New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-14

had no idea she had been hurt. We
all thought she was intoxicated"
Miss Rape, Semnacher said, very
seldom touched liquor. II have seen
her take one or two drinks and get
dizzy" he said. He was called upon to
identify the various garments worn by
Miss Rape when she went to the hotel.
which have been recovered by the
police here and in Los Angeles.
The witness thus recited his reasons
for taking some Of Miss Rappes cloth
ing with him when he returned to Los
Angeles after the party:
an waste basket in Room 1919 |
found her waist, with one sleeve torn
off, as we'll AS undcrgarments and Jew
elry. ] thought the shirtwaist would
make nice dust cloth for my machine
placed them in the car When ar
rived home took the waist and torn
underclothing to my room. intending to
show Miss Rappe when she returned to
Los Angeles how she had acted in tear
ng the clothes"
Ira G. Fortlouis, New York sales
man, who was Il member of the Ar
buckle party, gave his version of the
affair. He could not recall seeing
anyone intoxicated nor did he see
either Arbuckle or Miss Rape leaving
the room. 1t was not until the follow
ing day that he heard there had been
trouble, he said.
Missing Show Girl Sought
The search for Betty Campbell, an
other show girl witness reported miss
ing, was resumed to-day by the police
Her testimony is wanted in full by the
prosecution. 1t is said to involve Lowell
Sherman, an actor, and one Of the guests
at the Arbuckle reception. Miss Camp
bell before her disappearance declared, it
is said that she herself narrowly es-
capped an incident similar to that which
led to the fatal injury of Virginia
Rappe. Her statement, it is said, was
to the effect that Sherman enticed her
into room and locked the door. She
said she only escaped by running into
the bathroom and boiling the door
When he left, she came out
At Police Headquarters it was re-
ported that the complete list of visitors
to Arbuckle's rooms included more than
thirty names. Statements comparing
the affair with similar events in Los
Angeles have been received
While these activities were in prog
ress, Prohibition Enforcement Agent
Forrest f. Mitchell took up the in
quiry into the presence of large guam
titles Of liquor in Arbuckle's rooms on
the day of the ntertainment.
Arbuckle was taken from his cell in
the city prison to Mitchel's office to
be questioned He denied that he had
purchased liquor in the Hotel St.
Francis
The Federal agents were stirred by
the developments of the scandal and
the comment arising from the fact
that despite prohibition enforcement,
John Barleycorn was the guest that
stirred up the trouble at Arbuckle's
party and led to the death of Miss
Rappe. Consideration was given by the
Federal authorities to the advisability
Of proceedings against the hote! under
the abatement provisions of the law.
Brady concerned himself little with
the source of the liquor, devoting him
self to the main lines of the prosecu-
ton on the charge of murder.
Three Witnesses Segregated
In his examination of the three wit
nesses for the grand jury session the
prosecutor had them placed in separate
rooms, which enabled him to check
PACK on any statements not entirely
satisfactory to him. Alice Blake. it
was said at the conclusion of the cues
tioning, finally had reconciled her
statements to those of Mrs belmont.
and was expected to make strong wit
ness for the prosecution.
The testimony of Al Semnacher at
the inquest did not strengthen Mr.
Brady's evidence on this point Sem
nacher declared that he had not seen
Mrs. belmont kick on the door This,
it was explained, may have been due to
the fact that he did not remain in Ar
buckles room during the entire visit
of Mrs. belmont and Miss Rape. but
made short call on friends in the
neighborhood
The testimony of Miss Vera Cum
berland and Mrs. Jean :Jamison. two
nurses who attended Miss Rappe.
threw new light on the case. Accord
ing to Mrs. Jamson Miss Rappe took