Evening journal., 1921-11-28
TELLS
Of DEATH PARTY
ccontinusd From pare one,

N(ohduue1 fTOM fdtc Oucl a
at the St. Francis Hotel Sept. 2. Mrs.
belmont was with her She did notl
come by my invitation. Neither did
Al semnacher. zey Pryon nor Alice
Blake. I invited Marie Taube.
L was dressed In pajamas and
bathrobe.g
The bathrobs was placed IN evil
dencc.
Around D. m. saw Miss Rappe
IN my room.
Il was then going out for sn en-
gagement with Miss Taube.
Il had seen her In he other room
just previously.
The door OF the room was open
when I saw her.
Il found her In the bathroom
"she was on the floor in front OF
the toilet holding her stomach. ]
picked her Up and she vomited. i
held her hair out OF her face.
Then gave her a giass OF water.
she said she would like TO lie
down and carried her to a bed
"she said she had these spells
often.
Il went to the bathroom and
when 1 came back she was on the
noor wrlthing and moaning.
'T called Miss Pyron and Mrs.
belmont.
when they came in she was tear
ing her clothes.
"she pulled of her dress and tore
her stockings and pulled the lace of
her garters.
4 told the girls to stop her and
tried to help her.
Il went out ard when came bacl.
| Mrs. Delmont wac rubbing her with
ice.
I picked up a piece Of ice and
Mrs. belmont told me 20 get out and
told hor TO shut up OF I'd throw
her out the window.
Il then had Mrs. Taube call nv
hotel manager. When he came We
put Mr.. Fishbeck's bathrobe on Nisi
Rape and carried her TO another
room.
Il carried her three quarters ci
, the way and Mr.. Boyle took her.
I then asked Boyle TO get a doc
tor.
The door leading from my room
, 20 the corridor was not locked. The
, window was open and the curtaiT
up.
Miss Rappe said nothing any one
could understand.
at no time did tell Mr.. Sem
nacher anything about Ice and Mis-
Rappes body"
Il did not place my hand on Mis-
Rappe's hand while she had holi
OF the door.
Il did not come into contact witt
the door. ] did not ask Oscar Nor
D gaard for the key 70 Miss Rape
dressing room at the Culver Cit
studios.
II have told everything that oc
CURED while 1 was in the room wit
s Miss Rape"
Z On cross-examination he said hi
Q room at the hotel was room 1913.
II can't remember II ] ever sa'
y oscar Noreaard Al culver City.
q II rented a studio from Hem
n Lehman AZ Culver City in 1919.
a yes. saw Miss Rappe there"
4 Reverting 10 the party he said !
J. other women we're present when al
,. Rape arrived.
Ne said he did not know she vi
comins.
Arbucft1e was an ideal wf,nes
speaking rapidly and clearly IN
deep pleasant voice
He leaned far forward IN HE cha
n and emphasized his words With &c.
Y lures and HIS expressive face.
Mrs. belmont came 70 the part
few minutes after Miss Rappe,~ b
said.
Most prominent among the vii
y nesses 70 be called today stood. N
= nanne % Alice Lake. former Broad
~ way fsvorit4 now IN the movie.
" While the exact nature OF her test
mony was held secret. II WIS belle.
ed she would tell Of parties at Whic
she had seen Miss Rape becom
y hysterical and disrobe. or attempt I
and alec of parties where Afbucki
acted the part Of The perfect ger
10 tleman."
Ignatius Mccarthy. the "sherloc
p :. Holmes" of the fineer-print expert
~ held the juvenile lead in the ST.
y cast for today.