Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1913-03-26
BAKER AN EXPERT
ON PASSIONATE
DANCES
He Saw Turkey Trot And
Grizzley Bear Stunts
AT Ash Fork
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

The celebrated Ash Fork saloon
case of the State against J. Ram
baud, was heard in the Superior
Court yesterday, on a citation issu-
ed at the request of the County
Attorney, to show cause why the
license owned by Rambaud should
not be revoked, on the grounds of
disorderly maintenance of this place
of business.
After several hours of lively legal
sparring by attorneys on both sides,
and after the introduction of volu-
finous evidence for and against the
accused, Judge Smith took the mat
ter under advisement and announced
decision would be forthcoming in
side of the next month.
The controversy was attended
with very much animation and was
pronounced quite lively legal COM
bat.
Technicalities were many, but the
feature of the case was the testi-
mony of Deputy Sheriff Blake Bak-
er, who was grilled for over one
hour. This officer was singled out
as an expert authority on the seduc-
tive thrills OF terpsichorean accom-
plishments, which include the waltz,
the bunny hug, the turkey trot, the
grizzly bear, the Texas Tommy, all
of which were alleged to have vici-
ously and vulgarly decorated the
programme OF the dance hall that
was running with joy unconfned.
Deputy Baker was equal to the
task, however, stating that he wit
messed these evolutions while tenn
porarily a deputy at Ash Fork in
May of 1912, to relieve Deputy Bart
lett who was taking a lay-off. On
cross-examination Baker admitted
seeing the Texas Tommy, danced
with all the ferocity of a cyclone in
full action but so far as he was
able to discern he admitted none of
the sirens complained of being en-
braced too strenuously. Nothing
seemed to MARI the physical enjoy
ment of any one of either sex in
the varied numbers that were dane
ed with all the freedom that oc-
CURED after Buck Fanshaw's fun
eral of early days on the coast.
Deputy Baker also stated that he
had seen with his own eyes, in
Rambaud's place, the festive hobo,
the wild and woolly cowpuncher,
the sedate sheep herder, the agile
brake beam artist, and the blind
baggage artist enjoying themselves
with the black-eyed senoritas of the
south, and the blue-eyed damsels of
the north, with a sprinkling of other
mix-ups and there was really jolly
good time, and no trouble of a
criminal nature to require his inter
ference. This heterogeneous combin-
alton, in short, he stated, tripped the
light fantastic in mad enjoyment
and not until the approaching over
land that whistled itself as coming
into town down the hill at a. m
was the jig called off for that night.
Then the strains ceased that oozed
from the nimble fingers of a big
negro piano thumper, who had as
an accompanist a diminutive Mexi-
can sawyer on a fiddle that ripped
out discordant notes from beginning
to end. Only two fist fights oc-
Cured in Rambaud's place in ten
days, and on neither occasion was
be an eye witness, being at luncheon
in the Escalante.
Deputy Baker added further mer-
riment to the controversy by detail
ing a shoe trade that occurred one
night in Rambaud's He testified
that he saw with his own eyes
greasy hobo enter, who after warm
MS UP At lAS ShONNJ thANN HIS OPtA(S
in the direction of a fellow road
ster asleep on the floor, with a
brand new pair OF good shoes decor
ating his pedal extremities. An ex-
change took place in the wink of an
eye, and the visiting hobo took the
pains to place his old worn out ap-
oarel on the same feet that fur
lished the new foot gear, and with
out waking him up.
At this point Judge Smith asked if
his transaction was viewed by off
,ial eyes OF Deputy Baker, or by his
,itizen eyes, to which an answer
vas Immediately forthcoming, "by
ny official eyes, your honor" For
lot making an arrest, Deputy Baker
,losed his testimony by stating that