New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-10

sn WAS engaged Ss s By phG GsnsS to dG n
Hart asked her the same questions he had pre-
viously asked Miss Routt and Miss Warren about
seee ~ and the verses that went with them The
witness with much urging. described some OF tne
t hat cannot we'll be mentioned in print. At the
nstigation OF Mr.. Hart. she repeated toast
nanion TO the presents she described She said It
was her own: that all the gentlemen drank 10 H. H.
S %rd down OF them he orde o to
then described the signs sSssr by sd Mss Rf he
day before. When questioned about Captain Snap
mans entry Miss Mortimer said that Mr. s &c ,S
dressing when he Captain cane car. M IN mss
character Of the questions asked MISS nssd aba she
declined to answer some of them, on the ground Inc
thar to do so would tend to incrimiha'e anu oe-
grade her
A TAKE-OFF ON TRILDY.
The last performer of the day was Miss Minnie
Rcnwood Miss Rcnwood said she ore costume
intended to b, Il tike-off Trilby. She told OF
calling at Mr. Seeley's bachelor apartments at NO
Al Fifth-avc Oh the afternoon Of December 10. to
rehcarse her part in the programme. detailing
various uncomfortable suggestions which she al;
legged were made to her by Mr.. Rich with regard
Mr. Hart then brought the witness to the night
OF the dinner and proceeded to ask her questions
about her costume She described. i in detail
those Worn on public stages She said. however.
that she did moi dress as she had been asked to
dress by Mr. Rich. She did not consider the COS.
not have worn it. Mr.. Hart then came TO the mat
ter OF the signs that were hung on the costume or
Dscs that Mr. hf seeey had
she stood W and indicated where they were worn n
this point Both as 10 the signs and the gifts she
gave the guests in the character of santa Claus
up to date. Miss Renwood,s testimony corroborated
that of Miss Mortimer. She also repeated some OF
the verses that went with the gifts. They went
very well with them.
Just as Colonel James was about to begin the
cross-cxamnaton. Emanuel NJ. Friend. Miss Rem
woods counsel asked Commissioner Grant to In
struct Miss Renwood that she need not answer
degrade incriminate her. and for some reason
there audible smile that filled the court
room. and Colonel James said something about the
latene OF the hour
The last evidence given by this witness concerned
the dance OF Little Egypt Miss Renwood de,
scribed her costume as extremely slight, and said
that what there WAS OF II extremely gauzy.
She went into details that are not worth repeating
even If II were desirable so to do Colonel James $
cross-examination failed to shake her testimony.
She was sure thar Messrs. Rich. Seeley, Harper
and Phipps were in the dress.ng-roo when Cap
tain Chapman came In. and several OF the women
were I'm various stages OF deshable. In almost all
particulars Miss Rcnwoods testimony agreed with
that of Miss Mortimer, save that she did not de-
scribe Little Egypts" costume In just the same
terms Her testimony was altogether of an I'M
pleasant nature, except perm rps Tor captain 'hap-
man and his attorneys. 49,
Mr. Hart took occasion TO Justify himself before
the Court for the sort OF questions he asked on Fri
day saving that he had asked them not or his own
votion, but because Of sworn statements In his
possession and because he determined TO get
at the truth I'm this matter
The trial was adjourned at ) O'Clock IN the AFTER
noon until Tuesday morning. when. Mr.. Hart an
nounced. he will call the woman known as Little
Egypt" whose costume and dance were described
so graphically yesterday by the Misses Mortimer
and Renwood Commissioner Grant said he would
take the rest OF the testimony at the next session.