The Arizona sentinel., 1897-01-16
THE SHELBY DINNER.
< TULEAR ORGY--STOREES TOLD
 BY DANGERS.
Indecent Costumes and Coarse
 TeastS,
Special dispatch to the s, F. Chronicle.

women, all of them good looking, with some indications of refinement, testi- fled before a courtroom full of men today in the trial of Police Captain Chapman. One of them was only IS years old. They told of circumstances which brought the blush of shame to the cheeks of the masculine spectators, but they were absolutely imperturba- ble. The revelations of these three witnesses, Annabel Whitford, or Moore; Lottie Mortimer and Minnie Renwood, were the most remarkable developments of the inquiry into the circumstances attending the Seeley dinner given at Sherry's on December 18th. Much of the testimony was of sort which may not even be thought of by respectable persons. The testi- mony which was presented, in main, seemed to be of a sort that would have warranted Captain Chapman's in reference at the Seeley dinner.
 Annabel Moore told the story of her visit to Lehman's office and of the various degrees of nudity which Phipps desired at the dinner. When she said that Phipps had asked her whether she would not dance without tights, MT. Hart insisted on her re- beating 1t.
 Then Colonel James conclud to let a bombshell fall, so he produced a letter which Annabel sent to Phipps, in which she said she would be Cat the place at half-past nine"
 "When you wrote this letter you'd finished crying over MT. Phipps' in suit? Colonel James inquired.
 "I wasn't crying then," she said.
 Then it was developed that Captain Chapman and Annabel had exchanged photographs. When this was dis covered Chapman blushed like peony and then Annabel said that Captain Chapman had received the photo graphs from her early in the week after the dinner, "Then," she said "he sent me his photograph later ir the week"
 |. w. s. Moore, Annabsl's step-father was an object of interest when he ap- peared as a witness after his ward
 When Moore told of his visit tC
 Sherry's there was something of {
 sensation. He said he had informed Sherry's manager that an indecen dance was to take place at Seeley'
 dinner, and the latter had declared that it was none of his business. "Th
 gentlemen have rented the room ant they can do exactly as they please il
 it," he said.
 Miss Mortimer was brought in bare
 headed, with her hair disheveled anC
 with the assurance of a plaster Venus
 She was quite self-possessed and rais ed her eyes upon Mir. Hart as if h . were the sole assurance of her saliva ton.
 She said she was not employed t dance at the dinner. "Only to sing, { she said. "Yes, and to tell an occa
 sional funny story--a monologue, s
 to speak"
 Then Miss Mortimer said she say
 'Little Egypt" and saw her dance ol
 the floor before the men. Whel Colonel James cross-examined tn , witness she said it was her impression
 that Little Egypt had no tight ) beneath her gauge.
 ) Gould you see anything?" Q "Only her fesh," was the response ) Next came Miss Minnie Renwoo Q with her fund of information. Sh 5 was as calm as Miss Mortimer ha Q been. She was questioned particular 0 ly about the verses which were arrarg 3 ed for the gifts which Seeley ha 0 prepared. She rehearsed the sam 0 verses as Miss Mortimer. She the ' was asked what "Little Egypt" wore e She replied:
 = Slippers, stockings, gauge bloomer' l. garters, little bolero jacket and fez. 2 "Could you see through the gauze2
 "Of course, you could see her fesE e Her person was entirely exposed" ,f Then Miss Renwood was given int e the tender mercies of Colonel Jame = He endeavored to shake her testi
 mony in regard to "Little Egypt's d costume, but he did not succeed. Sh < insisted she had nothing on excer e gauge.
 q The inquiry was then adjourne it until Tuesday.