The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-22
SAYS FATTY USED
 FOREIGN ARTICLE
ArbuckIe's Friend Tells of Story Film Star Related
 After Girl Killed
By Associated Press

Los Angeles, September 2l.-Admis- 1 sion declared to have been made by
 Roscoe 'eFatty) Arbuckle that he had used foreign substance in an at tack upon Miss Virginia Rappe dur ing party at the Hotel St. Francis, in San Francisco was described by Al
 Schumacher, a friend of Arbuckle to-
 day before the Los Angeles county grand jury according to w. C. Doran chief deputy district attorney. Do-
 ran said Semnacher swore Arbuckle
 had told of applying ice to portions of Miss Rappes body.
 Doran outlined the testimony in confirming reports that Semnacher
 had made identical statements to l him at an earlier time and then had declared that he had not, even at the
 San Francisco inquiry told Of the alleged admitted facts.
 Semnacher testified that on the
 morning following the pary Arouckie
 told him in the presence of Lowell sherman. actor, Fred Fishback. di- rector, and Harry Mccullough. chauf- feur, that he had taken Miss Rappe into a room with him and had com nlitted certain acts in connection with
 the alleged crime. These acts, ac- cording to Chief Deputy Doran, were of a character likely to have caused
 the injury from which Miss Rappe's death resulted
 The grand jury session was called by Doran to hear this testimony, In formation concerning which was inn
 mediately conveyed to District At torney Brady at San Francisco.
 Harry Mccullough, chauffeur for
 Arbuckle who was present when the alleged statements were made by Ar buckle. according to Semnacher's ! testimony, also was examined by the grand jury today but his testimony
 was not made public.
 Semnacher announced after the ex- animation, that he would leave Los l Angeles Tor San Francisco at once. San Francisco, September 21.-Tes- l timony said to have been given today | by Alfred Semnacher before the Los Angeles county grand jury in rela- tion to the Arbnckle murder case
 here "is in direct contradiction of his testimony before the San Fran
 cisco grand jury" District Attorney 1 Brady said.
 Brady said he would have Sem 1 nacher here tomorrow for further 1 questioning. He announced also that | Lowell Sherman, another witness Who is missing, could be made the l subject of the grand jury indictmen in the event he fails to answer Bra dy's demand to return to San Fran l cisco.
 Semnacher telephoned from Los An geles later that he did not have
 money enough to come to San Fran l cisco to give testimony in the Ar
 buckle case. Brady announced
 T told him to get up here without
 any loss of time or suffer the conse- | strange to me that he could bring
 Miss Rappe and Mrs. Delmont to San Francisco from Los Angeles in an
 automobile and evidently spend a
 lot of money here and then suddenly ! lose all he has in the world"
 Semnacher motored from Los An geles with Miss Rappe and Mrs. Del mont, who brought the murder charge
 against Arbuckle. a few days before
 the party in which Arbuckle is al- legged to have fatally injured Miss
 Rappe. Frederick Fisback and Ira C. Fortlouis, who were guests at the
 party sin the Hotel St. Francis in
 which Arbuckle is charged with hay
 ing fatally injured Miss Rappe, ar rived in San Francisco from Los An
 geles today, Brady announced, and
 will be questioned later.
 Brady said that Semnacher testified
 before the grand jury here that Ar
 buckle made no admissions to him
 whatever concerning his alleged re-
 lations with Miss Rappe. which is in
 contradiction to his purported Los
 Angeles testimony that Arbuckle did | make these admissions