eAly in the case of Francois. His testimony,
however, developed nothing new, and the case
was gwen TO the jury, who returned finding a
verdict of so dsmages. 'il-
Gabrielwaived jury, and both Gabriel and
Francois seemed entirely disgusted with their
novel situation and confused and bowiidcrcd
HiIh the crowd of lawyers around them. The
fair Zaafretta was in perfect ecstacy, and &C
epmpahfed her evidence with a series of rapid
aed brilliant gestures, as If she was dancing on
fsn thousand tight ropes before select audi
enee Other members of the troupe were pres
ent, vainiy trying to get IL through their Gallo
inielligences what all the hubbab was about,
and evidently looking upon the whole thing as
q capital joke and very funny. At the an
1ouEcement Of the verdict, Gabriel nodded as
sent with one Of those side-splitting express
Sons which eOnyulsed everybody. =.