The morning call., 1894-04-10
THEY EXHIBIT IN COURT.
Fareja Does the Saber Dance for
the Jurors.
GRAINED THEIR NECKs TO SEE.
Strange Scenes Enacted Before Police
Judge ConIan at Night
Session.

| courtroom the muscle-dan GERS OF the Cairo
village last night illustrated their peculiar
dance for the benefit of the jury I'M
paneled Friday last
The dance was appreciated. and more
| people crowded into the free show than
are often seen at the theater in the
Oriental village. The case Of Sayeda
Machachmet came up at once and was
quickly disposed of, the nut-brown defend
ant pleading guilty to certain specific
actions on the night of March 81. Attor-
ney Gallagher made statement that his
client would plead guilty TO the particular
acts, as she was melted to them by the
actions of a crowd of Berkeley students
who entered the show that night. These
acts, he claimed, were not in the muscle
dance. never were in it, and. to quote the
attorney, never Will be in it"
Sayeda will be sentenced this morning
The cases of Kadushs Ben Said and Fa-
reja were called, but the damsels were n OF
there. A bench warrant was issued. but
the two entered The court as Bailiff Morris
was Cd the point of going out ter them.
After Prosecuting Attorney O'Keefe had
made bis statement to the jury. Attorney
Galaghe gently assured the elderly gen tie
men in the box that he would show them
"that the dance was not immoral in ITSELF
being custom of their country. and that
the dancers were brought out from their
own country to illustrate this custom" !"
The defense having impressed the abso-
lutte morality of the dance on the jurors,
the prosecution called their witnesses.
Secretary Kane of the Society for the
Prevention of Vice was put upon the stand
and stated that he had ed the dancers
not TO perform the immoral dance. He
had visited the show again on account OF
the complaints made about the dance. A
great deal OF what Mr.. Kane had to say
could hardly bear repeating, but his
description Of the dance showed that the
witness had studied it pretty thoroughly.
did you ever see ballay girl" asked
Attorney Gallagher of the witness.
81 have seen ballet girl" replied the
witness with marked emphasis at the
"et."
81 said ballay," retorted Gallagher
haughtly, with emphasis on the "ay."
"but suppose that's too much French for
you Mr. Kane"
The witness went on to say that he had
seen ballet dances, but not. he insisted
earnestly, since he joined the Society for
the Prevention of Vice. The audience
several times burst into laughter, but
stopped short when Judge Conlan cried
that he would clear the room.
Frank d. Gibson. hardware clerk, de-
scribed the muscle dance az 'pelvic mo-
ton, resembling revolving hitch" MIR.
Gibson showed keen powers OF observation
and perception, and he had the dance down
finer than even Secretary Kane. As to the
audience, he said that number of ladies
left, but some remained behind and appar-
emily enjoyed the show.
Mr. Gibson had his opinions on ballet
dancing compared with the muscle dance.
He had seen much lighter vestments CLOTH
ing the members of the society cotillon,
and in the last ten years had seen some
ballet dancing. 1t was true Mr.. Gibson
admitted that ballet girls had less skirt.
but their dancing was less suggestive. He
had seen motions very similar to some Of
those by the Oriental dancers done by
Jenness Miller.
"Jenness Millerw cried Attorney Ruef.
"Yes," returned the witness, firmly.
"Jenness Miller has a certain motion, not
quite so pronounced as some of Belle
Baya's, but very similar. l DO not refer to
the Objectionable features of the dance,
but to certain motions Of the body which
are very graceful"
The witness would not admit that the
average ballroom dance was more sugges-
tive than the muscle dance, although he
said there were great many things in the
ballroom that are Objectionable and
should be eliminated.
The examination of Secretary Holbrook
of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. who happened to
have seen the show, concluded the
case for the prosecution.
MIR. Ruef moved to dismiss the case on
the ground that it was not an immoral
representation in the meaning of the ordi-
nance. but the motion was denied.
"Gener-a-a-l Ba-a-r-n-e-s-Gen-e- -e-r-a-a-l
B-s-r-n-e-s." yelled the bailf. The gen.
eral did not appear. and then Robert
Senator Boone. Count Vermont
and Senator G. Camarinos were called
for the defense. but no answers were
given.
II shall have to issue attachments for
these men," said Judge Conlan. i've
been doing nothing but issue warrants and
since the case began. These
witnesses are not en- titled to any more
consideration than any one else. and 1
shall have to issue an attachment"
Then the bailiff was instructed to visit
the Pacific Union Club for General Barnes
and Senator Boone, and Sergeant Hough
falling was ordered to send out to the fair
for Robert Mitchell and Count Vermont.
The dancers were put on the stand as
the quickest way ou of the difficulty of de-
lay. Orida Akums stout woman clad in
a red waist, moved st0lidly to the chair,
and with the assistance of the French in
terpreter reptile d to q whole lot of ques-
tions. She is the manager of the troupe.
When asked what kind of dance it was
she said it was the dance of her country
Algiers. Then the witness started off
like an express engine and poured out tor
rents OF French to the dsmay of all. 1t
was in vain the interpreter tried to stop
her. and Attorney Rusf himself failed to
head off her eloquence. At last exhausted
she rested a minute.
To the question If the dance was ad-
mitted in respectable Algerian society.
.'Certainement," replied the witness with