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?rinrdsye-of‘S*tuteH.10AN INTERESTING CASE.ifMinerva*' Sues for Balance of Sal- , Hary Before Justice Humbird.A case that has excited much syip* pathv and interest this week Is that of Miss Minerva Minna Riedel, of 0«r-nian, who has been known to incvaudeville stasc in this country forleinretoidOfbehintle-lisceotheIts)r-rc*hothe past thirteen and si half years.“Minerva the handcuff queen. as she is Known to the stage, was engaged bv Mr. John J. Kirk, manager of Merry land Park, on South Centre street, to exhibit her skill at the performance and for this service she was to receive $75 for the week of July The testimony in her suit befote Justice Humbird for ?50 of unpaid salarv brought out the fact* that “Minerva had. in addition to fulfilling her contract, given the hrxlge act. jumping into the Potomac from the Blue Bridge handcuffed and releasing herself while under the water on Monday afternoon gratis, as the management had plead poor business, and that the straight jacket escape was not a part of her contract, but she performed it twice voluntarily.During the entire time of her stay in Cumberland from the arrival from Connellsvillc on Tuesday before the Monuav of her engagement -She had no conferences with the management except to agree to make tin* bridge jump. which she did and that there was never any qucsion as to her work*• except on Monday evening when Mr.1 j Kirk suggested that the act be short-listened because it drew patronage ir {from the dance hall and other paid in! attractions, and as to the length of ctjthe acts. etc. she must use her own le. judgment. , .I On Wcdnesdav it was charged that be'Mr. Kirk came io the hotel and after 1 some discussion with Mr. Johnstone, is her assistant, came to her and using h* verv insulting language, but not complaining of the act. made a most in-! suiting proposal which she resented ! and warning him of arrest if he continued to insult her. walked away. He 1 followed her and said ‘i’ll fix you for | this. This Mr. Kirk denied on the stand. ... ,On Thursday evening she appeared t at the park to fulfill her contract ami was prevented from doing so by Mr, n' Kirk, who told her to gel her money ■n‘ I from the cashier and get outjr* « w w - -• —- - 1 __« A t lt» !mbilt;1lt;ai%r,iitlPj:wwohits:nvBt;vclVttheSo,cl-lidoillt; Upon applying io the easier she. was offered $12.Ml and toli^ that this J was ’*al! I was told to pay, as with --the $25 she had drawn, it makes the] one half weckV pay. Sho refused tnisj and demanded ?hc full amount un ]■ “ ' ta* there !learnlnz to tine.*der the contract, which she wJ ito perform, She returned each day iVuntil the end of the week, offering to 1 perform her contrarl anti was rcfus-Jusliec HumHul. whib* 'Minerva returned to the Arlington Ho*el. where Mr. and Mrs. \Wnw*,\ the proprietors, are verv kind to her. She has several contracts offering and as soon as sale arrange* for h^r lea rd anti oraor ox-m-nses here', w hit h she cannot pay unless she v-curos her salary, she will4*S1tlJTcfl. She was told tbnt itno usein sue or nwkf any effort to collect ( ^ as iho Merry land Vo. was all power-« “1 UH and would see that sho did not col-accept a position and £o on with^ her jUSwork, which has Wen interrupted ly this case.s'- , leet the salary her contract called for. i;. ) Friends of the company and inoc« who sympathized with ItWlcK'Ju' tried to effect a compromise mil Invain. lienelt;* the suit under the con-m. tract. .* The witnesses for the plaint iff were , IOJ' herself alone. Mr. Capper presented] at- her claim, which he rested on the! h„ cent rad. etc. . ,ch i Mr. D. Kind ley Sloan appeared for ,rt . the Merry land Co. and had as wit-,nf nesses Messrs. John Kirk, how Is Pc-jte terman. George Deneen. John Goss. ,n]. Both attorneys endeavored to bring (.p. out the facta in the case and the con-ftn-' tract was not denied by the defense.but claimed that the plaintiff bad,• not done ali the work demanded of her. although they had offered her the the full stim for each day contracted for. $ 12.5ft. making the S75 for theweek and thlt;*n claiming the Tight 1o nt close the contract at their will, k » The case was held sub cuna bylt;*leararlt;e sale of unlliuery at l.inv bcrt’iS, 12.* Baltimore jdrcet. AH summer stork M lec«: than lt;-ost. See window display of hats nt SKI'S andRebellion Soreading.Vienna. JuK 21—The entite Turkish garrison in 1’skub in Mlmyel. of Kossovo nintlnetl today. A force of lovallsts is marching against the in the effort 10 put down the rebellion. The action of the I’sknb garrison is not surprising as the general dissatisfaction now sweeping ^ over Macedonia has reached the soldiers. Five hundred soldiers are in the mutiny and nearly all ftm civilian populalloii.^isBargains in summer Tniilinery are le had at 1-ambert's. 12.' Baltimoretostreet.The rush for Oxfords at lt;\ G. Smith’s continues.
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Evening Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Fri, Jul 24, 1908
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