The nightclub stank, old cigarettes and booze ground into the carpets

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The officer described Lili’s performance as being an “indecent exposure” of herself. Miss St. Cyr had “caressed her body while looking at a man’s picture and slid her hands over her thighs. Then she gave a couple of Mae West wiggles. She unzipped her dress to below her buttocks. Her rear was exposed. You could see through her black panties. She held her dress in front of her and walked sideways, leaving her rear exposed. She stripped to a flesh-colored net bra and panties. The bra and panties did not adhere too closely to her body.”   The captain saw the “outline of her privates” but “no pubic hair ... she was shaven.” Hannon related that while Lili bathed she “gave a couple of little bumps to the timing of the drums.”

When it was his turn with the witness, Giesler asked the captain to define a bump. “A movement wherein the muscles of the buttocks contract and [the] lower part of the spine bends forward sudden-like — throwing the front portion of the body forward.”

Next was a long discussion regarding French bathing suits and whether they were proper or not and whether what Lili wore was similar. Sutton stated that he didn’t know what a bikini was. A “French bathing suit” was a bra and panties. Giesler let the court know he found it hard to believe such an experienced cop would be shocked by Lili’s act. He led Sutton through attendance at the club, the location of the bar, the stage and other logistics. Then he inquired about reporter Florabel Muir. “You did talk to Miss Muir about arresting Miss St. Cyr?” Sutton concurred. “What did Miss Muir say?”

“She called me a silly bastard.”

“Was she mad at you?”

“Oh no. That’s the way she always talks to me.”