The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-23
NBTHERSOLE !.
INDICTED.
She and Other Members
OF the Co., Offended
Public DeCency.

New York. March 22.-No time was lost
by the grand jury III considering the
"Sapho" cases To-day, -Four witnesses
were examined and then on Indictment
was found. Miss Olga Nethersole, Ham
ilton Revellc, her loading man; Marcus
II. Mayer, manager Of her company, and
Theodore Moss, manager OF Wallack's
Theatre, will appear before Recorder Golf
In Part !, OF the Court OF General Sessions
to plead to the indictment charging them
with an attempt against decency, Their
lawyer, Abraham II. Hummel, will Rsk
for an immediate trial.
The proceeding to-day were of n most
forma character, as the grand jury did
not care to so over the case in all its COM
pick details Or to hear many OF those who
had received subpoenas The main wit
ness for the prosecu ion was w. O. Inglls,
whose moral suscepubili'iss had been
shocked by the performance of "Sapho."
He was supported in The position he as
sumed by Mrs. Almon A. Henslcy, who
described the play Us most Objectionable.
Miss.Nethersole was permitted to speak
in hor own behalf and then Mr.. Moss tos-
titled that he had moi hesitated to take his
daughters to sea 'Sapho." The Jurors
then discussed the salient features that
had been brought to their attention.
Miss i>ethersOe, accompanied by her
brother, Louis Nethersole, lett the Grim
innl Court Building before the result was
made known. She was wrapped in mag.
nillcent fllrs and wore u heavy veil over
her face for protection. both from the
winds and the inquisitivo stnres of tho
crowd. She said that her experience Ind
rHck!d her nerves and that the tention
was horrible.
The grand Jurors filed into the court
room mt twenty minutes after one. AS
soon as the rostor was called tho foreman,
tic . Haven Putnam, handed a bundle of
papers to the clerk aud the work of the
day was over.
The Indictment charges the defendants
with tho crime of unlawfully commits
ting and maintaining public nuisance.
1t, terms in part follow:
1.-THE said Olga Nc horsole, Hamilton
Revelle, Theodore Mos and Marcus Il.
Mayer, being per'oas Of wicked and do
prayed mind, and dispos tons and not re.
garding tho common dutlos Of morality
and decfncy, but cOntrivlng and wickedly
Intending 80 far as In them lay to debauch
and corrupt the morals rs well OF youth
as OF divers other pc SON., and to raise and
create in their minu- inordinate DESIRES
a. Wallack's Theatre. uniawfully did com
nit d public nuisance by unlawfully do
Ing Nh act which offended public deooncy
and unlawfully, wickedly, and scandal
ouslv exhibit show and repeat and cause
ana permit to be exhibited and shown and
repeated 10" lncre and gain in tho sight
and hearing and view Of u large number
of per ons divers indecent, lewd, filthy,
bawdy and 0b.cono representations trac-
icei, performances and evil conversations,
In that at tho time ana place last ufole.
said the snid Olga NcthoisJle and the said
Hamilton Revellc and divers other persons
whose names arc to the grand jury I'M
known did, In certain exhibition per-
form an entertainment on the stage COM
monty called ''Sapho' in lewd, indecent
obscene, I'll h, scandalous, lnsciviOus, and
disgusting motions and assume lewd, in-
decent, obscene. filthy, scanaaluus and ia
scivious Pastures and attitudes, and 20
Eeat ana utter indecent, obscene. filthy
scnndllous, lnscivious and disgusting
words ind conversations, all Of which said
acts words aud CONVEX sntions wore and
are 40 filthy nasty, corruntinglv obscene
ana disgusting tina t a'marc particular de-
scriution thereof is no. fit to ho sat down
in these allegations or prcad upon tho re-
cords of this honorable court"
awe are perfectly satisfied remarked
Mr. Humnel after he had road the indict-
ment, "Ths grand jury has followed the
usual practice of indlcling persons by po-
lice maRistra es. Wo wish to have
thorough hearing bafore Jury, and We
are confident that there can be but ono
verdict, and that il acquittal. Tho inter-
ests at stake are ornuus and we are Gu.
Titled to an immediate trial "