"Arthur's biography repeats the one about three sailors who raped a woman."
I think this might be 'The Sleeve Job' (not sure it was actually about rape)
I think Orson Welles made a film about it 'The Lady from Shanghai'
Bert had a cate-fable about an Australian farmer who, when asked to provide a bed for a visitor, told he him he has=d to share a bed with his daughter
To ascertain there was no impropriety he hung a carrot from the bredsprings suspended over a bowl of milk
The next morning the bowl was full of cream
Jim Carroll