The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-22

women with whom the Sinclair girl left
thetheatre. fter the women reached home,
Boynton and the manager of the theatre,
MIR. Markley, arrived and staid until four
clock or whereabouts in the morning.
During this time there was some CONVEX
sation as to the way in which Miss SIN
clair had got away from the theater.
Thesgovernment rested at this point
and Mr.. Seiders outlined the defence. He
said that he should show that Boynton
had no knowledge of the fact that Sin
clair was at the theatre to see his sister
| Boynton knew nothing of this until after
he had interfered as he supposed to stop
an attempt to modest the women as they
were leaving the building When Sinclair
told Boynton that one of the women was
| his ST ster the officer at once released him.
| Mr.. Seiders also said that it would be
| shown that Boynton used no force, mere
ly placing his hand on the young mans
shoulder. The court g attention was called
to the fact that Boynton ia deaf, so much
| so that even had conversation been car
led on In his presence about the purpose
which had brought young Sinclair to the
| theatre 1t would have been unheard by
| the respondent. In conclusion Mr.. Seid-
ers said that he knew the parents of the
| Sinclair girl to be worthy eople who
were not in any way re sponsible for her
| position and for that reason he should re-,
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| the case.
| Then Theodore Boynton the respondent
| took the stand and 1t at once became APP
parent that he was deaf many Eof the
questions being repeated to him several
| times before he could understand them.
1t was admitted by counsel that Boyn-
i ton is a.duly appointed special policeman,
under general appointment which does
not confine him to the Gaiety theatre in
| the discharge of police duty. City Mar
shall Sylvester interposed to say that
| BoyntOn was not member of the police
force, except so far as this appointment
made him such. He has not been as.
signed to duty by the police authorities.
Boynton's story of the occurrences of the
night was substantially that outlined by
MI, Seiders He denied that he knew of
any attempt to get the Sinclair girl out
of the theatre in order to keep her away
from her brother. He let the three wom-
en- out by the rear door and two of the
men employed in the house went out just
ahead of them. AS the women left the
building he saw the girl whom he knew
as Maud leighton was wearing a man S
hat and coat. When the trouble began he
was locking the door and he ran to the
spot and took hold of Sinclair, who was
so excited that it was sometime before he
could tell his story. Boynton said he
! then released him. Later he went to the
house of Miss Smith and stayed, there
until about half past three in the morn
| ing. There were a number of others there
Miss Sinclair was there but Boynton had
not known that she WAS to he there. He
did not talk about the case and did not
say that he had got Miss Sinclair away
from her brother without any trouble.
He denied that he had been down to the
stage door to peep out.
Then John I. Carter, "a stage hand,
whose appearance is youGhlui
but who describes himself as an all round
man, told how he had witnessed the
trouble on the street. He substant1ated
| Boynton's version of it adding that Sin
| clair acted as If he was crazy and saying
that he thought he Yves drunk. Asked by
| Judge Robinson why he thought the
| young man had been drinking, the WIZ
ness said that Sinclair face was red as
could be seen by the electric light at the
corner and more than that Sinclair KEPT
saving that he would tell his uncle.
Judge Robinson also asked the witness
mum Der of questions as to the rules OF
the house as to the unlocking of the rear
door after the performances. to give the
performers "a chance to go out that way.
Boynton had denied that he went to the
door before. he let the three women OUT
that Way. Carter testified that it is GUS
tomary to unlock the door soon after tne
fall of the curtain Carter said that ne
did not know the names of the women
in gthe company. He attended to his
work which gave him all he wanted to
do.
Lewis Babb, an usher, was with Garter
and told much the same story. Arthur
G. Cheney, also an usher, testified that
when Sinclair came into the theatre, ne
did not give up his ticket and the usher
had to go to him and demand it before II
was surrendered.
J Then Mrs. Smith took the stand a, ano
related the old story in a new way. rms
is the story as related by Mrs. Smith, the
"she" bsing Miss Sinclair: She told me
that she didn't have no place 10 ay.
told her that didn't have no room put
perhaps [ could fix one up. Tuesday she
J wanted to know if she couldn't go up
with me. l didn't want to see the girl
left on the street and SO / told her sne
; could. l saw her on the stage with d
mans hat and coat on. I asked her why
} she wore them and she didn't answer. ], !
: generally go out the back door az don I
J like to be guyed as naturally they uo
around the front door. After the man
had stopped her at the door she ran aheau
OF us through the park. l knew her aa
Maud Leighton. She told me Sunday at
the rehearsal that she had belonged 10 al
opera company that had got stranded anu
took pity on her because / have pee I.
there myself. She told me Tuesday n!gns
that she was running away from irienu
she didn't want to see. -