New-York tribune., 1905-11-01
sHAV PLAY FORBIDDEN.
,pREST D4LY,S MANAGER.
nu,s Wmren's Profession" With
dra.cn-Honey Refunded.

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piess, commissioner McAdoo. yesterday or
M che withdrawal of the play. and Inspector
60 c. arrested Samuel w. Gumpertz. manager
p''oa .hoatre. in the afternoon, taking him to
,n.rsnn Market Court, where he was re-
a' =, nron,ise TO appear at the court at IL
less9I .,,s morning with members of the COM
pany. 80 ,,-o,,,s, -, the cast
:. ro,r+ bat winchell Smith. Mr.. Daly's
VIZ ,d the other men of the cast will
-..e- with Mr. Gumpertz
'ff4 saosn;cal charge of nnisdemeanor is lodged,
.he court will endeavor tG ascertain now
.ne facts warrant proceeding on the cnarees
ali &C 70 give both sides line on what may
:, sroected should another effort be made 10
s-ssent the play
pr- there is according to Mr. DAILY not the
ys.sst chance of any further attempt on his
:, chow Mrs Warren's Profession" Mr..
-. ,,,,self had decided before the order came
commissioner McAdoo. he says, to take
s.ros off the boards On last Saturday ne
- .rroed that he proposed to abide by the de-
-. =. the press and this decision was almost
,r-.-srsslly against the play.
!. 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, about an
,onr after the police notice arrived TINS state
-.s,, was pasted up the outer door or lle
theatre;
rrr,ber performances of Mrs. Warren's Pro
.ss;on" will he discontinued, owing TO the UNI
vsrgal condemnation of the press.
II was signed Arnold Daily" Under it was
second notice that Candida VIII reopen INC
theatre Wednesday night
The nand of Anthony Comstock was not vis-
,,la in Yesterdays proceedings. Mr.. Constock
s.is that neither he any of his agents at
.snded the performance Monday night, because
of his confidence in Commissioner McAdoo. Mr..
Comstock said:
am pleased with the outcome. There was
no reed for us to interfere But action should
not stop here. In accordance with the decision
IN the Orange Blossoms" case. Mr. Daily ana
All concerned in the production of this Shaw
NAV should now be arrested for misdemeanor
and visited with the fun penalty of the law
Mr. Comstock would not say if he intended to
try to obtain more arrests if the police failed
TO act
STATEMENT OF MR.. DAILY.
Mr. Daily. who was busy all day yesterday re
hearsing Candida" would make state
rnent in person. but winchen Smith, mis- man.
ager was authorized TO speak for him He
said:
When Mr. DAILY said on Saturday night that
he would abide by the decision of the press
with regard TO the merits of Mrs. Warren
Profession he meant what he said. At that
time the approaching production. through no
fault of ours, had been surrounded by so much
sensationalism we feared that the public would
get an erroneous impression OF the play ana
our purpose in presenting IT.. And the turn OF
affairs proved that this was true.
On the opening night the theatre was be-
seged by motley throng of curiosity seekers,
xho expecting to something that would
appeal 10 their morbid tastes. This was ex-
actly the portion Of the public to whom we did
not wish to appeal and had it not been too late
10 withdraw we would not have produced the
play then. When this morning we saw how
unanimous the papers we're in condemnation or
the drama then and there gave up all
thoughts of continuing it's presentation
Mr. DAILY at once wrote the notice which later
was pasted at the entrance OF the GaFFick The-
atre IN which ha said that he would abide By
the decision of the press jury 1t was after Mr
DAILY had written this that the notification that
Ihe engs cement could not proceed came from
Commissioner MCAdoo- There is no financial
other consideration whatever that could have
tempted Mr- Daily 10 give p second performance
of the play after last nights experience at the
doors and after seetT= me attitude OF the papers
to-day.
Mr. DAILY however, it may be stated, still holds
70 his belief that the play teaches moral les
son, and is unjustly condemned.
There was little excitement around the theatre
at opening time last evening. though the police
were out in force The throngs got their money
back in orderly fashion. though some of the
people. especially the women declared it was
an outrage" 20 close the show.
And they call this free country exclaimed
pretty giri to her female companion she
sadly took back her 81
There we're quite as many, women as men to
appear at the box Office after the notice of
closing was posted Without doubt last nights
crowd would have been large Mon
day had the theatre been opened
Very few Of the purchasers of seats for Mrs.
EarFen-s Profession consented to keep their
speech" is NOW as forgotten RolIo
books Everybody wanted his money back
Police Commissioner McAdoo's action
taken after consultation with Mayor Mcclellan.
over The telephone and after Corporation Coun-
sei Delany had given advice.
Early in the afternoon Air. McAdoO sent TO
AnoldiDaly and to Samuel Gumpertz and Will
IAN Reynolds. respectively manager and
PRESIDENT OF the theatre company, a declaration
that ne had determined il was his cuty to pre-
rem further production of the play, adding
Ibis threat.
as further performance VIII be a violation
u the law. I will use the powers vested in me to
Prevent The same and TO arrest those participate
ihg therein
Almost at the same time Inspector Brooks,
representing Mr. MeAdpp, went to the teffer-
son Marker court and procured warrants for
me arrest OF the three men TO whom the warn
'as Was given and four of the. chief actors in
@t play Magistrate whitman issued the war
1ants on an affidavit of Detective Sergeant
eehen- which vas supported by reports of Com
iaiksioher alcgAdoo ana Inspector Brooks
MANAcY,p PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Only ore warrant was served. that naming
'dhhagpF Gunlpertz- At the court MP GumpeT2
sieaded guilty the charge Of offending
+seifc deCe1Cy, ana was Paroied for cRhififld-