The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-11
PANTAGES AIDE
WAS TOLD To
COvER-UP

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 (U.S).
William H. Jobelman, who works
for Alexander Pantages as a press
agent, today told of the efforts
of the theater man to Cover up"
the true facts concerning his al
legged attack on 17-year-old Eunice
Pringle.
AS prosecution witness, Jobel.
man swore that his employer had
! told him a false story TO tell to
| District Attorney Buron Fits re-
garding what did happen and did
not happen in the closet-like mezZa'
nine room where the attack is
alleged to have occurred,
He Heard Screams
Jobelman gave his testimony
through a barrage OF objections
Pantages' attorneys laid down on
almost every question asked by the
prosecution.
"Of course, l was afraid of the
district attorney" he testified In
answer to a question that came
from Defense Attorney Joe Ford.
On August . he was press agent
at the Pantages Theater here. he
| testified. and his offices were di-
| rectly opposite the meZZanine room
where Miss Pringle says Pantages
attacked h.r.
He testified that he had just re.
ceived an envelope from a delivery
boy--Louis Fisher. a 16-year-old lad
| who had already testified--when he
heard screams coming from the little
room. Fits asked:
What did you do them"
Rushed out"
Whom did you see?"
"Eunice Pringle and Pantages."
"Where?"
Tells Conversation
AT the door of the little office
opposite my Own-the girl was
standing partly outside the door
and Pantages was inside"
What was the girl dOing?"
"Struggling and screaming"
"On the following day, did you
have a conversation with Pantages
i'm which he suggested you come to
the district attorney and tell a
certain story"
Yes"
What was that story"
II asked PantageS if l could
help him; asked him what had
! happened He told ME he was
coming downstairs to speak to
me; that Eunice Pringle was be.
hind him; that he went to my
| office and found the door closed,
and then he stepped into the
conference room to discuss book
That almost Immediately follow.
| ing. she screamed and he man
aged to get out and get up
stairs"
Didn't Have Key
did he say anything about
! you having been I'm that little
room before he and Eunice went
in?"
"Yes-he told me had come
| from the room as he and Eu-
nice were coming downstairs and
had gone to my own rOOm.'
"Pantages told you that you
were in the little room Just be-
fore he and Eunice went in?"
asked Fits.
| YES"
"As matter of fact, were
youe"
mo. sir"
Have you any key to the
room?"
| NO"
you were never in that room
at all that day." >,
two weeks"
did Pantages say anything to
supposed to know he and Eunice
PringIe were in that rOOm?"
"He said he was in the room
| a very few minutes before she
began to scream and tear at his
tie"
Didn't Know How Long
did he say anything about
your knowing he was there only
a few minutes?"
"Er-yes-he told me that
had time only to telephone to
United Artists before l began to
hear the screams"
LAS a matter of fact. YOU don't
know how long he and the girl
were I'm that room. do you?"
mo. SIR
There were more questions along
the same line, before Fits turned
Jobelman over to the defense law
yers for REORGANIZATION.
After Jobelman finishes his testi-
mony, two other persons employed
! by Pantages last August are to take
| the stand They are Miss Title
Russo. usherette at the Pantages
Theater. who is expected to testify
that Pantages brought the girl into
the balcony of the theater before he
took her to the conference room"
and Roy Keene, forl.-~r manager,
who is expected to tell further details
of the events following the alleged
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