Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
ArbuckIe to Face
First Degree Charqe
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a'iHIoht' lIltHi VI inc NeNd actress, AMI
Mrs. Jean Jameson. nurse, who cared
for Miss Rappe during the twenty four
hours preceding her death.
I Mrs. Jameson. the nurse. revealed
that during the whole last day of Miss
Rnppc'S life she made Outcrirs against
/ Arbuckle. had blamed him for her in =
ternal injury. had spoken reproaChfuly
Of him in view of the fact TINT her
tanCc, Henry Lchrman. Of Los Angeles.
WIS zone Of Roscoc's closest friends. =
and had died with the words on her
lips. Get Arbuckle; follow this to
| the finish
Assistant District Attorney Iron
and Captain of Detectives Duncan +.
Matheson visited her in the afternoon.
Aftcrward they made no statement. cx-
cept that the case against Arbuckle was
''strongc- than before -
This woman" said Captain Mathe-
son. without doubt died as n result of
an attack by Arbuckle. That rrakps il
first degree murder in our opinion. We
don't feel that man like Fatty Ar.
buckle can pull stuff like this in San
Francisco and get away with it,"
II is known that Miss Pryvon bore
cut the previous testimony Of Alice
Blake. show girl. in telling uf Ar
buckles retirement with Virginia Rappr
INTO his bedroom. adjoining the room
where the wild festival was being held :;
of hearing the girls screams. End trying
vainly to batter dowp the thick double
doors, and Of how the door was finally
opened BY ArbuckIc himself, clad in
rajamas and dressing gown.
Both girls said that on entering they
found Miss Rappe lying exhausted on
the bed. her clothing torn and dishev-
eled. Attempts to restore her and re-
lieve her pain followed. There is every
indication that Miss Pryvon made fur
ther revelations which the police refuse
to lay bare at this time.
According to Or. William Ophuls.
pathologist. who performed the post
mOrtem examination, there were no
marks Of violence on the body, and
absolutely no evidence of n criminal
assault. no sign that the girl had been
attacked in any way. Death" he
said, "supervened from ruptured
bladder -
Mrs. Jameson. in an interview reiter-
ated her previous statement that the
girl had accused Arbucklc.
She declared however. that the girl s
mind had been a blank as to much that
had happened within the room.
Victim In Delirium
~ know from long experience that
patients statements must often be
taken with a grain Of salt" said Mrs.
Jameson. The girl was calling for me-
continuously throughout the twenty.
four hours before her death. At times
her mind wandered in dcirium. while
at other times 1t was evidently clear
THE girl" said Mrs. jameson. was
NOR" worried over the money side Of
her plight than over the other aspects.
She snid
" 1t wouldn't be right for me to have
to pay for all this, when it was Ros.
coe' 3 fault, /"
Mrs Jameson would not be certain
the actress had said that she had
been dragged by ArbuCkle into the
room. but she declared unhesitatngly
that Virginia Rappc had accused him
of having caused the bruises and the
other injuries that resulted later in her
death
Before Detective Griffith Kennedy
and Henry T. McGrath the nurse told
her story quietly and with an assur-
ance that impressed the police. She
declared that she was speaking volun-
tariy, without fear of punishment or
hope Of reward
Nanted Him Punished
Sh" said in part
Miss Rnppe said she took three
drinks and did not remember anything
after that. She said ArOu.klc was
rough with her, and at other times She
wou'd sOy that she did not know what
happened
Twill" at the sanatorium she was
calling to me 20 ask if we had got Ar
hnpkln and 7 trlI hn,
Ter. She said she blamed him for her
injuries and wanted him punished for
it, This was just before she died
which was about | so p. NJ. Septcm.
hcr 9.
~ notlced bruises on her body, her
IHft thigh md right arm. think. and
she said they we're made by Arbuckle. /"
IRA q. furtlOuis. salesman for n New
York gown manufacturer, said he saw
Miss Rappe in the lobby of the Palace
Hotel Monday and commented on her
beauty. He was told her name Later
IN th' dav, while visiting ArbuckIe at
the St. Francis, Fortlouis mentioned
that hr had been struck by the beauty
Of Virginia Rappc. Some one suggested
that Arburkle knew her md that she be
called IN aud invited TO come over 10 n
party, This was done. Fortl0uis said
and Miss ltaUnr appeared nt the room in
the st. Francis. They had several
drinks, Fortlouis snid, but he saw
nothing nnusua, and heard no disturb
an"c, lie departed when some one in
the party said the newspaper men
were coming to interview Avbupklc, "
and he and some Of the others went
away.
Mrs. belmont has declared that in