The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-09
PASSION PLAYERS INA FIX.
sUMMoNBD BEFORE TEE QUEENS
COUNTT DISTRICT lIToREEY,

| AZ ths Hsetsaee 90 Rresbytertsu Mlnistsr
| VIII Prebssiy Not Ne rrosesut.d "
They Promise Not to Repeat tLe Ft'y.
,winneld's Passion Play. produced In st.
Mary's Church In that place sunday night By
| choir girls and mem bers Of St. Mary's Church,
| will probably be made subject OF invcstisa-
| tion by the present Queens County Grand jury
now In session In Long Island City Com
plant has been made against the performers
by the Rev. Jacob Il Mailman Of the New
| town Presbyterian Church and the New York
| Sunday Observance Socisty.
| The Rev. Mr.. Mailman appeared before
District Attorney Daniel Noble In tho Queens
County Court House YESTERDAY lie was
equipped with several newspaper clippings
| detailing the performance AMI also q letter
| from the sunday Observance society. A long
conference was held. and. at the conclusion.
District Attorney Noble decided to issue sum
monses for several OF the performers. Later
In the day Detective James Msrston Of the
| District Attorneys ONCE set out for Winfield.
| He carried sum m onse for Anthony Bchnnitt,
who i'm personstcd the saylour. Miss Mary
Kelly. who acted the part Of ths Virgin Mary.
| and Miss Barbara Becker. ono OF the angels
| who watched at the tomb.
| Among the others who took part we're Miss
| Nellie Downing. who represented Mary Mag
dalen; Miss Kate Murphy. who acted the part
OF Veronica and Miss Annie Rooh. who i'm
personated St John the Evangelist Plate
| and 81 James were represented by James
| Becker. while Peter Hammer took the parts OF
Judas Iscariot and joseph Of Arimsthea- tbs
probable that summonsss will also be issued
| for these persona
Az far as could be learned the object Of the
| complaints on the part oiths Rev. Mr.. Mailman
and the Sunday Observance Society was not
| to have the performers prosecuted. but to pre-
vent repetition OF the play in Queens county.
From reports he had received the Rev. Mr..
Mailman was Of the opinion that preparations
were under way for repeating the show.
Ever since the play the entire village has
been bubbllng with excitement II IL asserted
| by many that the performers did not actually
| understand what they were about until the
| play began. Some OF the spectators who had
| received special Invitations to witness the per-
| formance left the hall when they began to
Deteetive Marstons appearance in the vii.
sse with the cum cnas, last night 5ene WED
pas, * the are %s shoaSht
and were apRGarsntIy oxeTiwhs srh by theis
| q similar shov. The summonses directed the
persons on whom they we're we're, serSed to appear
' The REV. MI Mailman viii e there. and i.
| ciety will also he represented. This hearing
will settle the, question a. to whether the mat
from the performers. that the play will not
sfn p SS sast ' NO eort viii ss mse q
press the matter further.
Mr. Mail%s sn SAID he 0 was dscidsdy opposed
to performancea OF that character. he was
Winsa hat se nisst or Re would have iafen
steps to have had Il suppressed: 1t Vas not
s sSs +. Wished hs 10 ss Dsr
persons On whom the summonses were served
The play WAS conceived and arranged by
schmiti. who had seen It performed In Europe;
school More More than three hundred people. ostT
young girls and women. witnessed tha prod9s-
On i 1si a frsfyshns Psseees sSe s%ss
ssns.ion, which was perform ID with consider;
able realism: The eTucinxlon scene caused
to the asuEs suit which he wore ne ct TO his skin.
70 @H n H spfaSe position and he aans hsrs
apparent agony. The costumes were all homo
In the resurreetion seene. after the guard
was stricken with blindness and the stones
srsp S door 10 r the stage. x6lie ssprana con-
cealed from ylew sang know that Ny Re-
But one ofiicial programme was prepared.
snd Seats wSeh s
scenes. The programme read:
SCENE I.
eHEir ~ CAMDEN
Ssr pr"y: n .ns s b.; S;G S and
scKNE IL
JUDAS BEIRAvs HAsrER.
Judas meets Christ and bstrays him with . hiss.
riss Of eS&.S are saes.iinsis shssn:d vhils f..s
n h m s II assi Gsi s On tine sas .as
s..I:a again 81 f 5, ohfi H ' "'A "'"
SCENE III.
PILArk
Pis,s ]. unable ana cSri; aaiI,y sat sim Wish
,s5 90 sa Ss %uud be ordered Christ
SCENE ".
d .p "a. ns ~ and
sIoshiss
scEsEx
eHRIsr 10 CONDEMNED pzArH.
PLATE declares himself innocent Of the blood af |
Chrst and 4. sign wa.he, bis hana, before the PEG;
R. sS1 ire F SS.rsa G. ~ 10
Jews to be cTucined
SCENE VI
rHE CARRYING
christs nrst second and third fall under the crosa
Simon oyIsns helps Jesus TO carry the Christ
.s.s. o.. si s 1
which lie leaves the imprint Of nis sacred counts
SCENE VII.
VIE cRucIuxIoN
Christ 10 eruetnsd-
ChFist dies the Instantly the earth uuaksa
thunder md Eh'nlnE read the air and the dead riss
SCENE II.
rms rAEEs eRosa
Jo,sph OF Arim AthsA and Me Odsmus took down the
body o. Christ aud laid u In the lap Of Mary
SEINE i.
EasALMIHG WoUspA
Mary MAEdAlsp embAlms the wounds OF Jesus and
dries Them with her hair
SCENE IL
cBaIsT
Jossph NleodsmuS lay the body OF Christ In the
grave while John the disciple and the women accom-
SCENE III.
RKSUAREcT ON
Christ arises from the while the soldiers Of the
high priest are EuAFdhElL
SCENE XIII.
eHRIsr APPEARs TO HAKT HAGDALzA
Christ appears TO Mary AaEdAlsa e. . EAEdsnsr ana
she recognizes him BY the Woanaa Of the aAis hls