The Washington times., 1929-10-09
DANCER CALLED
PANTAGES
BEAST


added the testimony of two I'M
portant witnesses Yesterday TO It's
chain of evidence designed to con
vict Alexa Pantages, million
aire theater magnate, of criminally
assaulting 17.year- old Eunice Prin-
gle, a dancer. \
w. r. Hale. a motion picture
actor. will be put on the stano
today as a surprise witness IN the
case, it was learned. The prosecu'
ton declined to divulge the nature
of Hale's expected testimony.
Wise Aids Girl
Frederick Wise. a rotund young
man of many jobs. told an alert
courtroom how he rushed to the
aid of Eunice when he heard her
screaming in the little consultation
chamber where she charges she was
attacked by Pantages.
Under questioning by Deputy DIS
trict Attorney James p. Costello ne
told how he was walking past the
entrance to the Pantages Theater
office building when he heard a girl
scream:
"Help. Help! Help! Save me"'
~ was alone, i'm the front RANK
of . crowd which gathered. ! then
ran up the stairs to the meZzanIne
floor.
"There l saw the hands OF
girl extending through the partly
opened door of the little room and
heard her scream again. She
cried: Help! Help! Help! Save
me; he is running me"
Collapsed In Arms
"Eunice Pringle ran out Of the
| little room when William Gordon
States witness) pushed the door
omen. She stumbled twice and col
Iapsed into the arms of man
now know to be w. T.. Hale. She
was disheveled, sObbing and very
| hystPrical.
| "When l turned around / saw
| a slim young man whom ! did
not knO~ force his way into the
EUuUIs 11b buUh ""o@CS '''h
| der the arms and lifted him from
| the floor, then slammed the door.
| When 1t was opened again, i saw
Pantages stuffing his shirt into
| his trousers and adjusting his
| suDenderS.
"She pointed to Pantages and
screamed: There is the beast, the
| brute, don't let him get away
Shut up, be quiet! and mOpped
his forehead repeatedly. He said
it was frameup' and black
maiP and that the girl had come
to him number Of times.
Girl Is Hysterical
"The girl became hystericai and
that, don't let him near me.
Wise said he took the girl in an
adjoining optical company office
Il noticed her brassiere was
torn. The side Of her dress was
torn. Her stockings were ripped
loose from the garters: there
were bruises on her body and
there was bite on the back of
her shoulder"
The witness asserted that Pan
/ tages was marshalling his employees
in his own defense within few
! minutes after returning to his of
| flee.
! There was A group Of stenogra
pliers and other employees inside the
| office. Wise said, and Pantaget
shouted 10 them:
"Shut that door! Don't let
them see me! Don't let them get
to me-"
In the afternoon. Wise resumed
| the stand and admitted that he had
been given an honorable medica
discharge from the United States
Navy for constitutional inferior
ity" and that he had been held ir
the county. psychopatic ward hers
for several days in 1927. He SAID
he was paroled and the parole
lifted after one year.
Wise was followed on the stand
by Louis Fisher 16-year-old news
paper advertising department mes
| senser. who gave his version of the
scene in the consultation room after
the alleged attack. He said:
II saw Mr.. Pantages in the
room and heard the girl scream
ing. was standing there watch
ing when William JObelman, the
theater press agent. mOtiOned me
to go downstairs. left, but re-
turned with Mr.. Wise"
He told practically the same story
as Wise in relating those incidents
seen by both.
Miss Pringle was recalled for
few minutes to re.enact the scene
of her struggle as it was observed
| by Young Fisher through the Qper
| door. She seemed much rested to