The New York herald., 1922-05-30
WILD ORGY DENIED
BY MISS MITCHELL
Former Sally Showgirl to
Ask Ziegfeld to Take
Her Back.
THREATENS LIBEL SUIT
Her Costume Not Pajamas,
but Japanese Thing From
Masquerade.
THREATENS LIBEL SUIT

Miss Geneva Mitchell. whose short
lived marriage to Robert Savage of Du-
luth gained considerable notoriety for
from the cast of sally" following a
party in the Back Bay section of Boston
two weeks ago. told her own story of
the party yesterday in the office of her
attorney. Max Halperin of II East
Forty-second street
Miss Mitchell said she had instructed
Halperin to bring suit for criminal libel
against anyone who represented her as
having taken part in an orgy, and said
she would go to F'lorenz Ziegfeld this
morning and ask to be reinstated in
the show.
Miss Mitchell denied vigorously that
there was anything about the Boston
party that savored OF an orgy. She said
that as a matter of fact there was no
party of the sort mentioned in Boston
dispatches and that she had been treated
most unjustly throughout the entire af-
fair. 81
The girl told of two parties in the
Boston house, neither having anything
to do with the other. until one of the
girls in the party of which she. Miss
Mitchell was not a member. became
hysterical and had to be carried outside
by way Of the cellar. Miss Mitchell
denied that she had worn black silk
pajamas and also insisted that the MEM
bers of her party had not been drinking.
Dry Agents investigating.
Meanwhile dispatches from Boston in
dcated that the party has attracted the
attention Of the Boston prohibition
agents.
Also District Attorney Thomas CT
O'I3rien in Boston made it known that
he would be pleased to have WilliamF.
Fitzgerald. Jr., Harvard student and son
of a banker, go before the Grand Jury
there tomorrow and tell of an alleged
blackmail attempt involving Miss Marie
Iavon and Miss Eleanor La Sar, who
We're dropped from the Last Waltz"
chorus as result of the party.
Fitzgerald. who was member of the
party with more than a dozen others,
has said efforts were made to shake
them down." and his statement has been
supported by others who attended.
Because of the reported presence OF
generous quantities of liquor. Prohibi-
ton Agent James A. Roberts in Boston
declared that il Illegal transportation
of liquor were shown, prosecutions un-
der the Volstead act would result
Bernard E. Carbin counsel for Miss
La Won and Miss La Sar. said he intends
to ask warrants for certain men at the
party but he made ii clear that young
FITZGERALD was not one of the number.
He also intimated that two naval Of
flcers were not involved.
Find Party In Their House.
Miss Mitchelrs statement here said
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and her mother rented the house at 246
Commonwealth avenue from Benjamin
Kabatznick, who stipulated that he
might be allowed to entertain OCCASION
ally on the ground floor. On the night
of May 16. Miss Mitchell said. she and
three girls ana four friends returned to
the house after dancing at hotel to
find four men and two girls 'whom we
knew only as Marie and Tleanor' al
ready there." One of the men was
Benjamin Lipsky. a nephew of Mr..
Kabatznick. She went on
II took the girls upstairs with me.
and because the dress / was wearing
was not comfortable / changed it for
a Japanese sort OF thing. which l had
worn TO the costume ball at the Copley-
Plaza a few days before. But it wasn't
pajamas, and | won't have them say
ii was"
Miss Mitchell said her party went to
the back of the ground floor. where they
kept by themselves for we didn't care
for the others and we were having
nice time ourselves"
Then it appears Marie began to
cry and became hysterical, kicking and
calling names" The men who We're
with her left and Miss Mitchelrs party
tried to quiet her. One of the men in
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girls mouth Miss Mitchell went on:
Maybe 1t was delirium tremens, but
il was terrible OF course we wanted
to get her home. We couldn't let her &c
as she was. The three girls of my own
party went outside and said they could
hear her for a block when we took th'
handkerchief out of her mouth. Then
some one suggested carrying her out by
the back way.