Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-15
MISSING ARBUCKLE
WITNESS FOUND AT
HOMEIN CHICAGO
GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED FOL.
LOWING INQUEST DISCOVERED
At OLD RESiDENcE-sTATE'
MENr SUPPORTS FATTY, WHO
DENIES KILLING VIRGINIA
Rape,

Chicago. Nov. Is. Miss Betty
Campbell, long sought as an important
witness In the Fatty" Arbuckle case
was found today in her home here.
Miss Campbell. 20 years old, was
member of the party at which Vir'
ginia Rape met her death, she
denied she had attempted to hide
from the San Francisco authorities.
AZ do not believe that Virginia Rape
was killed by Fatty or that he had
anything to do with her death" the
girl said Here's why | joined the
party at four O'Clock that afternoon
Virginia according to the prosecution
now, was supposed to have been
fatally injured by Fatty two or three
hours earlier. She was. at that time'
lying In an adjoining room.
~ remained at the party until 3
o'clock that evening. Now we darnk,
danced, and played the photograph
all that time and the party included
the same persons who had been there
with Virginia-there was Fatty, Al
Semnacher Virginia's manager. Fred
Fishback, Mrs. belmont. Zeh Provost
Lowell Sherman and two others be
sides myself.
"My point is this: II doen't seem
possible II Arbuckle had committed
the terrible crime with which he Is
now charged that the party would
have continued thus and that the
same people who are now testifyine
against him should have remained In
II.
During the entire time was pres
ent | heard not a single word from
anybody to indicate that there hac
been any trouble of any kind, except
two statements from Arbuckle him
self Once he explained that he hat
sent Virginia out of the party became
she had become too wild and noisl
and later. at dinner he said to Sem
nacher: I think you should take he
out of here do not want to bt
responsible for her
Mrs belmont came back into thu
suite after Sherman left and had sew
erai drinks. heard her say nothing
about Virginia"
Says State suboTned Witnesses.
Nab, chief special counsel for Roscoe
{. FATTY Arbuckle, declared thi
morning that aside from his knowl
edge that Betty Campbell had beef
one OF those at the Arbuckle party OF
Sept. 8, he did not know what SHE
Rnaw of the affair out of which grew
the death of Virginia Rape.
Mr. McNab said Miss Campbell wa
one of the missing witnesses and tina
she had disappeared from this city.
Twelve venire members examine
and five Jurors accepted tentatively
One Of them woman, was the situa
ton at the opening of the second da
Of the trial of Roscoe C. {Fatty) Ar
buckle here today on manslaughte
charge.
-Arbuckle went on trial yesterday o.
charges connected with the death o
Miss Virginia Rape, film actress
whose death followed party in Ar
buckles room at a hotel here las
September
The five jurors seated so far, how
ever, are still subject to peremptor'
challenge.
Exhaustive interrogation the venire
men are being subjected to indicates
tN9t the iurv probably will not b
completed before Thursday.
The first days session was devoil
of interest except for verbal tits be
tween opposing counsel. The only in
oident bordering on the sensational
was an intimation in court by Gavin
McNab. chief of counsel for the de
Tense, that District Attorney Mathew
Brady had threatened to send to jai
some witnesses II they refused tt
make certain statements. Mr.. McNal
added that he would produce sever
witnesses to prove his assertion
IF you do" Mr.. Brady retorted, g
will resign"
Perceptibly downcast, the film co
Inedian sat intense while lawyer
: uueSt iOned nrOSnectiye jurors