Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-03

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juring Miss Virginia Rape, a mo-
ton picture actress, during a party
in his rooms in the Hotel st. Francis,
Sept. 5.
At 6 p. M. the jury was given a
dinner recess until $3.50 p. m. The
jurors. heavily guarded, were taken
70 At .at s:1 a0 p. m. when the Jury in the
Roscoe G.. ArbuckIe manslaughter
case had been out of the court room
Ave hours, their verdict to all out
ward appearances was as distant as
ever. The jury has been celebrating
only about half the time, as it took a
recess of two and Il half hours for
dinner.
bailif was summoned to the
jury room twice. Once was to re.
ceive a request that the jurors be
taken to dinner and the other time
the asked that the doors OF the room
in the Hotel ST. Francis where Ar
buckets alleged to have injured Vir-
ginia Rape, be brought to them Tor
examination. The changed their
minds, however. before the request
could be met. Each request caused
a wave Of excitement.
Expert test ;mony regarding the
lAA46Cl pAllikS Ol SLSSS N2OolS wac Tue
basis Of a %ccntention by the prosecu-
ton thai Arbuckle had a struggle
with the girl in the room.
.Arbuckle Nervous.
Arbuckle was visibly and
paced in and out Of the court in
a restless fashion. He had little u
say.
The crowd remained in the court
rnor, ,~I ite ~, n, o1fo "a 1ioint%1- nc
the hours wore away. Court room
n corridor speculation agreed on
the opinion that there would be nc
| verdict tonight. Defense counsel re.
manned in the court room chatting
with court Off n spectators but
the district attorney and his assist
ants went to their Offices on the flooi
above.
= The case has occupied the cour,
for approximately three weeks. To
days entire session was taken up with
final arguments, instructions to the
jury and jury elaboration.
Gavin McNab, chief defense coun-
sci, opened the session today with a
continuation Of his closing argument
He was followed by Milton U'Ren
assistant district attorney, whose
summing up lasted nearly an hour.
!Arhuckle appeared to show deer
interest in the arguments, especially
that of McNab. who characterized
him as "a, great artist who has sweet
ened the lives Of millions Of little chill
dren."F
NcNab attacked what he termed
the imprisonment" Of two prosecu.
ton witnesses. Miss zeh Provost and
Miss Alice Blake, show girls, by the
district attorney, sin order to coerce
them into giving testimony beneficial
to the prosecutions cause
Listened to Bclshazzar.
U'Ren referred to Arbuckle as &
~"Belshazzar sitting on his throne and
pouring wine" during the party in
the Hotel st. Francis: Thank God
he has been told, as Belshazzar was
told, that his kingdQm's divided and
his reign is over" U'Ren said.
Asked at the secession Of the final
arguments what his future would be
Arbuckle said he would make nc
statement until the thing is out OF
the way.
the Jury had been watched closer
than any other jury in San Francisco
for 25 years. ttThey censored our
mail both incoming and outgoing.
he said. 1--WE each had a separate
room ut the hotel where we stayed
and were watched like hawks by -four
deputy sherifs who guarded US.
1.-THE newspapers were carefully
kept. from us. I have no idea of what
has happened in the world for two
weeks
Hopkins told a representative Of
the San Francisco Call, that in his
opinion tho prosecution had failed to
prove its "a and that the jury would
be four or five hours In reaching Z
J verdict.