Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-09-13
GRAND Jury TAKES
UP ARbUCKLE CASE;
PERJURY CHARGED
INTiMloATEo OR
BOUGHT" STATES ATTORNEY
CHARGES WHEN TESTIMONY is
ALTERED Ar'EARlY' MORNING
QUIZ INTO ACTRESS DEATH.

San Francisco, Sept l3,-Thc san
francisco grand jury adjourned AZ ia
O'Clock this morning without coaclpd'
ing examination 81 the testimony on
Which the district attorneys ONCE is
seeking an Indictment charging RIOS
coe (Fatty) Arbuckle, motion picture
star. with the murder OF Virgin"
Rape, an actress.
The investigation will be resumed
Il date convenient to Matthew
Brady, district attorney, 1t was an
nounced.
Arbuckle was brought before the
grand jury at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, but remained only three minutes,
when he was lead back to his cell.
Other witnesses who appeared be-
fore the grand jury were Mrs. BAN
bina NJ. belmont, friend OF Miss
Rape; VIII Semancher and ley Pre-.
vost guests at the party In Arbuckle 5
rooms in the hotel when Miss Rape
was taken i'll.
Physicians who attended her also
were witnesses.
The inquest into the death OF Miss
Rappe was to he resumed TO-DAY be-
fore Coroner r. W Blclend. .str
Fatty's Sister Loyal.
Hos Angeles. Sept. lS.-rRo3coe
tFatty) ArbuckleS only sister. Mrs.
Nora Arbuckle st. John. mother OF A.
st. John, also motion picture actor,
told newspaper reporters her brother
chad taken care OF himself since lie
: n nd no a.lral halF
OF his relatives, but since he had
made his fortune he had always been
generous to his own people
'He has done many kind things for
rue and my family" she said, and for
our brother at Fresno.
Il know my brother too well 10 be-
lieve he would do anything unkind or
ungentlemanly to woman. He has
the kindest, tendercst heart in the
world
She said Arbuckle was born tat,
having weighed sixteen pounds at
birth.
Arbuckle in 1908 was a barker a.
& Long Beach threaten on the amuse-
ment pike. at the beach. He. gradu-
ated into. performer, singing Illus
trated songs and doing comedy stunts
and was aided b. a pony Chorus The
manager. noticing a romance growing
between Minta Durfee,s choras girL
and Arbuckle. arranged for a@staseI
wedding Aug }. 1898. S.'"
The theater changing hands later
and ArLuckle and his wife went to the
Los Angeles seeking employment,
which they found in a comedy motion.
picture studio there.
Members of the Motion Picturcf
Owners Association Of Southern Cali
fornia adopted a resolution fayoriug
the withdrawn until the charges
him were disproyad CT all films III
which the name Roscoe {. Arbuckle
was starred owing to the undesirable
notoriety he has obtained in conncc-
ton with the death Of Virginia Rape
it was announced today by Glenn
Harper, secretary of the organization
Arbuckle gained the nickname Of
Fatty when he started to school att
the age of years, according to for
mer schoolmates. They also related
today how he delivered in little red
wagon the washing done for ether
families by his mother, Mrs. Mary
Gordon Arbuckle, who died when the
future film comedian was 10 years
cid Her grave is in Santa Ana CEN
etery.
Other. "reminiscences. Of Arbuckle in
cluded his desire for stage career
and his work as supernumcrary vita
travelling theatrical companies for 30
cents night.
Alleges Witness Perjures Self.
San Francisco Sept ia state
.ment expressing the conviction thar
perjury had been committed by one
of the chief witnesses for the prosecG-
ton at the grand jury investigation
hast night OF the death CT Miss Viz
ginia Rape, film actress, for whose