The sun., 1897-01-09

mart with Miss Renwood. l have learned sine
then that was mistaken; he was not there.
Dwell. you talk about q screen and say tha
Miss Routt was behind n screen. Al did no
learned since ma ing that staten ent that II wa
not a screen. but poftieres.
S3h yog want to ehsngo cSsN y1nr sss.smsn
IL there are any portions OF 1t that are Incorrect
sEELEY's SCHEME FOR THE VAUDEVILLE.
Odd you have anything to do about tn,
,yandeyilep A;-NothioR. except getting up th'
Q-You went to an agent named Limanf A
oo"1whst did you say to him7 Al told him
what wanted and he told me what ho had and
] told him would see him later.
hWhsa. ,a did you tel hiMT na hWs ons
man to study the people at the dinner and
crack jokes on them. aiso told him ! would
Q.--What did he say A. He said he had all
sorts OF artists, and he began suggesting names.
Iremembered that he suggested Jane. Thorn
wanted to know ~ / would like couchee-
couehee dsnccr1 I told him that was willing
Ooh, you ,were1 A.-Yes. I told him hs
would have to be very careful. however. told
thing as a girl dancing naked. This was after
he had asked mo II wanted one "in tho alto
o.~You told him you wouldn't have ono that
way. Al told him would not have anything
o..Now. come along to the singer. Do you
.o.Swhat did he say about herr Ale said
she was a good singer. think he described her
asa good descriptive artist.
q LAWYER Hart here shook the papers At Mr..
~, Didn't he say tha. he would sive you some
Il don't know that he put 1t in those words" !"
Q..Wcli, what vas your understanding from
what be said Wasn't !. that no would give
y91 a sns nSss s soas
only Pebble on the Beach," and the like.
,Q.-You had no objection2 A.No, had no
o.-And you had no objection to Little Esypt
doing the couchce-coucneo dance, had you
MIR. Hart read from Hs'i tho statement that Mr..
secley had told Liman that ho didn't want any
exposure S OF the per.Sn and wan: Tsn:sd 10 snog
that he meant by that he didn't want anything
improper.
Q.-You said you didn't want any Sunday
Mr.. Seely blushed q little. rubbed his face, and
said: Well, ! didn't want. them to sling Never
Leave Your Mother, Tom or 'Beulah Land |;
didn't think they would be appropriate"
NO" thundered Mr.. Hart; you wanted
didn't, object IL the songs were hot, didn't you.
now?"
Icy. " you viii permit mo to give my deini-
Mr.. Hart was about to object, but Col, James
interposed and said IL was MIR. Seeley's right to
explain his answer. Mr.. seeley said; MY def
milton or my understanding OF hot would bo
that It applies to such songs rs are sung nightly
ellison aud others.
MISS RESwooD's SIGNS AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
The next half hour was uninteresting. and
thcn the question of the signs Miss Renwood
what signs Mr.. Seeley had had painted. There
was wranglc among the lawyers, but at last
M r y eSHfh sSd ,ha. the to ths isns s.,s
his recollection there were four signs. One read
signs were: Tho Heart OF Maryland" Held
by tho Enemy" and Secret Service" These
,h5se p9nea to the short
yer Hart tried to make him say that
they were pinned so as 70 DO IN
Insisted in each case that they were
not not In reply to other questions m ti he said that
size size gave gave out OUT the % pressnts @ were COMPOSED by
him. or tho presents themselves no said there
wa, toy piano q trolley car. = drum. and a
member Lawyer Hart refreshed his memory
as to ono other. which was an eye and ear
chased by Mr. Bergman. al iit was just like one
he had himself for use when he had tho ear
Col. James Jumped up and snorted tina. tho
whole thing was improper and irrelevant.
Mr.. Hart read some verses and asked Mr..
rscted by Miss when sue gave e out the
Christmas presents Mr.. sesley said that they
were not 'vn ,s. s.
LITTLE EGYrr's DANCE.
Mr.. Hart asked II Mr.. seeley was aware that
Little Egypt was TO dance there that night Mr.
Seoley said he was not aware Of II until no ar
on the nrosramms. Mr. Psipp. % inform.4 4' him Tns
3-Did he say she was was to dance nude ? A.-No
Q.-Was any portion Of her person visible
o.-fiow long was her dress' Alt wa, to
Q.-What was it made Off A.-of some black
Q.-Could you SEQ her limbsf A.-You could
Then followed number Of similar questions,
at the end OF which Robert l.. Smith, 20 years
an epleptic At. He was carried out of the court
room into the room where Mr.. Seeley's guests
were confined, and the examination proceeded.
MIR. Seeley said he had been IN formed by the
theatrical agents that there we're hundred
Little Egypts and . hundred Fatitnas in town.
He said he WAS Just rs willing to have one as
another provided she danced properly. lie was
asked in great detail whether she danced prop-
erly and unmolested by tho guests and he said
4 little later Mr.. sceley wa. asked whether
he thought the Captains visit was q Joke be.
gentle. He replied. " Oh. no: his manner was
so much the opposite that thought 1t was a
Tho guests had all assured the Captain that
nothing wrong was going on. Mr.. Hart wanted
to know how they knew what was going to go
would not have insultcd them by inviting them
to place to see any thing wrong. They also
knew that Sherry's was not place that would
tolerate II.
Col. James asked some questions, with the idea
OF fbrihgng out the fact that he couchee-couchee
dance had been DANCED At Chicago under tho
supervision Of the United States Government"
aud Mr.. Seelty also said that since the dinner
he had visited an uptown theatre and had seen
Little Egypt on the stage, before a large audience
Of ladies and gentlemen, dance the same dance,
dressed In the same costume she had worn on
the niEht Of tho dinner and he added that both
the dance and the costume on the stage were IA
little more so" than those his guests had seen,
This ended his examination.
LOUIS SHERRY TEsTIFiEs.
Louis Sherry was tho last witness. He testi-
fed to nothing that has not already beon printed,
and he was not at his place tho night the d inner
took place. He said that tn an interview ho
had had with the Captain about tho raid, tho
Captain had said to him:
" am awful sorry. Sherry, that II happened.
am awful sorry. 1t was = mistake" and he
replied to the Captain thus: Its pretty serl-
ouH mistake for me-"
Chief Conlin and Col. James talked together
n moment; then Col. James said that the case
for the prosecution was ended. The hearing
was adjourned until this morning ut 0 O'clock.
Little Egypt, lOttie Mortimer. and Annabello
will be the chief witnesses for Capt. Chapman.
PRISON INSTEAD OF A FINE.
Judge Van V.ien Says Liquor Sellers Shall