The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-07
LATE NEWS FROM BUTTE
Continuing the Case Against an Alleged
Hurdy Gurdy House.
0sA-rtasr Take the stand aid Tell W7hse
They KnOW 1T sach lnstitutioas-
Whaa souas OG the Inmates
Sag 0f the Place. r
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Say of the Place.
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BUTTE, Dec. 6.-The hurdy trial i'm this
eisy shows u lamentabls amount of lRnor-
ance ON the part OF tho modern popula-
sion Of Butte as to the essential charac-
teristics. purposes and objects at n hurSiy
house, and as tn what q hurtly CURLY is.
Even the jurymen confess complete ig-
norancc on these points and only the few
old timers of Butte have clear ideas ON
these points. The lawyers i'm the case
have been consulting with tho ofdtimers
thc hurtly gurdy with intelligence. There
in an against running n hursly
been whether Provost 4 Massey's place is
The trial reopcned at 10 O'Clock his
morning and numerous witnesses for the
character Of the house. IL was shown
aha the girls of the dance house are paid
by the week and also receive n commits
sion ON all the drinks they sell. After
each dance the participants go to the liar
and the men treat their partners.
A. Na6leau, owner of the building where
che house il conducted. testified that the
two apestments are let By seperate ica..s
ing the dance hall and the other the sa-
loon. The build ings are adjoining and
but after a fire they were rebuilt together.
A. Il. Van Leuvan WAS canine as an
expert in h,irdys, hurtiy houses and la,rely
with hurdy houses more OF less for IL
years
tho air of n 'connoissicr. 'consists of "a
place where women are employed to
dance. I'm n h,rsiy house proper no per-
centage is paid women for selling drinks.
but the girls are only employed to dance.
I have been in this place two OF three
am not in any way connected with il.
From my experience i would call this
place only a beer hall and not a huriy
"what is the difference between "a hurdy
e,rdy house and this place." asked the
~ don't know what a hursiy Rurtly house
u.s." replied the Witness. contcnpt,o.sly.
"A hurdy gurdy is an instrument from
which music is extracted by the contact
of % wheel on the strings. have no bust
a hurdy house in Colorado, but never i'm
this territory"
Mack, "a gray haired old timer, told about
hurly houses as they were ID years ago in
this locality. He said the places were
who were hired to dance in them. All
we're hired for the purpose OF dancing and
for a percentage ON drinks. Originally
May Ledeau, a confiding blonde, one of
the dance girls, said that i'm hurdy houses
certain percentage for each dance, and
arc paid for nothing 81. e. In her judg
place she danced for fun and was en-
pjoyed merely TO entertain. Ii could not
Ee a huriy house, because the girls are
maid regular wages.
Are won i'm the employ of the defend.
mt rs, asked the prosecutinu attorney,
sI am.s said the witness,
III would ask" said Attorney Lipuiu-
colt, for the defense, s.whether you have
any prejudice In favor or against the de
~Sentnnf?
ssI am in favor Of him., said Miss L.
dean frankly. creating a laugh.
Mnuvis. N,rnhy. n larze blonde. had
worked for Chicago Joe in Helena and,
nccordiu0 to her idea of n burdy house,
.hc was sure that the house i'm East Park
street H. only an alleged and not "a simon
DI,rx, hurxly house.
Miss AII0,,stine Cline. m brunette with n
so very fond of dancing and is paid For
= selling drinks, not for dancing. She had
occasionally asked gentlemen to dance