The Washington times., 1922-09-23
'DARL|NCHERb'
LETTER OUT IN
F|LMHEROCASE
Post-Wedding Letter From
Clark Girl to RawIinson
Suggests Trip.
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.


LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 23.-
The Dorothy Clark Herbert Raw
linson case, wherein the former
premier dancer of the New York
Hippodrome is suing the motion
picture actor for 5000, 900, alleging
an attack upon her when she was
eleven years old, has developed
into a barrage of letters and tele-
grams. These epistles passed be-
tween Dorothy, her mother, Raw
linson, and Rawlinson's attorney.
Just "You and l."
One of the letters dated Boston
and said to have been written by
the girl in May, 1922, follows:
"My Darling Herb:
soon l will be with you again.
! have to come out for the suit. You
know under oath shall have to tell
the truth. / only married to save
you, dear. And Karl loves me so
he is wiling to overlook anything l
may do or have done.
,"I do hope for your sake that it
will be settled quietly. In her heart
mother still likes you, know. l
shall stay in LOS Angeles as long
as YOU desire me. 1 can always go
back to Karl, so great Is his love
for me. Dearest, remember our
dreams? After things are settled
can't we steal a week and realize
our dreams together-a log cabin,
q fire-you and /.
always your sweetheart,
DOROTHY"
Another letter. alleged to be from
Dorothy's mother and dated Back
Bay, Mass, Dec. 16, 1921, reads:
"Herb:
II wish this affair could be set
tied without Dorothy's fathers cog
pizance. He has become sour and
taciturn in his old age (he Is eleven
years my senior) and does not give
me the affection my nature Graves.
He hates to give me money.
"Swartzenburg is his attorney
Oh, Herb, you lose anyway. So why
can't you and Dorothy and I come
TO some understanding. l have a
beautiful suite entrance that would
even suit your fastidious eye,
massive furniture and tapestries,
but Dot Is away at school. My life
Is one of utter lonesomeness. I see
her father twice a week.
Herb, your answer in the affirnaa-
tive will be a wire of a couple Of
hundred dollars and a nice letter
explanatory. These men are going
through. have the letters. d.
loves you. Why give the lawyers
so much money? Lawyers live on
the misery of other people. Let's
be big and loving and generous.
ETHEL"
Letter From Dorothy.
A letter alleged to be from
Dorothy and sent to Attorney Clark,
Rawlinson's Los Angeles lawyer,
dated New York, August Is, 1921,
follows:
Dear Mr.. ]. F. Clark:
II received your letter today and
was much surprised to note its con-
tents. You know that will not do
us much good. If mother was well
we would not accept it, 'but as 1t
is, though we are as bad off as
we were before, need every cent
] can possibly get. II mother suf-
fers through lack of money the
law of compensation will come back
TO you, not Herb, for be would do
anything in the world for .us.
You say Herb would sanction
your act. He would sanction you
sending the s400 that we greatly
need. On receopt Of this letter
please wire the $400 for September,
and If possible the other $500 for
this month. We are going faster
and faster in debt. Mothers thy
roid is at a critical stage. We are
moving to Boston in three weeks
80 that my father can take care
OF us, and I hope that a contract
between Herb and mother is drawn
up before them.
"As for the company Herb is en-
gagged by being closed down. why
IS he-being advertised in electric
lights on Broadway?