East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-13
Grand Jury Refuses to lndict
Arbuckle; Win Give Brady
Time to Collect Evidence.
SAME WITNESSES FOR
GRAND JURY TESTIFY
Complaint Of Mrs belmont
is Sufficient to Try Fatty
on Murder Charge Chief Says

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 13-(U. P.)
The Arbuekle defense scored twice
In the coroners inquest today when
Mrs. Bambina belmont recounted the
affair at the party where Arbucklc Is
suspected of having caused Miss
Rappe's death She told the coroner
Miss Rape went into the room and
Arbuckle followed her In, and that
after considerable length of time
she kicked at the door then summon
ed the manager OF the hotel, Fatty
opened the door. He was In his pa
Jamas, wringing wet and was wearing
Miss Rappe's hat. Miss Rape was
lying on the bed. tearing at her cloth
ing, saying she was dying. Arbuckle
was plainly nervous during the testi-
mony. He kept his eyes on Mrs. Del
mont continually.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 13.-CU.
P.)-District Attorney Hatthew Bra
dy today charged that one of the
states star witnesses had changed her
testimony and another one had dis
appeared. The grand jury. on refus-
ing to indict Roscoe Arbuckle on the
strength of the evidence that Brady
presented, allowed him further time
to collect evidence. Brady dispatched
a corps of detectives today to clear up
certain disputed details and will at
tempt to find the San Francisco show
giri who asreported to have disap-
peared from her home in Berkeley.
Miss zey Pyvron changed her testi-
mony and Miss Alice Blake is the wo-
man supposed to be gone. Despite
the failure of the grand jury to return
an indictment against Arbuckle. the
complaint OF Mrs Bambina belmont,
who swore to the murder warrant, VIII
be sufficient to try Roscoe on murder
charge, Brady announced. ]. Arhuckle
appeared before the grand Jury only
two minutes last night and laid NTH
ing. His attorneys regard the E'and
jurys refusal to return IN md,ctmcnt
as strongly in the comedlaHs 'dVor.
May 30 Arrested for Peri Iry.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 13.-(A.
P.)-The charge of perjury in the tes-
timony before the grand jury invesi-
CATION last night into the death of
Virginia Rappe, for whose alleged
Ilutder Fatty Arbuckle IS uaGer arrest
was made today by District Attorney
Brady. He declared Miss ley Prnvast.
also known as Zey Pyvr)n changed
her testimony before the grand jury
from that she had given previously to
the police and the district attorney
that Miss Rappe had told her Ar
buckle had caused her injuries.
whether or not we shall arrest her
and charge her with perjury will de-
pend on Developments. l am con-
vinced that undue Influence and pres
sure of sinister character had been
brought to bear on, her and the other
witnesses, one of whom, Alice Blake,
has mysteriously disappeared from
her home in Berkeley"
The grand jury recessed early this
morning deciding to wait further In
formation before returning an indict-
ment. Arbuckle was the last witness,
being in the jury room three minutes.
The witnesses told of the party In Ar
buckles room.
NEW YORK, Sept 13.-(U. PO-
Minta Durfee, former movie star, and
ex-wife Of Fatty Arbuckle, disclaim-
ed the belief in Fatty's guilt and Is
preparing to go to san Francisco to
assist him. She says he is not that
kind of man and that she will stick
by him until he Is cleared.
LONDON. Sept. t3.--(U. P0-
Fatty Arbuckle's arrest occupied a
prominent position in the papers here.
Many of the papers used the comedl-
ans picture, together with sensation
al head lines. There was no editorial
,commnnt