The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-20
Chief Cowles
 Gals Manager
 Of Hyperion ALia'
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 Statements from those con- cerned in the affair indicate that it will develop into a triangular con troversy between Chief Henry D. Cowles of the police department, Manager E. D. Eldridge and the Yale student body as to the responsibility for the. outbreak. The affair is con- sidered one of the most serious of its kind in Yale history.
 Manager Eldridge throws all the responsibility for the riot on Chief Cowles. we were not given proper police protection he said yesterday. '"The police made no effort to stop the damage. The cutting short of the play was due solely to the chief, who ordered us to cut out the greater part of the lines. I feel so confident of the responsibility of the chief that l intend to start action against the city,
 Chief Refutes Edridge.
 Chief Cowles when shown the state ment of MT. Eldridge in the morning and simple. "Il certainly did not stop the show or order the curtain rung down and when MT. Eldridge says I did he lies," he said. 'It looks as though he wanted something to hide back of. MT. Eldridge owes that riot to himself. He jumped the prices at his theatre to two times the ordin- ary scale and then put on show no better than can be seen at an ordinary variety house for twenty or thirty cents. He courted trouble and got more than he bargained for.''
 The students are indignant with both the police and management. They claim that the blue-coats arrest ed innocent spectators who dnoth- ing to do with the riot and also used ecessary roughness. The cry to boycott the theater continues to be popular one and already the word has gone quietly around among the students to that effect. The Yale News. the college daily newspaper, takes the matter up editorially in its issue this morning and this stand on the affair will undoubtedly be a cry stallization of the feeling among the students
 Statement of CowIes.
 Chief Cowles explained his connec- tion with the affair in detail. He said that on Saturday he received a | number of complaints from people who had seen the show on Friday night protesting against a repetition vulgar and suggestive. Acting on this l information the chief claims he call- ed Manager Eldridge and the man ager of the Winter Garden company, who are now appearing with Gaby Deslys, to his office. There he in- formed them of the complaints he had received and stated that if any | vulgar or suggestive Hines were allow ed that night he would have the cur tain rung down. He stated that to | enforce this order he would send Captain Smith and squad of police. l T did not however, order Man ager Fldridge to cut out any specified | lines or parts of the show, as l had not seen it. Captain Smith, who was at the Hyperion as my representa- as played and did not order the show cut. Whatever Manager Eldridge cut out he did himself. I want it known positively that the only order I gave was general one to cut out all that was obscene and suggestive"
 cinct No. 1, who was present when | the above interview was given by the I chief, corroborated the chiefs state.
 ment as to the interview with Man ager Eldridge and the orders given l him in regard to the show. My or ders were to stop the show if it was | suggestive or obscene. In my opinion it was not, as played Saturday night
 and i certainly did not order the
 curtain down."
 Eldridge's Statement.
 Manager Eldridge spoke also of his interview with Chief Cowles. '"rhe
 chief called me in at o'clock or
 show couldn't go on. He said he wouldn't allow Gaby Deslys to appear at all.S He finally consented to allow the show to go on, but said he would send a squad of police and if there was anything they didn' like hs
 would stop the show and arrest every.
 body connected with it. Less than ar hour before the curtain went up we | had to re-arrange the whole play. We had to eliminate all the dialogue ant give nothing but the musical mum. bers This was the only way we
 could arrange matters
 we had no police protection The police didn't even try to stop the damage I am going to bring an ac. tion against the city and will confer with my lawyers tomorrow morning l can't tell what the grounds of my
 action will be, as I'm not a lawyer but I fell sure that I have sufficien grounds.
 "The students, in my opinion, show
 ed a bad spirit. If they didn't like the show they could have walked out
 I'm very sorry the affair happened" What Dean Jones Says.
 Dean Frederick S. Jones of the ac last night officially exonerated all tht students from his department who were arrested.
 'It is a great injustice to throw the brunt of this affair on the mer whom the police arrested. I find tha
 all the men from my department weri lonly innocent spectators and were no in the riot at all.s I think the polio, acted unfairly in this. I will take III
 the investigation of the affair, and hope to learn the names of the ring leaders. If I find out who the stu dents were who led the riot I vii
 certainly act. Whatever action il
 taken by the faculty will not b'
 against the students arrested, I an
 certain from what evidence I hav
 now at hand, except MT. Bomeisler
 who is a scientific school man ant whose case I have not investigated. In excepting Bomedsler from hi exoneration of the other students Dean Jones made it plain that it wa
 not because of any evidence he hat of his connection with the riot bu only because he had not, looked int his case. Bomeisler had obtained bal before Dean Jones arrived at the DO lice station and consequently h. didn't have chance to question him AS he is not in the academic depart ment the dean had no power to lool further into his case.
 It appears that the students ma. have had more cause for their out break than is usual in similar disturb b ances. Through the greater part o