Evening star., 1921-09-24
WITNESS TEST|FIES
OF PAJAMA PARTY
Miss Rappe's Business Man.
ager Takes Stand in Ar
buckle Case.
BY the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. September
24.-The preliminary hearing Of Ros-
coe c. (Fatty) Arbuckle on a charge
of murder in connection with the
death of Miss Virginia RapDe entered
it's third day in the police court of
Judge Sylvain j. Lazarus here today,
with the prosecution still presenting
it's case against the film star.
Al. Semnacher, business manager
for Miss Rape and guest at Ar
buckles Marty at TIE Hotel st. Fran
els, at which the girl is said to have
suffered fata! injury, was the prihci-
pal witness at yesterdays court ses-
sion He had not concluded his tes-
timony when the court adjourned for
the day.
The party. Semnacher testified, was
by no means duh affair. There was
much liquor. many women and CON
siderable music from a phonoGraph
rented by Arbucl>le for his stay in
San Francisco. Semnacher, while not
absolutely sure. said tnat to thu. best
CT his recollection the pajanla a-clad
celebrants at the party did some dane
ing.
Mrs. belmont i'm Pajamas.
Semnacher said that ArbuckIe. Lowell
Sherman and Mrs. BaTnbina Maud Del
mont received guests at the affair
while attired in pajamas, and de-
Clared considerable liquor was drunk
by the participants. Mrs. belmont
swcrc out the complaint charging
murder,
The hearing today was scheduled to
begin at 1890 am.
Miss Virginia Rappe showed symp-
toms of an internal injury Immediate
ly after she was stricken. following
the party in Arbuckle'S rooms aul
been of alcoholism was oversha dowed
by her injuries. declared DIR. Arthur
! Beard"iee. house physician of the
! Hotel ST. Francis. in Il statement made
to Assistant District Attorney Milton
| U'Ren today. DIR. Beardslee treated
Miss Rappe in the early stages of her
/ illness.
| Was On Hunting Trip.
DR. Beardslee returned today from
d hunting trip on which he started
; the day after the Arbuckle affair.
After questioning the physician
F.. U'Ren said that his explanation OF
| his recent absence and his statement
CT treating Miss Rape was entirely
| satisfactory. and that he was
exoncrated of all blame for his
| absence.
Dr. Beardslee said that on the
! morning of September 6. after
examining Miss Rappe. he sus-
pected she was injured. He was
! relieved Of the case that morning by
! DR.. E. NJ. RumwelI. he declared. and
did not treat the actress again.
! All of the party. except Mrs. Del
! mont. Semnacher testified yesterday,
i were eating when he Joined them.
| while some were drinking, liquor
! which he defined as orange juice that
I could have contained gin or anything
| else
| Semnacher testified that he left the
; room. and on returning, half an hour
| later. found a Miss Clark and a Miss
! Campbell had joined the party. He
| could not remember he said, any one
| having left the suite.
| During this testimony Arbuc1 les
/ eyes moved slowly from the witness
to lsadore Golden. the assistant dis
| trict attorney, who conducted the
| questioning. and back again.
| Tells of Fatal Moment.
! Semnachcr explained his omission OF
+; Mrs Taube's name at the inquest by
saying that he did not know her
name until later, when he saw a
newspaper picture of Arbuckie lean
ling out of a hotel window in company
, with Mrs. Taube and others.
! He returned in about half an hour.
! ne SdiG- ne NdS sum III
! progress. but about ten minutes later
| two of the women went into room
! 1912 (where Miss Rappe later was
| found).
! My best recollection is that on my
return the door to room 1913 was shut.
| he testified.
The door closed behind the two
! women. and from two to ten minutes
p, elapsed without sound.
.Arbuckle was in room 1920,
i Semnacher declared. My recollection
!. is the women came out OF room 12l9
+; in excitement" Semnacher continued.
F.! "They said VIC should ali come III, as
! Miss Rappe was i'll
(! Torn Garments I'm Auto.
! Arbuckle. during this bit Of testi-
mony, clasped and unciasped his hands
and rubbed his checks. a fve-minute
recess. was declared by the court. after
| which the film comedian appeared
| more composed.
Il saw Miss Rappe lying on the bed
moaning" Semnacher continued. She
! tossed from side to side. with her
hands clasped to her abdomen
Il am dying, 1 am DYING she eX-
claimed, according TO the witness.
| Miss Rappe was unclothed: her
garments scattered about. All the
men went pack into room i2-U. w
!, could see, through the door, the girls
putting Miss Rappe into the bathtub. "
Arbuckle was still in his pajamas, he
stated.
| Subsequently, he said, the entire
party had supper in the comedian 5
rooms, after which Arbuckle went
downstairs in evening clothes.
! The torn garments he put in the
! pocket of his automobile, he said, for
exhibition to Miss Rappe and also To
dust off his car.
p, At this point the hearing was ad-
journed for the day, with Semnach-
er'S Testimony unfinished