The Washington times., 1921-09-27
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them to Los Angeles with the idea
OF extorting money from Arouckie. J
He asserted he would show that
Mrs. belmont had attempted to
blackmail Earl Lynn, of Los
Angeles. He asserted he would show
an intimacy between Semnacher and
Mrs. belmont, and made a number Of
han-veiled illusions 80 Semnachers
general honesty. I'll
II have" he said, and 90 have
men associated with mesin this case,
d well-defined theory s4of what hap
pened at the party in the st.
Francis Hotel and Of the motive
for the arrest Of the defendant.
.'If I cam show it. and believe
can, that Semnachers in, his CONVEX
sations with Mrs, Delmont and some
one else plotted and~conspired with
the idea of blackmailing Arbuckie
through Miss Rappe's torn clothes.
then Il il my duty to do so. II
/ can show the existence Of intimate
relations between Semnachers and
Mrs. belmont, It ID. my duty to
chow IL and 1 intend to do So"
IT am not going to try the character
OF every witness appearing here said
D
we win immediately start an in
yestiRation II counsel SO suggests.
continued Golden, referring. to Dom
inguez's charges, "and II will be Just
n fair, tust as honest and just az i'm
Martial an investigation a. the one on
which It was decided to hold Mr.. Ar
buckle for murder" I
Defense Scores Point.
Semnacher took his stand late last
evening after DIR. Arthur Beardslee
had given his evidence. DIR. Beardslee,
house physician for the St, Francis
Hotel, was the first to attend Miss
Rape. He stated that in his opinion
Miss Rappe had suffered some injury
to her bladder. He stated such injury
was caused by violence and that IL was
quite possible she might have fallen or
have SO injured herself through ex-
cessive vomiting. e.. go
This was q victory for the defense.
inasmuch as 1t has been charged that
Arbuckle's actions were responsible
for the injury which caused the young
woman's death.
. IT was Dominique who called Sem.
Tnacher tor the stand: He jumped
around In his questions. taking him
now to the party in the st. Francis,
now to the Palace Hotel, where he
(SemnacherI stopped with Miss Rape
and Mrs. Belmont on the night of Sep
TENDER 4 and the morning of Septem-
Der 8, now to Los Angeles.
Q.-When you registered at the Pal.
ace you occupied one room. the ladies
one next to 1t?
Ayes. - -.s.. -
ODD you visit the ladies' room
IN the Palace?
AYES, when went-to take them
60 hraa Lfuof paYf vpaaVnfn0
Q,-When you took these torn gar
ments into room 1927 where Miss
Rappe lay suffering and Mrs. belmont
watching, did you have a conversation
rs to those clothes.
A.-No, sir.
+ Semnacher's Memory Poor.
7 Q.-:Now as to Mr.. ,Arbucl<le's re-
mark that has occasioned so much
argument in this court, you could
have been mistaken as to his exact
language. ,,... s,.. -r.
Ayes, sir.
There followed number Of quss-
Cons which decency censors. and
the women who had sat through the
long hot day on thu hard benches
waiting. oh 90. patiently, were amply |
rewarded. q '.. -
Asked about Mrs Delrnont's condi. !
ton at the party, semnacher testi.
fled that she was dressed in yellow |
pajamas and appeared ''lit up or |
s.about half drunk" when he first |
saw her. He denied hearing any
screams from the room where Miss |
Rappe afterward was found IN dis
ress. -ssF. t4p ~ =.
The defense drew from Semnacher |
tke admission that he might have
misunderstood Arbuckle's exact Ian
guage regarding the ice incident he
mid Arbuckle had described to him |
and others, but later he told the |
prosecution that he did not mistake |
krbuckle's meaning. - o..
n"T only met Mrs. belmont three |
times in four years before this trip |
TO San Francisco" the witness said.
r. Called Her "Maudie."
But you called her .Maudie!" asked |
s"T might have" answered Sem
nacher.
Dominguez questioned him closely |
about his actions the night before |
the party when he, Mrs. belmont |
and Mis- -Rappe stayed at the same
hotel. Semancher testified that the |
door between his room and that &C.
cupied blythe two women was UNI
locked most Of the time, but that he /
entered their apartment only when |
the trio met in the morning TO 60 to
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