Fiske & Phelps v. Frumkin

After reading 80 angry letters of protest, William J. Egan, director of Public Safety in Newark, N. J., last week told Sidney Franklin (Frumkin), Brooklyn toreador, that he could not hold a bullfight in New Jersey. Toreador Franklin had planned one for next week. He wanted to show U. S. citizens how he did it in Spain. He promised that it would be a gentle fight. He planned to use a rubber sword, pad the bull's horns. He said he would wave his cape and let the bull run at him. But not unless it was absolutely necessary would the bull be harmed.

When Minnie Maddern Fiske, animal-loving actress, read about the fight she was in New Haven lecturing to Yale students. Instead of telling them about modern drama she urged them to write letters of protest to New Jersey authorities. Many gallantly complied, including Professor William Lyon Phelps. Other letters came from President Jonn Grier Hibben of Princeton University; the Lord's Day Alliance, the Woman's National Sabbath Alliance, the Humane Society of New York, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

When Mrs. Fiske heard about Director Egan's decision she said: "My compliments to Mr. Egan and the Mayor. The people of the world will be informed that the United States will not even tolerate a burlesque bullfight."

Retorted Toreador Franklin: "The idea that bullfights are cruel comes from cheap literature and hearsay."

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