The morning call., 1894-07-21
A Scene in Judge Lows
Court.
THE DANCER GOES FREE.
Prosecution Fails in j. B. Morris
Case.
WHERE IS AL MORRIS NOW 2
Frank Kane Wronged by the Husband
of Mrs. Crawford-An Excit.
ing Little Time.

j. B. Morris. charged with having insti-
gated the immoral show that took place
on the last night of the Midwinter Fair,
in the Badlam illusion building, was tried
yesterday in Judge Lows court and found
not guilty.
Jennie johnson. the woman who COM
posed the show, "dance without dra-
peries," was the only witness.
The courtroom was crowded and much
time was employed in selecting a jury,
giving the audience the impression that
long and sensational trial was to follow.
When the jury had finally been selected
the woman, now wearing superabund-
ance of drapery, her face buried in the
thick folds of black veil, took the stand,
and through long examination and cross
examination told story that exonerated
the defendant so far as the technicalities
of the law go. and the jury was instructed
to acquit She said that she had never
spoken with j. b. Morris about the mat
ter. She had been engaged by his brother.
Al Morris, although she understood that
j. b. was party to It..
She sustained the part of an harassed
witness for long time without QuaVer.
but Immediately upon being released sat
down In a chair within the railing and
DoCaD6
and her black veil chung to her wet cheeks.
the tears even falling through it to her
lap. When the attorneys for the defense,
Mcguire and Levy, moved for Instructions
to acQuit, and the prosecuting attorney,
Shackeford. admitted that he was sur
prised with the course OF the testimony
and made no resistance, and the jury, in
response to Judge Lows advice. found
the defendant not guilty, the woman was
taken with new fit of sObbing, as she
seemed to be left alone in her misery. the
only victim TO suffer for the indecency.
She made no sound. however. until the
Judge called her name. Then she rose,
and with loud cries, her hands before her.
staggered forward, impetuously ascending
the steps to where the Judge sat, until
caught by two of the court officers
In her agitation she did not heed what
he was saying and the Judge lad to repeat
it twice.
ii think you have suffered enough in
this thing" said his Honor, "and you are
discharged"
The crowd heard the decision and burst
into applause, but the woman stood lean
ing against the judges bench. with her
hands to her face, wailng mserabIy.
The officers shook her and pulled her
away, and when she was about to drop
into her chair at the railing again one of
them said to her, 'You are discharged
you may CO."
sob, God p she cried, sis it true?" and
lifting up her hands she turned and threw
herself down upon the steps again leading
to the bench, sobbing and crying her
gratitude,
But Judge Low had already made his
escape. The officers picked her up and
led her in the women's waiting-room, where
her violent attack of Mysteries was allowed
to wear itself out.
In his chambers Judge Low issued a
oil Wi n
known as Sport" another Of those ar
rested upon the same charge and upon the
same testimony, TO go upon his own
recOgniZauce
Mrs. Mary Crawford, who keeps the
lodging house at 304 Turk street. at which
Al Morris was stopping. and Annie Smith.
another woman who stays there and who
were arrested upon the warrant OF Officer
Kane of the Prevention of Vice Society.
on the charge of attending an immoral
show" were at the hearing. Their cases
were postponed until Monday.
John Crawford, the hus band of Mrs.
Crawford, was also there, and just after
the conclusion of the scene described he
met Officer Kane in the hallway at the
door of the court, and there he arraigned
the officer In all the terse and singing
terms that come to the tongue of not
overchoice and very angry thanksgiving
things and applying names that seldom
pass without bloodshed.
But the officer made no other response
than TO say that his duty had required him
to do all that he had done.
In the meantime Al Morris, whom the
Johnson woman would convict of having
fathered the indecent exhibition, is at
large, and the officers say he cannot be
found. His bondsmeD. who are left in
the lurch, are On the warDath. They as
sert belief that Mr.. Badlam knows where
he is, and could produce him. In other
words. that he is still in the city under
cover. notwith standing the declarations of
his friends that he has left the State.
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