Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-23
SHERMAN'S STORY

ney Swami today obtained from Low
ell Sherman, motion picture actor, a
graphic account of the party in San
Francisco which had for an epilogue
the death of Virginia Rape.
Sherman, who attended the party
staged in the rooms of Fatty" Ar
buckle now facing a charge of MUIR
der, was located by the district at
torney's office after he had jumped
off the Twentieth Century Limited at
Harmon. n. Y. yesterday. and disap-
peared in an automobile with a red
haired woman.
Found in his apartment here, Sher-
man explained that the woman was
his wife. that he had sought to elude
publicity and not Mr.. Swami. He
professed himself ready to return to
the Pacific coast TO testify at the Ar
! buckle trial,
An assertion which appeared sever
nj timos as Shorman's formal state
mont. mailed tonight TO district at
torney Brady in San Francisco, was
that these who had attended tho par
~ had not felt s+eat concern over
Miss Rnppo's Illness. tho concon su s
of opinion being that she sim ply had
~ bun on" sherman declared Ar
! buckle never told him what occurred
! between hif1 and tho SRI after thoy
had entered his bedroom and closed
tho doo'.
Ia. l.
OF "hin'saS and Sin. according to
j Sherman, and a photograph was
making n mad racket throughout the
party. After cett poth had failed
to revive tho sir and she had been
put to bod, Sherman said that at the
seiiggeetion of Art3ueiilo to had clear
, ed the suite OF ghosts and dismissed
the matter from his mind not TAX
ing the girls Hines seriously.
/ "Arbuckie did net r&b:css to mo an
opinion rs TO what was the matter
with the girl" said Sherman.
/ Il did not see Arbucklc put his arms
around the girl before she went into
the bedroom. or put his hands upon
her Arbucklc was sitting in the chair
. next to tho sofa upon which she sat
He was sitting with drink in his
hand laughing and talking"
! Asserting that Mrs. belmont. anoth-
! er guest, did not seem to be at all
, upset about anything that had hap
pcncd to Miss Rape, Sherman con-
tinucd:
II went back to Los Angeles with
Arbuckle the next afternoon. I never
! saw Miss Rape after that and nevor
/ inquired about her, because | did not
/ take any Of it seriously.
/ Il do not know whether Mr.. A.
buckle communicated with her or
asked about her If he did, he did not
do so in my presence.
II never asked Arbuckle what he
thought the matter was with the girl.
He seemed to have the same opinion
as everyone else-that the girl had
bun on and was ILL., He did not seem
! in any way upset about il, and more
! than anybody was at the party.
Il never heard Miss Rape express
an opinion as to what was the matter
with her at any time.
San Francisco. Sept. 22.-No effort
will be, made to force Lowell Shcr-
man, actor, to return to San Fran
cisco from New York to testify in the
! murder case of Roscoe c. Arbuckle.
unless such a move is absolutely
necessary" Isadore NJ. Golden. as
sistant district attorney, said today.
Alfred Semnacher. who was man
ager of Miss Virginia Rape. is ex-
pected in San Francisco from Los An
geles today to testify at Arbuckle's
preliminary hearing in police court.
If Sherman returns of his own vo-
lition he will have 20 come at his own
expense. District Attorney Brady said.
Lack of money, he said, was prevent
ing him from having important wit
nesses out of town interviewed and
other evidence collected.