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Little Egypt. and did you notsay that you had.
Al may have said that ] had seen Little
Egypt, but did not mako the rest OF the an
Q.-Do you know a theatrical agent named
James j. Armstrong; Al do.
-,Q.-Did you, ,ee him on Dec. 10 about
.Q~What forS Alt was in connection with
the engagement OF dancers and singers to appear
o."Did YOU get nnyi A.-ono dancer.
..Q.-Were they not asked to procure twof A
o. Did you or your agent tell Armstrong that
you wanted girls to dance indecentiy clad A.
V.-Do you know Little Egypt Ayes.
a, Did you engage her to dance that nightf
"o.LNua;o A.-No. sir.
q; Did any agent Of yours ask her to dance
Q.@Isnti 1t a fact that Little Egypt did dance
=" She did not, said Mr.. Phipp. before Col.
James could object and have his objection eus-
Q.-lsit not fact that upon the entrance Of
s ap ,%a sh OF out o. he @ way and
Then Hart said he was through and Col
.'o~You say she danced that eveninr7 A.
oSWhne CAPT. Chapman was thsre7 A.
No, sir; after hc had gone.
CORA RouTr TBsTIrIEs.
Col. James called Cora Routt: Cora Routt
made favorable impression at the start. She
there was none OF the little Egypt about her.
She wore u tremendous purple hat aud fur
Q.-At what place. have you followed your
professonp A.-At Tony Pastors, Proctor's,
Q.-Ail public amusement places frequentod
BY men and wom.nY A:--fes; sir
u. some M for
Q.-wcre you employed by Phirps to do some
acts Mt tho dinner given by Mr.. Seeleyp Al
Q.,Wiat time did you go there7 A.-About
1l'oclock in the evening.
Q.--What part OF the building did you co to
A!rStraight to the ladies dressing room
2iDa sog' St fsiGp's request give your
Q.-Can you remember what tmo that was 2
Q.-was 1t the same performance you give on
the public stageY A.-les. sir.
ON the same co.tume9 Yes sir.
l.-After you had given your performance
where did you goi A.-Baek to the dressing
room.
you had appeared ON the stageY Al was. sir.
Q.-When did you change back to the street
costume? A. Immediately.
DESCRIBES CAPT. CHAPMAS's ENTRY.
o.-won't you now gtato what you werc doing
and what tho other performers were doing
when Capt. Chapman entered that dressing
II was undressing" said Miss Routt. ADJUST
ing herself In her chair and looking now at
Sa9t Chapman' now al Sommissionsr ,h Srsnt, ant
aud had seated myself in chair to take OF my
shoes when Capt. Chapman came In"
T" How did he come In 7"
"Iie came In Just AS II he was going to find
something there that wasn't there" said Miss
Routt. emphasizing every word. aud there was
muvh. My little sister shes Just l2l was
that We are going to have no privaey here At ali.
VIII you kindly vacate this room at once. sir
v alph n ani
q, q, n yssfs.lS You Ya get Your so'Ssss s ,aS
s"a @ up. up You You know WIS you O'i are % not nt '0 to
call yourself woman Naturally was indir.
rand @ pna n and he "d to the @ Is W
have to go out OF here, sir: this Is the ladies'
here The Captain said he was the Captain of
the precinct, and he was there to make arrests.
9waHt da ySn n do tu, to screen ySarseiir Al
there's hanging. and put them In front OF me-
o...How long was the Captain in the room
o.-Describe hi. manner. A. When ho spoke
70 me !, was as 4 I was dirt beneath his fest;
he was there to make arrests.
NO MEN IN THE DRESSING ROOM.
Q.-Who were In tho dressing room when the
Captain came Inf Any sister was At my feet.
Miss Warren was on the right side of the room.
and then there were the Leigh sisters and Miss
Mortimer's maid and Miss Renwood.
Q.-Were there any men? A.-There wero
not.
Miss Routt was very emphatic. She said Mr..
formed OF curtains. and that whenever he had
Sess;S9 to. to enter tn. room he had slw.ys
Ths crowd l:aEhsd and Ms, EGait Looked
,.Q.-Did anybody enter with Chapman A.
fes: two men.
Q.-Did they have any warrsnt-any excuse
for so entering' A..The Captain said there
was was going oi to- De an indecent proceeding and he
Q.-Did he show any paper at all, A.-No.
Q.-The Captain was Informed that this was
ladies' dressing room that he had entered, and
that no gentlemen were admitted there. and
that ia fact. no ogentlemen were there until he
enteredf A.-fes, sir; twas ladies' dressing
room.
o.-How long after he was told this did no 70
outp Alt was several minutes.
.o.wwDid the gentlemen have TO force him out?
Q.-How did he get outl Ale walked. He
SnSsd ri by the men; there were some
Q..Dtd they shove him alongI Al couldn't
Miss Rou,. said that she had heard some
things that were said in the dining room after
the Captain left the dressing room. Ono OF tho
that dressing room in an indeoent condition.
Win fsefs rou' nS' % Sae n isa, H. room except
condition. A.-No one except myself. / was
sitting In n chair: nv waist was on. and had
everything OH except that. heard tho Captain
say that he had heard that there was going to
be an indecent performance. and that he was
coming to zee about 1t, and had seen Indecent
women there. Then lett the screen, l know
one Of the gentlemen asked the Captain TO have
drink. and he said No. thank you" and
afterward he said lie had seen nothing wrong.
Q.-D!d any performance take place on the
stage while the Captain was therel Ale
looked at one woman do her dance.
Q.-Where did she do II? A.-On the stage.
.Q.-Are you acquainted with her dancer A.
am.
.Q.-Have you seen har before In the costume
she wore? A.-Ier. sir.
Q.-Have you seen her do the dance In public
places in that costume2 A.-Yes. more than a
hundred times. l nave seen Ter at tho Bijou
Theatre and at the Madison square roof. When
Miss Warren had danced l heard Capt. Chap
man say. why. that's all right. I'd like to stay
and see the rest OF II myself" but he said he
had business that required him to leave.
MISS RoUTT CRoss-EXAMISED.
Q.-Have you told all that Capt CHAPMAN
did2 A.-Well, he turned Miss Warren around
and stood OF ard looked at her. sized her up
and examined her, and said, That's all right"
He nsked Miss Warren like this, Are you Lit
tie ERyptf" and she answered like this, no,
I'm not Little Egypt, and lie said, "oh, well.
that's all right, then"
Miss Routts manner OF describing the aucs-
taOn and answer was inimitabe. The Captain