Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-25
GARMENTS WORN
BY MISS RAPPE
ARE EXHIBITED
At preliminary
Al SennaCher Declines to
Repeat Aloud Arbuckle' s
Description of his Treat
ment of Movie Actress,
DEFENDANT CHEERFUL
DURING THE HEARING
Women's Delegations From
Civic Organizations
Watch Progress Of Case
and Stay Until the End.

San Francisco, Calf, Sept. "a
Alfred Semnacher declined TO re-
peat aloud from the witness stand
today the details Of Roscoe (Fatty)
Arbuckle's description of his treat
ment of Miss Virginia Rappe at the
reyel which led to the girls DEATH
hut instead wrote them out ON a
paper which he showed to the at
torneys and to Police Judge Syl-
vain Lazarus, who is hearing the
murder complaint against the fllm
comedian.
He first said that Arbuckle's story
OF the incident, told to himself, Low,
ell sherman, Fred Fishback ana
Arbuckle's chauffeur. Harry NC
Cullough, and which involved the
use of ice, caused a general laugh.
When the details were demanded,
he objected to testifying verbally,
No One demonstrated.
No one demonstrated on Ar
buckles tale, according to the wit
ness, who said it was told in Ar
buckles suite at the Hotel 81.
Francis, where the drinking party
had taken place the afternoon be-
fore. Other conversation about the
affair was limited to discussion
of the intoxicated condition oil
some of the participants, Sem
nacher said. He testified yester-
day that he had only coffee to
drink.
In answer to questions from Ar.
buckles attorneys, Semnacher salo
he had observed nothing improper
in Arbuckle's actions towards
Miss Rappe or any of the other
women at the party.
When the news of Miss Rappe S
death was brought by a newspaper
reporter to Arbuckle. Sherman
Fischback and Semnacher in Los
Angeles the evening Of September
8, Sc nacher declared Arbuckle
expressed regret at her fate. All of
the group spoke of her death as
an "unfortunate accident which
they could not understand" ac-
cording to the witness, and Ar
buckle, after d discussion Of what
had better be done, telephoned to
the chief of police in San Francis
co offering to come north immedi-
ately il he was wanted.
Questioned by Defense.
Semnacher was the first witness
to be subjected to questioning by
the defense and these inquiries
were but few. Aside from his state
ment regarding Arbuckle's con-
duct at the party, the defense
drew from him an admission that
Frank Domlnguez, chief defense
counsel, had told him to tell the
entire truth to Captive of Detec-
tives Duncan Matheson, and that
the defense had never heard his
version of the case.
The prosecution introduced as
exhibits the garments which Sem
nacher said Miss Rappe wore on
tthe occasion at the st. Francis, and
Dominguez asked the witness IL he
had seen Arbuckle wearing Miss
Rappe's Panama hat Semnacher
replied that he had not.
The defendant entered the court
room with considerably more cheer
fulness than he has evidenced since
| his arrest, and grinned at District
Attorney Mathew A. Brady's facet
| ious comparison Of their two waist
lines. His smile died away quickly,
however, as soon as the testimony
began, and it did not return all
morning.
Todays session of court occupied
less than two hours. Women not
possessed of credentials were
warned away from the hall of jIst-
ice by the police, who had a much
easier time OF it than yesterday or
the day before in handling the
crowd.
Few Men 81 ators.
A corpora's guard of men spec
tators remained throughout the
hearing. but some of the women
left early. The rest of the wom-
ems delegations from civic organi-
cations watching the progress OF
the case stayed until the end, how
ever.
After Arbuckle decided to come
north to report to the San Fran
cisco police, according to Sem
nacher, the start was made in the
early hours Of Saturday Septem-
ber 10. He drove in one machine
with Fischbach and Sherman, while
Arbuckle, Dominguez, Arbuckle's
manager, Lon Anger, and the come
dams chauffeur, occupied another
| There was very little discussion
of Miss Rappes death en- route, he
said, and none that involved Ar
buckles conduct with her