The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-29
MERRY VILLGGER IN A TRUNK,
EXCITED M'HEI BOOSTED HER
~ Upside DOWN.


,,Dnmn," said ~, for Emphasis when
ChoruS Maid nS Insisted On Packing ~
while Ne vas EnteriIIniny PHtnd'
IN Thrir Rssni-C oDlCu' BluShsH
Edna Merrill. one Of the morry villagers
Ia a Broadway musical piece, told Magis-
trato Moss IN the West Side police court
Yesterday the story Of how M'scu Frossard,
her former boarding house keeper, tipped
her heels IN. pushed her into trunk and
tried 10 lam a tray on top Of her The
story was told without the aid Of press
agent, but with the kind assistance OF her
rescucrs, who appeared To show how mean
M'sieu Frossard had been.
Frossard appeared in response to sum-
mons. He runs a boarding house at 257
West FOfty-hfth street and Edna and
Josephine Arden. another chorus girl. lived
there in tho back parlor until last Sunday
They had decided to leave the FIRST thing
on Monday morning. and went out for
walk on Sunday afternoon before starting
IN 10 do their packing
'Thd, returned with a friend Mr.. Jennie
ElwoHhy OF i6e Fast Sixdeth street, and
found that Frossard was entertaining
friends in their room. Their trunks and
bags and things had been brushed into
closets
Please leave said Edna, we want to
pack our thinRs."
MAIDEN oiselle it is who should leave,
replied Monsieur Frossard. -She VIII not
10 pack ze trunk to-day. Damn
The damn wasn't meant to he profane.
Frossard hasn't a very good grip on the
English language, and he merely uses that
word 10 add emphasis.
Edna threw him a kiss and, with her
friends pulled her trunk out OF the closet
and began To pack Il,
4 was lust putting in my Edna
started to tell the Magistrate.
Edna. don't tell that here broke in
We'll. resumed Miss Merrill. i was
putting my things into my trunk when this
inOOsjer comes behind me. lie was awiuly
excited and gives me real rude boost,
and over ! 20 into the trunk with my heels
in the air; and I'm sure it wasn't at all
Here Edna blushed and Josephine butted
IF he'd only sat her in right It wouldn't
have been so bad, but he boosted her in
upside down. Give him the limit Judge
he deserves --'
The Court cut her OF and Miss Merrill
regain, the centre OF the bridge,
when fell into the trunk was awfully
scared and his little mustache STUCK straight
out and he looked awful. started to holler
and my friends screamed but he pushed
my feet down with a tray and then he tr1ed
TO close the lid over me and he hiss-s-sed;
VOLTA, get you in. Damn.
And he slammed down the lid and was
going 70 sit on il, broke in Miss Arden
again. "but caught it and held 1t up while
Mrs. Ellworthy ran out and got police
man. He--I mean Frossard--had showed
me away and had the lid half down when
the policeman came in. Edna was almost
in faint and we had TO borrow a flask
to revive her
Edna said she was hurt when M'sieu
Frossard forced her into the Trunk, but
she didn't think much OF II at the time,
She was too busy getting packed up and
out Of the house. Later she found that
her side was paining her, so she got the
summons for frossard.
He il a big Frenchman with English
muttonchop sideboards on his face and
an excitable nature within. His lawyer
wouldn't let him say anything in court
yesterday except a general denial, mostly
made In French, accompanied by many
gestures.
The Magistrate ordered Edna TO make
out a charge Of assault and then set the
case down for further hearing on Thursday.
Frossard was paroled In the custody Of his
counsel.