New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-09
IT WAS NO SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
MR. sEELEY's EXPRESSIVE DESCRIPTION
OF HIS FAMOUS DINNER.
CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL or CAPTAIN CHAP
MAN-rwo OF THE DANCERS ON THE STAND

MICH OF THE TESTIMONY UNPRINTABI-E
The trial Of Captain Chapman the charge Of
unwarrantably entering Sherry's on the night OF
the dinner Herbert Barnum Seeley gave for
number Of male friends was continued yesteroa!
afternoon at Police Headquarters. As on the pre-
ccding day a big crowd In attendance ana
Yesterday its curiosity gratifed to larger
extent than on the first day of the trial. Inc WIZ
nesses examined yesterday included james H.
phipps the amusement caterer who supplied the
vaudeville performers for the Seeley dinner; Cora
Routt and Kathleen Warren. two OF the women
who pcrformed that night: Herbert Il. seeley, VINO
gave the that has caused all the tro"pie'
and Louis Sherry.
A great many things said and a great many
oucstions asked that are simply unpTintable. MOST
q, ,hem however were said and asked by the
LAWYER who crossexamined the witnesses IN pehah
of Captain Chapman. and they really proven niue
concerning what went on at the dinner ihese
questions related certain things done or said ny
tho nerformers or TO costumes worn by them nut
for the part the witnesses denied having sa'"
or dome the things referred 10 by the lawyer MT
Seeleys own admissions were the most sensauona
OF all and while the occurrences admitted by MN
demanded for significance upon the construction
placed upon his answers or the implication drawn
from them they Of such a nature as 10 III
dicatc that the now famous If not notorious din
ner was the occasion of what might ne nesciloe"
As extremely high links" In Mr Seeiey ; own
words II was not a session of Sabbath-schooi
Colonel Grant presided no ninaliy over !cS'''""'
session but Commissioner Parker sat beside him,
and when any point of law was raised dehVereo
his opinion upon IT, usually ending his remarks by
saving IT advise Commssi oher Grant TO rule thus
and So" which Commissioner Grant invariaoiy oiu'
Colonel F. c. James objected streruousN 10 allow
ing a line OF cross-examination tending 10 sho"
what sort of an entertainment Mr.. Seeley told the
Amusement provider to secure for him. asserting
that II was no proper part of the cross-eXamna-
t,on but Commissioner Parker-that is to say COM
missioner Crant-thought differently saying that II
vas lust upon this point that Captain Chapman's
justification in entering sherry's must rest.
ONE WOMAN THERE.
One woman appeared In the courtroom peiore '"e
session opened and expressed her determinauoh ~
stsv Mr. Hart requested her removal smell 20
Of her own accord later. anyhow. can promise
her that" said he. with perfect truth. Oo'niHH
soncr Grant thereupon excluded her. ana Mt, i'a'
or,ered upon the cross-exaniination OF Pnipps'
phipps denied that he had tod Lotte Mortimer 10
anpear nude or partly so. The most MT. mar o
GET out O. him was the admission that ne nao VI
o.od bor IN sing some "spcy" songs. but he SAID
tbev were neither lewd nor suggestive. fhipps
said he did not engage Miss Renwood. OF '"e
co,ta-Claus-up-t o-dae reputation TO appear III an
,unroner costume She In tights. but there
was no exposure of her person that ne saw '"."
Mr. Hart asked some unprintahle questohS "S ~
certain signs or legends hung upon various par's
~ loo RenwOOd'S costume Dut H' NN''N 'O
ooad IN getting any damaging admissions from
~. ,v,,ness who said there were some such signs
.r, be didn't notice them especially. lnen thes
"a, ph,nns 60 which he did with apparent JOY.
Cora Routt. of soubrette hair ana pioieSs'o"-i
smile then minced into the room ana 10 me "'"
c,.,r She took the oath as if she were ordering a
small bottle and put down the hihe without ~
,Dc 4, kiss the book" roared Commissioner
Grant. Commissioned Parker Colonel James MI
Hart Chief Conln. William Howe Alderman nam
Captain Chapman and n few others. ""e h'S'
:, With smack and proceeded to tell Colonel James
49,, sho vas ION the stage" She smiled hipnant-
+. and evidently regarded the whole AFFAIR as a
huge ioke In answer 10 questions Miss hou't pro-
ceeded TO describe the manner OF 'aP'aIn map
,n.D.s entrance to the dressing-room He came
IN az II he were going 10 find something mat
n,.sr., there" said she. She added that the cap
rain said horrid things 20 her. and enc thre"
,nalevolent glance al the captain. VINO sat peslue
her playing with his volumnous whiskers IN an
instant after the captain entered she said, seVerH
gentlemen heard the noise and rushed into the
~, Mr. Harper who was among them. wanted
IN throw the captain out. she added she declared
that soon captain seemed mollihed ana went INTO
the dinng-ro with the gentlemen. ana she heard
MIN say that he had made mistake and mad seen
that there was nothing wrong going on captain
CHAPMAN had examined Miss Renwoods costume
and expressed the opinion that II was all right add
ing that he would like to stay and see the rest OF
the show himself. Just before ne went OUT MISS
To,lt said the captain said 10 her: lou We got 100
fin a tongue I'll see you some time on the out
side You may need my help" "Oh, he was very |
ungentlemanly" added she Indignantly.
WHAT ONE OF THE SIGNS READ
Than Mr. Hart began one of his interminable |
cross-examnations First he wanted to know about |
the signs on Miss Renwood Miss Routt said she |
remembered what one of them read and the court
room became perfectly quiet
"What was it?' asked Mr.. Hart
Claus m q date answered MISS KOutt |
with a grim and Mr. Hart admitted to himself that |
the Joke on him.
AR Hart questioned Miss Routt along the same |
unmen,ionablc lines he had followed with Phpps |
hut Miss Routt had not noticed what the other |
signs on Miss Renwood were you See she said
pertly "they didn't interest me at all When the |
Captain went out she had said to him Goodnight |
acknowledgements and she had thrown |
q kiss to him. but not In friendly way al all
Oh dear no. she should say not-not by several |
hairpins Captain Chapman did not return the |
kiss. she added with giggle The captain pulled |
his whskers and looked embarrassed
Kathleen Warren next appeared TO testify for the
prosecution. She made exceptionally good wit
ness for the lawyers answering the questions put
70 her quietly but she didn't make much fun for |
the crowd Miss Warren is the dancer whose dance
CAPTAIN Chapman weighed and found not wanting. |
She said she went to sherrys on the night IN qqes
given the same dance she gave at sherry ana IN
the h sam same sos%me in Pubic she said Her
Inony as to the manner of captain Chapman's en- |
trance corroborated Miss Routts She said That
the captain seemed to be looking Tor Little |
EgyptF as he asked her on his entrance II that |
were her name. She said the Captain was as white
as ever she saw q in her life. Later she de- |
clared that Captain Chapman examined MISS Ken,
woods costume pronounced 1t perfectly proper and
regretted his inability TO stay and see the rest OF
the programme himself
Mr. Hart then asked TO be allowed to call two OF
hts vitnesses Arnabelle Moore. or Whitford, and
iottie Mortimer and Messrs. Howe and Emanuel
Friend explained ina, these women bad thea.Iisal
engaxements in Philadelphia and Boston which
they would if they could not testify this week
FROM this II appears that most of the women who |
appeared the Seeley dinner nave reaped the
Financial rewards which they doubtless expected
from the notorety gained by their connection with
The case Commissioner Grant said that he would
give the women a chance 10 be heard to-day In
ample time 10 admit Of their departure on Satur-
A.. pi0ht for their several fields of artistic