Arizona republican., 1921-09-22
TEST|F F|ES. ARbU(KLE
 ADMIT TED .ASSA()L I
Member of Party In Hotel Tells Grand Jury Film Comedian Told of Hav- ing Used Substance" USED ICE ON BODY Others Present When The Alleged Admission Made On Morning Following Attack. Witness Saws
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LOS ANGELES. Calf. Sept. 21.- Admission declared to have been made by Roscoe (s.Fatty'') ArbuclSle that he had used a foreign substance in an attack upon Miss Virginia Rappe during a party at the Hotel St. Francis, in San Francisco. were described by Al Semnacher, a friend of Arbuckle. today before the Los Angeles county grand jury accord ing to w. c. Doran, chief deputy dis trict attorney. Arbuckle is held at San Francisco, charged with mur- dering Miss Rappe.
 Doran said Semnacher swore Ar buckle had told of applying ice to portions of Miss Rappe's body.
 Deran outlined the testimony in confirming reports that Semnacher had made identical statements to him at an earlier time and then had declared that he had not, even at the San Francisco inquiry, told of the alleged admitted act.
 Semnacher testified that on the morning following the party in the Hotel St. Francis, Arbuclxie told him in the presence of Lowell sherman, actor; Fred F'ischbach. director, and Harry Mccullough chauffeur, tha. he had taken Miss Rappe into room
 
 acts in connection with the alleged crime. These acts, according to Chief Deputy Doran, were of a char acter likely to have caused the injury from which Miss Rappe's death re- suited.
 The grand jury session was called by Chief Deputy Doran in order to hear this testimony, information con corning which was immediat1ly con- veyed to District Attorney Brady al San Francisco.
 l Harry Mccullough. chauffeur for Arbuckle, who was present when the alleged statements were made by Arbuckle, according to Semnacher's l testimony, also was examined by the grand jury today but his testimony was not made public.
 Semnacher announced after tho examination that he would leave Lo: Angeles for San Francisco at once WITNESS EvADES QUESTIONS
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-Fres 1 Fischbach, questioned today regard ing reported grand jury testimony O | Al Semnacher in Los Angeles tha
 Roscoe C'Fatty') Arbuckle had mad
 admissions about his treatment o
 Miss Virginia Rappe at the Hotel St I Francis party which led to he death, gave ..evasive replies accord l ing to District Attorney Mathew A
 Brady.
 Fischbach was one of the persons to whom Arbuckle made the state ments, according to the story Sem
 nacher is said to have told the gran,
 jury. Ira C. Fortlouis, another mem
 Der of the drinking party in Ar
 buckles suite, also was questione,
 here today but Brady said nothing Thew had been learned from him.
 Semnacher's testimony before tn
 grand jury in Los Angeles contra
 dicted his grand jury testimony here
 according to Isador Golden, deput . district attorney. who said Sem
 nacher had denied discussing tn
 affair with Arbuckle, although h accompanied Arbuckle to San Fran r cisco after the girls death. F'ror other witnesses. Golden stated, ha 1 been received assertions that tn , film comedians conduct had in volved the use of ice.
 f Witnesses tomorrow at the pre- liminary hearing of the murde charge against Arbuckle in the cour
 of Police Judge Sylvain Lazaru will probably include Dr. Shelb Strange, the autopsy surgeon; pr N ,, post rnortem on Miss Rappe; MT, : Bambina Maude Belmont, who swor to the murder complaint; Miss Grac Halston, one of Miss 6@ppe's nurse and Miss Alice Bla'@%ad Miss Ze : Provost, who atten@-. une Arbuckl party. This was announced by Mi , ton T. U'Ren, assistant district al : torney. He said the length of tn . preliminary hearing would depend O
 the amount of cross examination b Q the defense.
 Brady said Lowell Sherman, la. 1. reported to be in New York stat !, was not needed for the police coul . examination, but that if it becam !. necessary to enforce his attendant e at the trial itself an indictme1 : against him would be sought frol S the grand jury.
 ? Dr. Arthur Beardslee. the hot t physician who attended Miss Rapp 7 had not returned from a hunting tri . today, but no concern was expresse
 lover his non-appearance.