Evening star., 1935-12-24

cluded, you know what gentlemen
| those San FranciScanS are.
Lupino corroborated this byplay,
saying it was all in a hasty. Joking
way. But it raised the question for
investigators whether the man from
San Francisco" was the mysterious
escort who was to have taken the
| film beauty to the Wallace Fords'
cocktail party Sunday afternoon, De-
cember Is, the day before discovery
of her death.
The county autopsy surgeon fixed
Miss Todd's death from carbon mon
oxide poisoning as occurring between
6 and am. Sunday. Yet Mrs. Ford
said the actress telephoned her hours
later, exclaiming. You'll drop dead
when you see whom I am bringing to
our party"
Miss Todds old love, PaSquale
(Pat) Di Cicco her divorced husband,
/ was named by Miss Lupino as the
! intended occupant of the vacant
chair" next to Miss Todd,
She said she met Di Cicco the
Thursday before the Trocadero party
and he asked, why am not Coming?"
| "'I told him the party was being
| given for Miss Todd and it might
! be embarrassing, Miss Lupino re-
/ called.
/ He answered: oh, no; that's
swell I'll be glad to come and let
yon know definitely Friday or Satur-
| day"
He called Saturday to ask what
clothes to wear and what time to
come, Miss Lupino said.
Her father, taking up the narrative,
explained a chair was set at Miss
Todd'S right in expectation of Di
Cicco's arrival.
The blond actress came alone. The
chair remained vacant through the
evening. Later, as he danced with
her. Lupino said, they encountered
Di Cicco and Margaret Lindsay, an
other film player, at another table.
Di Cicco protested he called with
his regrets before the party, Lupino
said, and Miss Todd answered, L
think you had better write Mrs. Lupino
a note expressing your regret, any
way"
Miss Lindsay, witness yesterday
before the jury, denied she is engaged
to Di Cicco, but admitted they had
been keeping company" on Saturday
nights "for quite a WHILE" Deputy
District Attorney George johnson
said.
"She said Di Cicco had told her
that he and Miss Todd lunched to-
gether only two days before the Troca-
dero party" johnson declared. "She
said she purposely avoided going
downstairs at the Trocadero because
she thought the situation might cause
embarrassment to either Miss Todd or
her former hunsband. The conVer-
sation about the invitation, she con-
tinued, contained no hint of anger"
As the grand jury continued its
hearings today Foreman George w.
Rochester indicated the inquiry would
concentrate on several unexplained
matters that the police have not COW
ered.''
These, Investigators said, included
telephone calls MISS ToQo is reported
to have made on the Sunday after her
last party and also complete survey
of financial arrangements at her side
walk cafe, which she operated jointly
with Roland West, former film direc-
tor.
The jurors awaited report from
City Chemist Ray Pinkert on speci-
mems of Miss Todd'S blood taken from
the seat and running board OF her
automobile.
If the blood from the machine Is
found to contain carbon monoxide as
did the blood in her body. the evi-
dence will weigh heavily in favor of
accidental death, investigators said.
If 1t contains carbon dioXide, this
would mean Miss Todd was hurt be-
fore she was poisoned.