The Washington times., 1932-09-10
MILLETTE GIRL
WASD|RECTOR'S s
OLD LOVE
Woman Apparently Jumped
Overheard From Boat
In Sacramento
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with his beautiful bride Of two
months in which he threatened
her with gun and told her to
get out of his house were denied
by her Stepfather, Marino Bello.
He declared:
'T know nothing about that"
st.. Butler Denies Quarrel
The tale of the quarrel also was
denied by John Carmichael, the
Bern butler. who insisted that so
far as he knew there was no diff
ference between the Berns.
He testified under oath at the
coroner'S inquest that Bern kissed
his wife good-by as they parted
Sunday evening and remarked:
., "T'll be seeing you"
Carmichael was not asked at
the inquest concerning a state
ment alleged to have been made
by Clifton Davis. the gardener,
that Carmichael had told him
that Bern and Miss Harlow at
one time had differed over a re-
ported plan of Miss Harlow to
? move with Bern to the home Of
: her parents.
This report also was denied by
Carmichael and Bello.
simultaneously. Henry Bern de-
MED that Dorothy Millette had
anything to do with his brothers
: suicide. He said:
81 believe, though, that Jean
knows something of what caused
my brothers death. What his
note meant, l do not know,
talked to Miss Harlow for only
10 minutes, and we did not dis
cuSS the motive. 1 can only say
there is no question that it was
suicide. The motive is hypO-
thetical and at best a conjecture.
You see, we are dealing with
human emotions"
Brother Plans No Probe
Henry Bern said he planned no
active investigation. but would re-
main here Ito await eventual.
ties"
a.. CollapSing as she returned to
her home from the funeral of her
husband, Miss Harlow was in Sc.
> cluSion, carefully guarded against
. intrusion. Whether she planned to
talk again to Henry Bern about
y. PaulS death was unknown. Bern
was so shocked by news of Dor
othy Millette'S probable death
that he was unable to attend his
brothers funeral. r-@....
In the silence Of Grace Chapel,
1nglewood Park Cemetery, broken
3 only by the low undertone of mu.
sic and the sobs of his stricken
family, the last tributes were paid
to the Little Brother of Holly
wood" by Rabbi Edgar F.. Magrin
and Conrad Nagel, screen star.
T., Stars in Front Pews
In the front pewS sat Louis B.
Mayer and Irving Thalberg.
Behind them were Joan Ben
nett, Lila Lee, Jetta Goudal, Ed
gar Selwyn, John Considine, Ed
Mannix, Hunt Stromberg, Jack
Conway. Carey Wilson and others
of the film colony.
- Not only in the words Of Rabbi
, Magnin and in the words of
Conrad Nagel, but in the atmos-
phere of that chapel. one knew
that whatever the secret that
impelled Paul Bern to Self-mur-
der, those who sat there would
understand and condone. Con-
rad Nagel said:
"MOSt of us who live in
Hollywood understand what 1t
is to have moments Of depres-
sion and melanch0lia. 1t is an
illness.
4 paul Bern was taken from
us not by any act of self
& destruction, but by an illness.
2 This man is not dead. His
Z spirit will carry on TO revOlU-
& tionize selfiShneSS and unkind-
ness whenever it is found.
"InSincerity is one of the be-
setting and devitaliZing sins of
!; Hollywood. Paul Bern was
unique because he was sincere"