Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-09-23
EVIDENCE
IS AIMED
AT FATTY
Hearing Before Police
Judge Is Continued
Today; Doctors Tell
of Findings

VI y lIlul1iSS
San Francisco, Sept. 23.--Th
spotlight Of testimony again toda
turned toward the tragedy of Viz
ginia Rape, film actress, to de
termine whether Roscoe (Fatty
Arbuckle, film comedian, will b
tried on the charge of murder o
manslaughter in connection witt
the girls death at a drinking par
5 ty at Hotel st. Francis here, Sep
tember 3 last.
Arbuckle at o'clock this after
I noon was to be brought from jai
! where he Is held without bail t.
police court for continuation o
his preliminary hearing whicl
will decide whether he will bt
held to answer to the superior
court on the murder charge sworn
against him by another woman
guest at the party, Mrs. 3. NJ. Del
mont. A grand jury Indictment al
ready returned accuses him OF
manslaughter.
Doctors Main Witnesses
DR.. Shelby Strange. relief au-
topsy surgeon, who performed the
autopsy on Miss Rappe, and DR.,
William Ophuls. of the Stanford
university medical school, who
made the first post-morten exam
ination, were the principal wit
nesses yesterday.
DR.. Strange said he found
bruises on Miss Rappe's right up
per arm, apparently caused by
finger marks; two bruises on the
lower abdomen and others on the
thighs and shins, the cause of
which he was unable to state. DIR.
Ophuls and Miss Grace Halston,
hospital nurse who was present at
the post-mortem, both corrobor-
ated DR.. Strange's description of
the bruises, and coroner's photo
graphs OF the body also were Of
feEed as evidence. A tear in the
bladder wall about three-quarters
OF an inch long was described by
pr. Strange, who said that theI
bladder and other organs had been
preserved by DR.. Ophuls in a |
chemical solution, the tendency Of
which would be to shrink the
tissues. He said he believed that
death came from peritonitis re-
sulting from the ruptured bladder,
and that the rupture was caused
by some external force.
Marks Made, Before Death.
The examination of DR.. Strange,
detailed in part, follows:
@. In examining the body did
you find any marks or bruises?
A. found bruises on both
arms, both legs and other bruises.
@. Do you know how those
bruises were caused? /
A. The ones on the right arm
were caused by hypodermic in
jections. Those on the ieft arm
might possibly have been caused
by some one gripping her tightly
with their hand. l am unable to
tell what caused tue other bruises.
@. Were these marks made be-
fore or after death?
A. Before death.
Q. What, in your opinion,
caused death2
A. A ruptured bladder.
DR.. Ophals was the next wit
ness.
Abdomen Found Distended.
He said he was called in for a
post mortem examination by DR..
VI. E. Rumwell, the physician who
attended Miss Rape in most of
Ter last illness. He found the alb
lomen horribly distended," he
aid. as a result of the rupture,
md congestion of blood in sew
iral organizations of the lower
Ibdomen.
The rupture. he surmised. was
aused by over-distention of the
resulting probably from
ONE cause from the outside.
Miss Halston's statement that
he believed the bruises on Miss
tappe's arm were made by the
rip of another person prompted a
lvely debate over Its admissibility E
etween Frank Domingues, Ar
uekles's chief counsel, and Milton :
:. U'Ren, the assistant district at
orney who conducted the exami-
alton.
Hypodermic Needle Used.
DIR. Strange testified that Miss
iappe was about rs years old.
set inches in height and weigh
q about lao pounds.
On her right arm, between the
lbow and the shoulder. he said
e found three bruises, and on her
1T arm a small mark, apparently
aused by a hypodermic needle.
The bruises on the arm were
Tidently caused by finger marks.
r. Strange testified. He could
I've no cause for other bruises on
lie shins and thigh. All OF the g
'uises were sustained before
sath. ne said.
DR.. Strange said there were two
'qises on Miss Rappe's abdomen
ID the lower portion Of her lungs
ere congested. presumably from
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