Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-12

close the nature of the testimony ex-
pected from her.
photographic records were made Of the
eleven bruises found on the body of Miss
Rappe by DR.. Shelby Strange, autopsy
physician. The torn clothing of the dead
girl, found at Los Angeles at the home
of Al Senacher, is to be brought here as
important evidence. The dainty silk
garments. blouse and pair of bloom
ers. were found there. Police were
searching for other clothing which
Senacher described in a statement to the
police as having been badly torn and
which he noticed lying in a room at the
st. Francis Hotel where the alleged as
sault took place.
ONLY ONE FRIEND
CALLS AT HOSPITAL.
The presence of only one friend
cheered the dying hours of Miss Rape,
it was revealed when 1t became known
that Sidi Writ Spfecksls. herself bur
dened with the sorrow of the recent death
Of her husband, was the only caller at
tho Wakefield Sanitarium, where Miss
Rape fought her battle with death and
lost.
Mrs. Spreckels became acquainted with
Miss Rape six years ago. On Friday
she received a telephone call from the
sanitarium asking her to visit Miss
Rape. She was unacquainted with her
illness and when she arrived found her
in delirium. She learned no details of
the case, but endeavored TO soothe the
fevered condition OF her freud.
Feeling that death was lowering near.
Mrs. Spreckles called a pastor OF a fash
Ions hi fuf efa
spiritually to the dying girl. He came
without delay and, dropping on his knees.
prayed for her recovery and for spiritual
peace With the words, Thy will be
DONE" quiet seemed to come to the
stricken girl. Mrs. Spreckels left and
later learDe dof Miss Rappes death
The death coma sta1ked stealthily into
the doorway of the life of the beautiful
film star and she died unaware that she
was dangerously ILL., according 10 Mrs
Jean Jameson. who nursed Miss Rape
at the Wakefield sanitarium.
GET ARBUCKLE,"
CRIES INJURED GIRL.
With tears in her eyes. Mrs. Jameson
related the statements OF the dead girl
asking that they get Arbuckle" and
make Roscoe pay, for he Is responsible
for my injury" which she made. accord
ing TO the nurse, at times when she was
rational and in complete control of her
mind. ........ .s, ...
Until the night before she died" she
said, Virginia suffered almost unbeara-
bly, and made statements about Arbuckle
during her irrationality which l will not
repeat unless instructed to DO so at the
trial. When she said. Get Arbuckle' and
make him pay, I think she meant to
locate him and make him pay for her
hospital expense. The pain left the
night before she died. She complained
OF something being broke internally
and said she had been crushed. Her
stories at times were inconsistent"
Miss Pyvron and Mrs. Delmonte are
said to have sworn that Arbuckle and
Miss Rape left the room and that later
they heard the girl moaning. They beat
on the door and Arbuckle came out
The women declare they found Miss
Rape lying on a bed, disrobed, and that
her clothes were torn to shreds. These
clothes disappeared for a while but police
said they had recovered hat, a sport
skirt and a jacket.
Il an dying, am dying" she said,
according to the affidavits. She was
given 2 cold bath. carried to an adjoin-
ing room and a physician called.
PHYSICIANS DO
NOT AGREE ON CASE.
Statements of physicians who attended
Miss Rape and who performed an au-
| topsy on her after death, differed.
DR.. William Oppuls, one of the AUTOPSY
surgeons, issued a statement as follows:
THE post mortem examination showed a
ruptured bladder, the rupture being due
to natural causes There were no marks
of violence on the body. There were abb
! solutely no evidences of a criminal as
sault no signs that the girl had been at
4 tackled in any way"
DR.. NJ E. Bumwell said: II treated
/ Miss Rape for two or three days at the
St Francis hotel. In th beginning l be-
/ lieved that she WAS merely suffering from
alcoholism. Later symptoms of perito-
nitis set in. When she became worse
called in DR.. Rixford and DR.. W. p. Read.
They advised against nm operation.
Death was due to rupture Of the bladder.
! There was large bruise, think, on the
left arm. I cannot say what caused the
rupture"
The Arbuckle case drew much atten-
ton from the pulpits of churches in the
San Francisco Bay district last night.
"The shame of it all is" said the Rev.
John Snspem of the First Baptist Church,
Oakland, that good people like you in
this congregation make passible the con-
tinuance of such man before the
public"
Another statement was added to the
long list of affidavits in the case by Miss
Vera Victoria Cumberland. nurse, who as
sisted Mrs Jean Jameson in caring for
Miss Rape.
Miss Rape suffered intensely" she