Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-12
FATTY Held AS
GIRLS SLAYER
Noted Film Star Jailed For Her
Death After Gay San Fran
cisco Party
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at wouldn't be right for me 4
pay for all this when it was Roscoe
fault" Miss Rape moaned to th'
nurse, according to Mrs. Jameson
sworn statement.
In a later interview Mrs. Jane
son said that Miss Rape IN he,
dying moments repeatedly request
ed her TO get Roscoe; he is respon
sible for all this" The nurse sal,
Miss Rape meant her to summon
Arbuckle to her bedside, not TO get
him in the sense Of revenge.
Sunday afternoon Arbuckle's coun
sci permitted him to speak for tho
first time concerning the charges anc
then only enough TO deny them alto.
gether
The police gave out the follow
ing names as those Of participants
in what was described as 4 gin i0lli-
fication" in Arbucklc's suite last
Monday: Roscoe Arbuckle, Virginia
Rape, Ira G.. Fortlouis, 4 New York
wardrobe salesman; Miss Alice Blake,
a San Francisco cafe entertainer;
Mrs. 2. NJ. Delmontc, Of Los Angc-
les, friend of Miss Rape; Lowell
Sherman, of Los Angeles, a friend Of
Arbuckle and financially interested in
the motion picture business; Fred
Fishbeck, Of Los Angeles, motion pic
ture director; Al Semnacher, manager
of Miss Rape; Miss ley Pyvrou, a
San Francisco show girl.
All Of these people have now
made affidayits to the police con
corning the party Most Of the
statements are cOnsonant except that
some disagree on the incidents about
o'clock Monday afternoon, when
Arbuckle and Miss Rape are alleged
to have spent an hour alone togeth-
or.
In Silk Pajamas
Liquor was served. The affidavits
agree on this. Miss Rape partook
sparingly Of gin and orange juice.
One deponent says Scotch was pro-
duced and served There was a
photograph in the room discoursing
current jazz. Arbuckle, in a dress
ing gown over his silk pajamas and
with his bare feet showed into slip
pers, sat near Miss Rape, kidding
her" during the afternoon. One
statement says they sat together on
a settee.
The affidavits of Hiss Pyvron
Miss Blake and Mrs. Delmonte are
distinctly unfayorable to Arbuckie
Miss Pyvron and Mrs Delmonte
swear that they heard Miss Rape
moaning and rushed to get into Ar
buckles room to aid her, only to
find the door heavily bolted against
their efforts. Finally, they declare,
Arbuckle emerged, and they rushed
in past him, to find Miss Rape
almost without clothing, hen cos
tune torn to shreds and strewn
about the room, even her stock
ings ripped.
II am dying! I am dying' the
young actress was meaning as the
two other women picked her up.
they assert They plunged her into
cold bath, thinking to revive her
but. this having no beneficial eff
feet, removed her to another room
where she was attended by a doe
tor.
No Violence, Says One.
The autopsy surgeons reported of.
ficially that Miss Rappe died from
the effects of an internal rupture
adding, however, the fact that Ger
tain elements Of the girls physica
condition might have contributed t
the tragedy. In fact, Dr. William
Ophuls, one Of the surgeons, declared
the injury to have been due to natura
causes, specifically adding that h
had found no internal indications o.
violence.
"There were absolutely no evi
dences of a criminal assault. Dr.
.Ophuls stated, "or that the girl haC
been attacked in any way"
All down the glittering gold coas
of the Los Angeles motion picture
colony, peopled by men and womel
Of humble beginnings suddenly pos
sessed of fabulous wealth becaus,
of a pretty face, fat physique
wavy hair, or a simpering smile
Fatty Arbucklc is known for tn,
parties" he gives. In the Holly
wood colony, near Los Angeles, tn
anncuncedment that Fatty Arbuckl
would throw dinner" was tn,
signal for rejoicing by those VIII
appreciated that sort Of merriment
1t meant oblivious relief from th'
grind of the movie lot. Md %