The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-03
A COURT.
Chinese Actors Civ His Honor and thu
Officials a Free Exhibition of Their Tai.
entS.

Chinese Actors live His Honor and the
officials q Free Exhibition of Their Tai.
ents.
There was quite o large attendance
of idlers in the United States District
Court when the Chinese habeas cor
pus cases were called, and Assistant
United States District Attorney Carroll
Cook rose to the occasion, so to speak,
and threw himself for all he was worth to
find proper entertainment for them.
The result was that Judge Ogden Hoff-
mans court, usually the most prosy and
and staid of tribunals, scored a best on
record in the circus line. Carroll Cook
found splendid material for sport ready
at hand, for four Chinese actors were
seeking admission to this State through
that loophold in the evasion act, which
admits professional men. They were
the comedian. first juvenile, leading
heavy, and leading lady of the imperial
Pekin combination, billed to appear for
o short seaso only. The comedian
took the stand first, and, after he had
sworn to his ability to shake with con
vulsive laughter the fat sides of the
SopcISSu lflhlludlltI1 LII all Sllut, ut
was turned wei to Mr.. Cook for cross
examination. Giving the court and
witness o look Of profound distrust and
the spectators a wink of fun to come
Mr.. Cook said in his most pretentious
tones: "You say you are Il comedian,
show the court what you can do" This
was duly translated and the heather,
without a smile, gave an order in
Chinese.
In less time than telling takes a
dozen Mongols had stacked the court.
room chairs up in a heap, rolled the
tables into a corner, staked the United
States Marshal on the back of the water
cooler, and removed the judicial spit
toon out Of harms way beneath the ju-
dicial chair, and before Judge Hoffman
had time to say a word the comedian
had taken his cue and was turning flip
flaps across the courtroom, and winding
up with q clear back somersault. Then,
without taking time to breathe, he
jumped on to the edge of the very
throne of Justice and threw a double
somersault almost into the arms of the
United States Attorney. The spec
tators a%pplauded. Mr.. Cook said: IT
guess that will do" and the leading
lady was escorted to the stand before
his honor was recovered from the eff.
fects of the flash Of the comedians
shoes within a foot of the judicial
nose. The leading lady or rather
the snub-nosed heather who does duty
for one, took the floor and sang o love
song in an ear-splitting, f~alsetto voice
about seven octaves higher than the
shrillest piccolo whose tones aver rang
in the ears of white folks. After him
came the leading heavy, who threw his
clothes around and ranted in fine style,
bringing down the gods, and winning
an encore. He was passed, and the
next juvenile was "next in say"
He played an old part that won him
great applause and as much as So Q
week salary in China; the play Of the
false maiden and faithful lover, When
he reached the part where the news
was gently broken to him than Chin Ii,
the red handed councillor, had beer
accepted by the +. m. he broke forth in
to such an agonizing volume of lamen.
tation that the whole building wa.
alarmed. District Attorney Hilborr
rushed in armed with q writ of certior.
ari; Clerk McAllister, with a wild CLEAN
in his eye and q paper-weight in his
hand, next appeared on the scene, and
in less than o minute the courtroom
was full of United States officials, til
one could scarce see the bench fol
white hats.-San FrBncisco Alta Cali
fornia.