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| Baby Esther Jones the Florence Mills Impersonator's Manager Lou Bolton In Trouble[1] |
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After listening to testimony of Tomas J. Kelly, Children's Society representative, Magistrate John V. Flood, in West Side Court, held Louis Bolton, 36, Commodore Athletic Club, and William Jones, 50, 44 West 98th street, for trial in Special Sessions on a charge of allowing a minor to give public performances without a permit. At the same time a similar charge against William Pearlman, 47, 366, Lincoln place, Brooklyn, of the Everglades restaurant, was dismissed. Bail of $500 was fixed in the cases of the other two.
On the morning of June 13, Kelly went to the Everglades and he said he saw Esther Lee Jones, seven-year-old Negro child, who was announced as the sensation of Broadway and impersonator of the late Florence Mills, do several dances and sing some songs.
The manager denied that he or the child or the guardian had received any remuneration for the performance. He said he merely allowed her to dance because friends had requested him. Jones also denied receiving any salary. Pearlman, who was brought to court because he is head of the club, proved he was not present at the time.