Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-09-23
Missing Witness
In Arbuckle Case
Found MNew York
Lowell Sherman, Questioned
In East, Gives His Version
Of St. Francis Party

NEW YORK, Sept. %. = Dlstrict
attorney Swami today obtained from
Lowell Sherman, motion picture actor,
a graphic account of the party in San
Francisco which had for an epllogue
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 of
the Twentieth Century Limited at Har
mon, n. Y, yesterday and disappeared
in an automobile with woman.
Found in his apartment mere, Sher-
man explained that the woman was
his wife, that he had sought to eludc
pilblfcity and that he had been wait
ing for an invitation TO appear at the
district attorneys office. He pro-
fessed himself ready to return west
to testify at the Arbuckle trial.
Says Everybody Happy
An assertion which appeared sever
al times in Sherman's formal state
ment mailed tonight to District Attor-
new Brady, in SAN Francisco, was that
those who had attended the party had
not felt great concern over Miss
Rappe's illness, the concensus of opin-
ion being that she simply had bun
on" Sherman declared he never had
asked Arbuckle what had occurred be-
tween him and the girl after they had
entered his bedroom and closed the
door and Arbuckle never told him.
Everybody was feeling the effects
Of whisky and gin, according to Sher-
man, and a monograph was making a
mad racket After a cold bath mad
failed to revive the girl and she had
been put to bed, Sherman said that,
at the suggestion of Arbuckle, he had
cleared the suite of guests and dis
missed the matter from his mind, not
taking the girls illness seriously.
'Arbuckle did not express to me an
opinion as to what was the matter
with the girl he said.
Il did not see Arbuckle put his
arms around the girl before she. went
her. Arbuckle was sitting, in the
chair next to the sofa on which she
sat. He was sitting with "a drink in
his hand, laughing and talking"
/ Asserting that Mrs. belmont, an
other guest, did not seem to be up
set about anything that had happened
to Miss Rape, Sherman continued:
Denies Trying to Escape
81 went back to Los Angeles with
saw Miss Rape after that and never
saw Miss Rape after that and never
inquired about her, because | did not
take any of it seriously.
Il do not know whether Arbuckle
communicated with her or asked
about her If he did, he did not do so
in my presence.
81 never asked Arbuckle what he
thought was the matter with the girl.
He seemed to have the same opinion
as every one else-that the girl had a
bun on and was i'll. He did not seem
upset about it. any more than was any
body at the party.
Il never heard Miss Rape express
an opinion as to what was the mat
ter with her.. .5,..
Sherman made this statement to
newspapermen:
Il came here openly. Il spoke with
the newspaper boys in Chicago and
have been trying to dodge nobody. !
am ready and willing TO tell what I
know. cd
Yesterday, met my wife at Har-
mon, n. Y, as per arrangements.
wanted to avoid publicity.
Il waited all day yesterday at my
home for a call to come from Mr.
Swann's office. but | did not hear
from him. I don't want the public to
get any idea am trying to run away"