The New York herald., 1878-11-27
COLONEL MAPLESoN's ARREST.

THE MrEysano's CONFLICT WITH THE socr-
cHrrDnEs-rHE JUVENILE BALLET TINE cAsrs
BELL.
Mr.. Lundhcra. one ~ the officers ~ Inc Society for
the Prevention Of crnslty 20 Children. appeared Al
Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday morning and
applied 10 Judge Morgan for for the sppre
hension of Colonel James n. Maplcson. imprcssrio
of the Italian opsra troupe IT present singing al the
Academy Of Music in this city. Tho complaints on
which the application made signed by Annie
DENY. aged twelve and Josephine Msx<a. aged nine.
both members ~ the corps 70 ballet which has APP
poarcd in the advertisement entitled 'The Butter
flies These children. properly spssking. were only
witnesses who corrpboratcd Mr.. Lnndbcrg's com
plsint that the Colonel violated tho statute ~ ls76
which forbids chiidrrn under te age ~ sixtcen 10
dance perform gymnastics a stage IN public
places Of amusement In their afsdssits the two
little girls related that they danced the ballet Shove
mentioned At the Academy cf Music AMI kept
out to late hour At night. and by doing causing
injury 10 their health.
Judge Morgan issued tho warrant. whlrh was given
TO Officer Kelly. of tho squad. g. execute
About haifpast eleven o'cicrk Kelly met tho Inn
presario In Fourteenth street. near the corner or
Irving place. and presented the warrant o. him.
'All right" said tho colonei I'm b. Al tho court
by and by"
Excuse me-" said onicer Kelly II can't wal, tin
by and by. fon'ii have 10 come with ine now,
am ans~erabic for yonr APPEARANCE Ia that court:
why my dear sir. = observed the coionei. - have
business OF much importance IN attend t. just
/ have engaged Mr. Herrick. as-istsnt United states
District Attorney. 10 defend mr. We win bc There.
together the pair walked to jefferson Market foliec
nsrons THy saal~rnsrr.
When they arrived Colonel Mapleson was taken a.
the bar but Judge Morgan hal lust dsrsftei, ani
the Court adjourned untii two O'clock y. NJ.
There nothing left for the Colonel therefore, bat
10 await the Judges return. He asked the
tomary questions by the clerk and could not any
good rsason TO reply TO them IA the absenre q hs
examination room by Sergeant williams aud Afforded
every facility for telegraphc communication With his
friends Half hour after his arrival his Nine.
Marie Roze's husband entered the court with Mr..
Herrick. and moment later Mr.. Levi y. Morton also
appeared. Then followed consultation between the
gentlemen which interrupted shortly before two
o'clock by the arrival OF Judge Morgan, Mr. Morton
and Mr.. Herrick went into the Judges private room
and had quite lengthy conversation with him, while
Colonel Mapleson remained in the examination room.
At last the Judge took his seat the bench aud Cob
onel Mapleson was regularly arraigned His counsel
| waived examination. and the Court held the mpre
| sario in 1900 each complaint TO answer " tha
Court Of General Sessions. Mr.. l.. II. Morton was his
NO INTENTION or VIOLATING LAW.
After the legal proceedings HERALD reporter had
| brief interviews with young Mr. Mspleson first and
| his father afterward. The former said The whole
of this trouble is in nutshell Ny father ON the
training children dance after school hours for the
| purposes of art When my father came 10 America
he did precisely the same thing, taking that the
little ones pleas aud not inuri0usly hapercd
! disciplined in any way. He had not the most
idea that he violating statute whatever.
and only acted from the pnrest motives in the matter
I'm sure the public did not dispeased with the
childs ballet. Certainly the little people themselves
| are not dissatisfied
Colonel Mapleson was next approached by the
| porter, who said d-"Coloncl, what you going 10
| do now !? Do you intend to disband your Juvenile
| ballet or to continue 1t 2?
..AIy dear sir / am entirely unfamiliar with the
law on the subject; but want 10 do right shall
certainly look into the matter and abide by the law.
You may be don't desire to violate any statute.
The wretched business fur Is annoying, but every
| thing will come right"
THE soCIETY's CASE
Officer Lundberg, after Colonel Mapleson and his
Mazza. bright-eyed Italian child, who Ia a member
the juvenile troupe told the reporter that she
liked to dance very much and that her father, who is
| tailor. quite willing she should. Her mother
had objected ut first but had yielded to little per-
suasion The child's only complaint was thus pout-
get along very well until Mr. Francesca gets saucy to
| us IL we make any mistake in dancing That's ALL
The whole thing Is very NICE.
The society's officers assured q HERALD reporter
that on Thursday evening they informed Colonel
Mapleson Of the llegality Of his in regard to
! heed and even neglected to answer their letters to
him on the subject. Officer Lundbcrg said that tho
folio win1 conversation took place between himself
| and the npresario on the mattcr:-
IF dom stop this ballet what will happcnw said
! the Colonel to Lundbcrg.
! ..You will Le arrested"
| .,And thany
4 ..pnt upJer hail