Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-13
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
To ABANDON PROBE
INTO |NCE' DEATH

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. 1O-(By
the Associated Press.)-There will be
no official investigation into the
death of Thomas n. Ince, motion
picture producer, at least as far as
San Diego county officials are con
cerned, according to a statement
made today by District Attorney
Chester C. kempley.
IT am satisfied that the deaf h
Of Thomas II. Ince was caused by
heart failure as the result of an at
tack of acute Indigestion" said
Kempley There will be no inVes-
tiga ton into the death of Ince: at
least as far as San Diego county is
concerned. AS there is every reason
to believe that the death OF Ince was
due to natural causes there is no
reason why an investigation should
be made
kempley's statement followed in
terviews held yesterday with Dr.
Truman A. Parker, of La Jolla, who
was called to attend Ince when the
latter was taken off a train a. Del
Mar, and Miss Jessie Howard. a
trained nurse, who was also called
into the case. DR.. Parker, accord
ing to kempley, stated that Ince
told him that he had drunk consid-
cradle liquor aboard the yacht
Oneida, on which he made the voy-
age from Los Angeles to San Diego.
Miss Howard, it is said, also stated
that Ince had said he had drunk
considerable liquor while member
of the Oneida party. Miss Howard
is also reported to have stated that
lnce declared his illness was due to
bad liquor that he had aboard the
yacht.
No investigation is to be made
by San Diego county into the source
OF the liquor said to have been
aboard the Oneida" said Kempley.
"If there is any liquor investigation
made it will have to be made in Los
Angeles, where. presumably, the
liquor was obtained"
DOCTORS DECLARE INCE
TOLD OF HEAVY DRINKING
LOS ANGELES Ca: Dec. TO-
The illness and death of Thomas H.
Ince, motion pictu.e producer, sub
sequent to a yacht party in San
Diego harbor last month. has been
made the subject of an official in
VestigGtiOn by District Attorney
Chester G. kempIey. of San Diego
county, the Los Angeles Times says
today.
Ince died Of acute indigestion,
perinducing heart failure, accord
ing to the report of physicians. The
circum~tanc-~ surrounding this i'll
ness, which apparently seized the
producer early November II, while
aboard the international Film cor
poration's yacht Oneida are what
Kempley hopes to clear up with his
investiga ton, the Times explains.
Among those so far interviewed
blythe district attorney are two, Dr.
Truman A - rker and Miss Jessie
Howard. trained nurse, who have
stated, the Times quotes employ
AZ saying, that Ince connected his
illness with liquor.
Dr. Parkel was called to attend
the producer when the latter was
at Delmar. Cal. en- route to Los
Angeles. after leaving the yacht
He is quoted AS saying that lnce
talked OF having partaken OF con
siderable liquor aboard the yacht"
Miss Howard. on the other hand.
according to Kempley, said 1nce
told her his illness was caused by
bad liquor" In saying this, she
said, he was seized by a coughing
spell which brought up blood.
Mrs. Ince, widow Of the producer,
declared she knew Of no circum-
stances about the yachting party
which would warrant an investlga-
ton She said she felt her husband
had not been drinking heavily.
Stricken Aboard Yacht
What the district attorney and is
Investigators have been able to learn
of the yacht party and Ince's illness
follows, according to the Times:
The yacht Oneida left San Pedro
harbor late Saturday. November IS,
dropping anchor in San Diego har-
Dor early Sunday.
Aboard were William Randolph
Hearst. publisher; Elinor Glyn, nov
elist; Marion Davies and Seena
Owen. motion picture actresses; DR..
Daniel Carson Goodman, head of the
Cosmopolitan Productions. and 9th
ers.
1nce left the yacht early Monday
with DR.. Goodman and with him
boarded the morning train for Los
Angeles. Witnesses said the pro-
Queer at that time appeared to be in
distress.
Twenty miles out of San Diego, at
Del Mar, DR. Goodman removed
lnce from the train, hailed a passing
automobile and took the sufferer to
a hotel. DR.. Parker then was sum
moned and he, in turn, called for
the trained nurse, Miss Howard.
Wife DiSmiSSeS Doctor
When he arrived at the hotel DIR.
Parker found Ince in his shirt
sleeves lying upon a bed in the room
which had been engaged for him. He
helped the patient disrobe. and with
DR.. Goodman present examined him.
He diagnosed the case as heart
trouble and prescribed remedies. His
questioning Of the patient brought
out that the latter had smoked a
great deal during the previous "a
hours, had eaten heartily and par.
taken of liquor.
DR.. Parker left instructions that
the patient should rest and when he
called again that night Ince APP
peared much improved.
He planned to see the patient
again the next day but was informed
in note left with the hotel clerk by
Mrs. lnce, who had been hurriedly
summoned from Los Angeles. that
his services would no longer be re-
Quired.
Mrs. lnce later called in DR.. Ida
c. Glasgow, Of Los Angeles, who
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