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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1921)
tnrdiiy, SePtembcr U 1921 The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon race mrtw SEMNACHER TELLS OF FATTY'S PARTY HEARING ON CASE RESUMED Mer For Virginia I iq in. it ---x . i. 4- At .1(1 Ul XJLf.J r HIa I .(lli I Ij Principals In Rappe TragectyAnd Torn GarmenT 24. The Francisco, Sept s,u . Knarnp C. -sr. ,.' .s "m day in the police court of ftrd svWain J. Lazarus here to; J S,! T,h. orosecution still to its case against the I Liv film star. I"1' .,. h,ialns manaser D,n, and guest at lor MIS5 x-oi-i . . Lckle's party at the St. S is hotel at which the girl is STto have suffered fatal injury, Z the principal witness at yes Say's court session. He has oVc ncluded his testimony when J court adjourned for the day His story wa ui --- . r i,:,,V. nanrlv st Francis in wunu KTn men and women partlci- Ld where Arbuckle and Lowell Serman, another moving picture Lor were garbed in pajamas, jath roSes and slippers, while Mrs. pdmont danced about the room Mrs Belmont Only Abstainer iii f the party, except Mrs. Delmont, he saia, weie cwU6 ,hile some were drinking liquor, thick he defined as orange Juice "that could have comaineu em anything else." Semnacher tesunea woi rtayed perhaps an hour, naving aometblng to eat and coffee to drink. Then he took Alice Blake out for a rehearsal at a cafe, but learning the rehearsal had been postponed, they returned in about half an hour, he said, finding a Hiss Clark and a Miss Campbell kid joined the party. He declared he could not remember if anyone htd left the suite. Possible Mistake Admitted "Do you remember me lesu- mnnr vou eave before the coro- .ler's jury?" asked Golden. Til never forget it," repiieu temnacher. Golden then read the inquest testimony of Semnacher that "all tere having drinks." The witness asserted first the shorthand reporter must have been wrong, because all were eat toS as a matter of fact, but he added later that he himself might have been mistaken. Liquor Is From Bottles. . "The liquor on the table at the party came out of bottles," Sera acher testified regarding the ap peirance of the room on his re turn. ' Some of the labels said whisky, ethers gin and mineral water, and some unlabeled contained orange juice." Beuinacher said he went out tltk Ira Fortlouia, returning tout 4 o'clock, finding the party !!! drinking, dancing and enjoy B phonograph music. Arbuckle as present, according to Bern lacher, but he was not sure about n. Delmont and Miss Rappe He paid no attention to further movements in the room and soon Wt to buy cigarettes, coming back Vain In about half an hour. The Hrty was still in Drogress, the witness continued, but about ten Wnutes later two of the women Wot into room 1219 (where Miss appe was later found). "My best recollection is that on 7 return the door to room 1219 shut," he testified. "Arbuckle was in room 1220," lemnacher declared. "My recol ftion is he was taking a drink. " The women came out from room 1119 in -excitement, Semnachlr continued. "They 6aid we should all come ', u Miss Rappe was ill," he said "All rushed in," Semnacher re 1 i r . -? mm v! iv, n nHi mm Independence last week. Ralph Gilbert has gone to southern Oregon on a hunting trip, Mr. and Mrs. Pennington from Nebraska recently visited the for mer's lister, Mrs. E. M. Hammer. Sidney Hawthorne Is staring with hla sister, Mrs. Carrie Gil bert during Mr. Gilbert's absence. Rev. P. Fisher and daughter, Emma, returned from Philomath this week. Ben Clemens has built a new barn and silo. Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Looney were given a surprise party, Tuesday eve by about twenty of their church friends. It was In the na ture of a "farewell" prior to their departure for southern California. A "little reminder" was presented and refreshments served. hampioi 1 Dependable SpexH. Plug; We carry a full line of Champion Spark Plugs And will tell which one to use in your particular motor. R D.BARTON 171 S. Commercial Champion "Heavy Stone" for Heavy Service No. B-43 sumed, finding miss Rappe lying on a bed. Miss Rappe Unclothed. Miss Rape was unclothed, her garments being scattered around the floor and the furniture, he added. x "I am dying. I am dying," Miss Rappe exclaimed, according to the witness. "Arbuckle requested some one to get a physician," Semnacher as serted. "The ladies offered vari ous suggestions for relieving Miss Rappe. Someone proposed giving her ice. "Someone called a physician, and I heard that someone called Assistant Manager Boyle of the hotel on the telephone to get a room for her. "After we returned to room 1220 we could see through the door the girls putting Miss Rappe into the bathtub. I believe they were Miss Blake, Miss Prevost and Mrs. Delmont. Room Assigned to Woman. "Mr. Boyle assigned a room for her and I saw someone carry her out." Before being removed to room 1227 Miss Rappe became sick at her stomach when given a glass of water, the witness went on. Ar buckle was Btill in his pajamas, he stated. He told of gathering up her gar ments, some-of which he said were In a waste basket, torn. The garments he left in. room 1227, where Miss Rappe and Mrs Delmont were, Semnacher testi fied, and then joined the rest of the party in room 1220. Semnacher told of gathering up Miss Rappe's garments, which he said were strewn around the room, leaving all of them in the room to which she had been removed ex cept two torn ones, which he put in the pocket of his automobile. 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