Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-23
WOMEN CROWD
COURT AT film
STARS HEARING
Needle Pmcture Found
On Dead Actress Ann
Says Doctor

san FRANCISCO, sept a.
The police court examination
of Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle,
which will determine whether
the film comedian is to be
bound over to the superior
court for trial on a charge of
the murder of Miss Virginia
Rape began here today in a
courtroom filled almost exclu-
sively with women.
Three witnesses who saw Miss
Rappe's body after her death Septem-
Der o. which it IL charged resulted
from injuries suffered at "A drinking
party four days before in Arbuckle's
suites at the Hotel st. Francis. testi
fed that they observed bruises on her
limbs and body. Two of them. the
surgeon who performed tho post NOR
tenn examination and the autopsy sur
Seon said death was from n ruptured
bladder caused. in their opinion. by
external force. AT tomorrows session
OF Judge Sylvan lazarus court IL is
cHpected there will be introduced tes-
umony regarding Incidents at the
hotel party where. according to wit
ness at the coroncr's inquest. Miss
RAppe was found moaning and
screaming after having been alone in
room with Arbuckle.
The autopsy surgeon also told OF a
sfpall puncturc he said he found In the
left arm of tho body. which he at
iributcd TO an hypodermic needle.
District Attorney Mathew Brady
said II had not been determined
whether Al Semnachor. Miss Rappe's
manager. who is reported to have tes-
tified before the grand jury at Los
Angeles that Arbuckle had made ad-
missions regarding his treatment of
Miss Rnppc. would be called tomor-
row.
Tho bulky film actor listened in
tcntly to today's testimony. his face
bearins the same serious and grSve
expression II has worn ever since his
arrest nenrly two weeks ago. Mrs.
Minta Durfec Abuckle. his wife from
whom he had been separated for five
years but who came here from New
York Monday. s,t Mt his side with her
mother. Mn. Flora Dnrfc~.
Women jainmcd the corridors OF
the hall OF justice for nearly two
hours befor. tho court sessions began
and dozen stS-foot policemen had
their hands full keeping them away
from the courtroom door. a crowd OF
mon who gathered in a corner in hope
OF being admitted were chased uncerc-
moniously to the street floor md the
S'UA'h Mib fbuNu h7oN no tfFlfnIiAAN
fo- admission were also ordered to ,
stand on the stairs to allow movement
In tho corridor.
Tho women were given tho profcr-
encc because Judg" f.azarus' court H.
largely devoted To women'r cases
Delegations from tho women'a viri-
Iante committee from clubs and civic
organizations packed the courtroom to
is door Female attaches OF other
ccurts found refuge behind the steel
bars OF the praoncra' dock.
Arbucklc himself Mt at tho nttor-
neys' table
DR.. Shelby Strange. rcilcf autopsy
surE-on who performed tho autopsy
on Miss Rnpnc. and DR.. William
ophulr of the Stanford university
medical school. who made the first
pos.rnortem examination. wcrc the
ffr-t witnesses today.
Or. Strange said he found bruises
IN Miss Rappc's upper right arm. ap-
parcnty oaused by finger maIks. two
bruises on tho lower abdomen and
others on the thighs and shins. tho
cause OF which he was unable to state ,
A tear In the bladder wall nbou.
thrcc-quartcrs or an Inch long was de-
sertbcd by DR.. Strange. who raid that
tho bladder and other organs had
hccn preserved by Dr. ophuis I'm n
chemical solution. tho tendency OF
which would be 10 shrink the tissues,
He said ho believed that death came
from pcrttonitis resulting from tho
rupturcd bladder. and that tho rup-
turc was caused by some external
force.
DR.. Ophuis said he was called in for
a po-tmor;orn examination by Or. NJ.
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