The chief electrician of the Ganton Cate, named Cherkatshy, said that he always saw the company come in drunk, Mies Gordon was always drunk and once he saw her fall down because she could not stand on her fect. She was drunk every day at rehearsals and always drunk at night. At rebearsals friends of the girls would ome and take them away after about five minutes.
Cross-examined, witness said that he wae an electrician, acrobat, and dancer, He bad been in the dressing rooms. He had never been turned out of them by the girls, One day Miss Gordon told him to go and get her two bottles. He never analyzed what was in them.
Mr, Harris:—How many bottles of whiskey could she drink?
Witness further said that he had worked for the Carlton for two years and for My. Israel as long tap the intter had been at the Carlton, The next witness was Mrs, Bertha Jane Israel, who said that she wrote a letter to Mrs, Pollock in San Francisco and in November received a letter from Mis Gray which said that the company had accepted the terms which she (wit ness) had written, She had not kept this letter.
She met the girls on their arrival in Shanghai. Tiere was a subsequent discussion of terms with Mise Leach, who said that she wondered low long they would! stay. She "hoped that they would go aver big so that they could re~ main some time." Witness replied that she did not know, and changed the subject. At no time was there anything said about contracts, Amenities off Stage Witness then said that she went to see Miss Gordon's wardrobe shortly after their arrival, She had a complete Hula costume and materials for two or three others. Phe Hula number of Miss Gordon's went over very good, but the other numbers were poor. Miss Jewell had no costume at all for entertaining. For the first programme ake (witness) designed a peacock creation for her, Miss Jewell had told her that she never did epecialities—that she always worked in a chorus, Regarding the allegations of me toxication on the part of Miss Gordon, witness said that in a Scottish amber plaintiff appeared without a part of her costume. Witness went to the dressing room and talked to her severely. Mise Gordon said a few words to hor which she did not remember and made a face and stuck out her tongue at witness.—Mise Gordon was always intoxicated when the others were. Witness was not present during the happenings alleged on March 6. She had never' heard Mr, Israel tell the girls to) aving, In conclusion, witness eaid that: there was never any complaint against her until after the company was dismissed. "Before that they! ved to kiss me, but they did not have much to do with me after that," she said, Cross-examined, witness said that the company were not drunk every time they came to work. She could not substantiate the evidence of the previous witness,
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