The St. Paul echo., 1927-04-30
COLORED MAID IS
EYE WITNESS TO
DEADLY COMBAT
Latest Hollywood Tragedy Re-
suit of Domestic
Triangle.
Maid Describes Fight
Four Year-Old Daughter Sees
Her Father Beaten by
Kelly.
Maid Describes Fight


Hollywood, Calf. Apr (Pacifc
Coast News Bureau Thou shalt
not cOvet thy neighbOrs wife" is the
biblical injunction upon which the
state will base it's prosecution of Paul
Kelly, athletic film star incarcerated
the Hollywood Jail on Indictment for
murder of Ray Raymond, musical
comedy star and husband of Dorothy
Mackaye, noted stage and screen &C
tress.
Forbidden Friendship.
Repeated forbidden friendship"
between Mrs. Raymond dorothy
Mackaye) and her actor friend, Paul
Kelly, by the husband resulted in the
one-sided fstic encounter between
Raymond and Kelly, the latter the
asserted aggressor, at the Raymond
home, 2261 Cheremoya Ave-, this
city, in which Raymond received the
terrific beating that later caused his
death.
Maid Only Eyewitness.
Ethel Lee of 5O7 Herkimer Str,
Brooklyn, colored maid of Miss
Mackaye for the past two years, was
the only eye witness to the deadly
combat. In giving her account of
the fight to investigators from the
District Attorneys office, Miss Lee
answered questions precisely and
without hesitation. At the time of
the fight, she said, she, Raymond and
his yr. old daughter Valerie, were
in the house. 1t was about Z p. m.
on Saturday, she said and the tele-
phone rang and Raymond answered
it. -,
Describes Beating.
81 knew he was talking to Paul
Kelly, and heard Mr.. Raymond say,
All right, come on over Five min
utes later Paul knocked at the door
and said: 4 understand you have
been saying things about me- He
was very angry. Mr.. Raymond told
him to sit down with him on the dav-
export and then said something to
Paul and he struck Mr.. Raymond on
the jaw.
Where is Mrs. Raymond Mr..
Raymond asked. 4 don't know
Paul replied. Yes, you do said Mr..
Raymond. Then Paul struck him
again. Mr. Raymond demonstrated.
He said: I haven't eaten. I'm a
wreck and I can't fight I'm fifty
pounds underweight and have been
drinking
That's your alibi,' Paul cried
Paul hit Mr.. Raymond three or four
times and knocked him down. l
went to the kitchen. l begged Paul
not to hit Mr.. Raymond. Then Mr..
Raymond called him.
Again Beats Him.
"Ill beat you,' Paul said. He
then hit him three or four times
This was in the dining-room Mr..
Raymond got up and Kelly grabbed
him and put one hand behind his
neck and beat him with the other,
and then threw him on the couch.
He fell to the floor. I'm a man and
can't take blow, but I'll fight you,
Mr.. Raymond said. Kelly kept
knocking him down as he got to his
feet. His face was cut and bleeding.
Finally, with one crushing blow Paul
knocked Mr.. Raymond down. Mrs.
Raymond got home about o'clock.
was called about o'clock the next
morning by Mrs. Raymond and 1
went into their bedroom and found
Mr. Raymond doubled up on the
floor. We tried to get doctor but
couldn't until afternoon. l knew he
was unconscious.
Child Witnessed Beating.
While her father was beaten in his
own home, little Valerie, the 4 year
old daughter of the pair stood watch
ing from a kitchen door.
"POor little Valerie wept and wept
and begged her father to come where
she was" said the maid. "The poor
little thing was frightened to death
by the noise and she cried herself tc
sleep that night" The child has moi
been told her father is dead