The Washington herald., 1908-04-26
ARREST FIVE ACTORS
Stars Fail to Shine at the
Majestic Last Night.
HOTEL MAN BECOMES UNEASY
Proprietor of PennsyIvania Avenue
HOsteIry swears Out Warrants,
Down on Last Act of ssThe Belle of
Richmond" at Matinee Yesterday.

Five stars in the theatrical armament
failed 10 shine last night Incidentally,
in this connection, the Majestic Theater.
was dark. except that a faint light shone
in the ticket Office
The Belle Of Richmond had been on
the boards at the Majestic all the week,
and had been well patronized.
De Mott De Alley runs a hotel at 1222
Pennsylvania avenue.
Somehow or other he got It into his
head that he was in some danger OF being
unable TO collect the money for accom-
mOdatons he had furnished the members
Of "The Belle Of Richmond company In
the way Of things to eat. shelter, and beds
and bedding
May Have Been an Impulse.
II may have been an impulsive thing to
do, but De Atley did 1.-THE swore out war
rants. sort Of blanket affair, for the ar
rest Of the players Detectives Com
well and Baur. of the central office, made
the arrests, and actually seemed TO en-
JOY II.
The specific charge reads as follows:
Violation of Section s42 Of the Dis
trict code"
Interpretation shows that the charge re-
fers TO the board bill, as heretofore ex-
planned.
The prisoners, who were put in cells
at the First precinct station, and the
parts they played. include:
Stanley ". Ames, known as William, or
bill" Osmund; William Slider, the
Judge; T, F. Mulligan. the Colonel; E
n. Sterne, a bank expert" p. G. Boil
linger, Nose. a negro butler. They
were arrested as the curtain went down
on the last act Of the matinee yesterday
afternoon.
A Change of Character.
Mr.. Slider was very much displeased.
He had been a dignihed judge all season,
and a cell didn't look good TO him.
That old Kentucky colonel in the per-
son Of T. F. Mulligan assisted Mr. Slider
in holding down an iron bench in the
cell, the while denouneing the Washing
ton police department and certain hotel
keepers in language expressive. if not ap-
propriate.
But even in their temporary degradation
the actors were applauded by the throng
OF matinee people who lined the route
OF march from the theater TO the police
station.
None was more heartily applauded than
Mr. Bollinger. who, in the excitement OF
the moment, rushed into the street in the
person of that estimable old servant,
Nose.
Judge Mason forgot the dignified poise
of a Southern gentleman and bank presi-
uri4 Ia
heels. dashed into the street. Others Of
the company followed, male and female.
and stood in the center of an amused
group until the policemen hustled the
actors back 10 their dressing rooms to
take of their 'Rake-ups." They were
then loaded into the patrol wagon and
taken TO the station
The bank president and the bank exam
iner were locked in the same cell They
put their heads together and began 10
discuss high finance methods in earnest
On the stage each could easily have
raised a million, but when they faced the
proposition of raising S25 in real money
they were in a dilemma. Late last night
their friends were trying to raise the
necessary amount
They Tell Their Troubles.
The actors told their troubles TO a
reporter for The Washington Herald
They said the manager % the hotel had
not asked for their board bill. but had
taken time by the throat" Ga Shake
sPearean term and had them arrested.
The hotel man said the actors had re-
fused TO pay As he was cheated the
week before by members Of another com
pany, he said he was taking no chances
Unless bond is forthcoming, there will
be no presentation of The Belle of
Richmond in Camden, Atlantic City, or
Phlladelphia