The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
Rough Batlntjub
Seas Ahead
For Earl
Woman scorned After
FroIic in Goose Flesh
Brings Carroll Grief.
BB Times Special

Bg Times Special
NEW YORK, April Trough seas
lie ahead for Earl Carroll.
The theatrical producer is liable
to be swamped in his own bathtub.
Indicted for perjury by Federal
grand ujry, arraigned before Judge
Knox and held in $4,000 bail for
hearing next week, Carroll faces a
possible sentence of four years in
prison, the penalty for perjury in
New York
The perjury with which the pro-
Queer is charged occurred during his
testimony before the grand jury,
which investigated a now notorious
party at the Earl Carroll Theater,
when Joyce Hawley, shapely if i'll
advised young chorus girl, bathed in
a bathtub filed with some sparkling
beverage.
Even United States Curious
When stories about what went on
at CdEEOli party DS5oh ~ SAA NS'A"SNO
around town, every one who hadn't
: been invited wanted to know all
about it, Even Emory r. Buckner,
the United States attorney, became
curious.
The producer and a number Of his
guests were subpoenaed and told
III {nd hnf
the bathtub in which Miss Hawley
splashed gaily while she ladled cut
it's contents to the guests con-
tanned anything stronger than ginger
ale. Someone must have told diff
ferent story, for the indictment for
perjury followed.
That Body Guard
Carroll was arrested on bench
warrant Thursday afternoon, and
was taken with his ever-present 200
pound body guard and lawyer be-
fore Judge Knox in the Federal
building.
Bail of $4,000 was asked, but the
producer succeeded in having this
bail reduced to $4,000.
MY, but this certainly was sur
prise to me-" said Carroll, hopping
his pale brow with silk handker-
chief.
eff I had had any idea that such
q thing was to occur I certainly
should have left the country. Not
really, you know, but say that for
me, for I simply mustn't make
serious statement about the affair"
Bathed, Then Scorned
1t was the old story of woman
z&corned that got Carroll into trouble.
only in this case the woman had
been first bathed and then scorned.
Like any other honest working
girl, Joyce Hawley had no objection
to appearing in the nude in a bath
tub at the party. But she did main
tain that she should have been given
a good job in one of CAROLS shows
as a result Of this artistic perform
ance.
When the producer withheld the
job and gave her a paltry $1,000,
Miss Hawley's indignation knew no
bounds. Summoned before the grand
jury, she had to tell the truth as
she saw tor rather, bathed in it.
CAROLS guests numbered 200, in
Guiding the recently departed
Countess of Cathcart, Harry K.
Thaw, Irwin S. COBB and other lights
of literature.
CObb's Story
Cobb and a number Of others ap-
peared before the grand jury to tes-
tify concerning the presence Of al
coholic liquors at the party. The
humorist, for one, said that he had
been unable to tell whether the Vol
stead act had been violated, adding
that he left before the bathtub in
cident took place.
This was the piece de resistance of,
the entertainment. 1t was reported
that Miss Hawley, wearing only
goose flesh, was immersed in a gen.
uine bathtub filed with iced cham
payne, which was quaffed by the
&guests. Carroll protested that the
bg''champagne" was only ginger ale,
and that no liquor was served.
Hence the perjury charge.