The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-09
THE FAMOUS sEEZEY DINNER.
Captain Chapman on Trial for His In
trusion During the Festivities.

| Captain Chapman on Trial for His In
trusion During the Festivities.
| New York, Jan. S.-The trial of Police
Captain Chapman, who raided a pri-
vate dinner given at Sherry's by Her
bert B. Seeley on the night of Decem-
ber 10, was resumed to-day before Po-
lice Commissioner Grant. Only report
ers and witnesses were allowed in the
room. Theatrical Agent James H.
Phipps testified that he supplied Miss
at the dinner. Miss Mortimer was not
to dance nude. He denied that while
Miss Mortimer was partially undressed
he attempted to push her on the stage
from her dressing room Miss Minnie
Renwood. he said, was engaged to do
Santa Claus Up to Date" which is a
travesty on Trilby.
She had one colored tight on one leg
and another colored tight on the other.
She was not to appear nude, and he
did not see her expose any part of
her person. He denied that he asked
Annabelle Moore to dance naked. The
question whether Little Egypt" dane
ed naked that night was not allowed.
He said she did dance after Captain
Chapman left. Miss Cora Routt, dane
er, said Mr.. Phipps engaged her to do
her acts at the dinner. It was the
same as she did at the theaters where
she worked. Captain Chapman came
into her dressing room while she was
undressing. She told him to leave. She
said
He said I was no woman, and was
a disgrace to my sex. He told me to
put on my clothing and get out, that
he knew what was going to do in the
room. He spoke to me as though
was the dirt Of his feet
The witness said Captain Chapman
was induced to leave the room by
some of the guests. "Mr. Harper want
ed to throw him from the room," add
ed the witness. Witness said she heard
Captain Chapman say in the room, he
saw woman indecently exposed in
the dressing room"
Were you indecently exposed at the
time the captain saw you?"
No, sir" witness said.
She said Chapman saw Miss Warren
dance and that he said: That's all
right. I would like to stay and see the
rest Of it myself"
Witness said several other women
We're in the dressing room when Cap
tain Chapman entered. Miss Warren,
the next witness, said she gave the
same performance at Sherrys as she
did at the Knickerbocker club. She
corroborated the testimony of the last
witness in regard to the visit of Chap
man.
Herbert Barnum Seeley testified that
it was he who gave the dinner. The
witness told Of the entrance of Cap
tain Chapman, corroborating Miss
Routt's testimony Witness said he
heard Chapman talking to Miss Routt
in the dressing room and went in and
requested Chapman to leave. He said
Chapman was very much excited; his
hands We're clenched. He had to be
asked several times to leave the dress
ing room before he complied.
Witness had some conversation with
the cabtain and afterward the latter
said:
Gentlemen, I had been informed
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performance here and find I have
made a mistake. You appear to be
gentlemen who would not violate the
law"
Then he went away.
On cross examination the witness
said that he was asked by the party
who was to supply the artists if he
wanted a couchee-couchee dancer to
appear without anything on. He told
the man he would tolerate no such
thing and no one should appear except
in proper costume and that he wanted
no exposure of the person whatever
and no indecent songs. Witness was
questioned about a visit of Miss Rem
wood to his bachelor apartments to
pose as "Trilby Up to Date" The
witness said he had some signs painted
to be worn by her at the dinner The
signs were Milk Below" Held by the
Enemy" Heart of Maryland" and
"Secret Service"
There were placed in different places
of Miss Renwood's costume. Witness
denied that Little Egypt" danced
nude at the dinner at Sherrys She
wore, he said, black gauze trousers.
Louis Sherry testified that Chapman
had acknowledged to witness that he
(Chapman) had made mistake. The
captain had expressed regret Witness
/. admitted that Captain Chapman had
said that he had only done his duty.
The cross examination of the witness
|, having ended the prosecution rested its
case and the hearing was adjourned.
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