Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-06

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Fremont Older nnd his associates know
and care little about Fatty. but IL
happens that District Attorney Brady
is one of their men. that he wieds much
Of their power. and that be hates Fatty
and wants to put him in jail
If it had been shown that there had
been any actual tampering with the
jury war would have been prpcipi.
tated on the spot, the news would have
been used as ammunition In a war Of
colossal forces in which Fatty would
have been less than an incident. and
caught and squeezed frightfully whether
he were guilty or innocent. because with
the thunderous expose OF such n crime
and such methods used in his behalf. he
never could be acquitted in new trial
in San Francisco.
But IL NAV safely be assumed that
almost all Of the noise that followed the
jury disagreement, the violent allcga-
ton Of Mrs. Hubbard, and the report
of an effort by an acting police official
TO communicate with her when she was
standing alone for n verdict Of guilty
and dead d-IoCking a jury that otherwise
would have acquitted Arbuckle, was
due TO nerves.
II happened that a very unwise friend
Of one of Fatty's lawyers, the sort OF
Il man who ordinarily docs the wrong
thing at the right time. felt he had
reason TO expect favors from Mrs. Hub
bard's husband He seems TO have fol.
| lowed the suggestion Of small TIME
! lawyer friendly to some OF the Ar
buckle counsel that he use his influence
/ with Hubbard TO change Mrs. Hub.
bard s vote.
McNab Not implicated
There is nothing more certain than
that McNab and Cohen and Schmulo-
witt and the other lawyers for the de-
fense made no effort 10 tampcr with the
jury. That is not their method of rrac-
tice. II is not a method that any law
yer in his senses would attempt TO apply
in this State
District Attorney Brady said last
night that he had made up his mind TO
ask the Grand Jury to inquire fully
into the report OF an attempted jury.
/ fixing started by Mrs. Hubbard. II
| iS hard to find any one who believes that
the inquiry will be pushed with any
vigor or any result. But Brady him
self is politician.
More significant rhau his expressed
determination 80 push an investigation
are signs Of rift in the group Of
fstty'S counsel. Gavin MrNah has
been in bad temper since Sunday. He
said he will personally direct all the
work Of tn" defense al the new trial
This is interpreted az meaning thai rhe
lawyers who came here with Fatty from
Los Angeles will have only minor paris
TO play III January if they have any
! parts at all.
Brady knows. meanwhile. that II he
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last minute effort wH> made by any Of
FattN's lawyers TO break into the pri-
vacy Of the iuryroom. he will have Fatty
actually convicted before the new trial
opens. Milton Cohen. Arburkle's per
+ soma counsel. headed the Los Angeles
contingent. He is persona friend Of
Fatty'&. and was an Assistant District
Attorney in Philadelphia under John G
Bell.
To Defend Mrs. Neighbours
He is remaining here to defend Mrs.
Neighbours at the formal hearing to-
morrow Of the perjury charge made
against. her by the District Attorney s
office. When yesterday in United
States Commissioner llayden's Office
Fatty waived n hearing Of the charge Of
unlawfully possessing liquor and per.
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States Court it wa. taken for grant ed
that he will either plead guilty and pay
$500 fine o. ask for an acQuittal on
the ground that Freddie Fishback
owned the liquor in his rooms. Fatty.
accompanied By his wife. his sisters and
a numbcr Of friends. left at : O'Clock
last night for Los Angeles.
I'm going to rest for white and
forget it," said ne. He will be safe II
Brady finds no evidence Of Jury fixing.
Such evidences would rouse the devil in
the Californian of the true species.
who. amazingly negligent as he is about
politics. turns Al regular intervals.
stops talking Of the gloriPs OF his
weather and his prunes and goes about
The business of political horsecleaning
with wild energy that almost always
sends few eminent citizens to jail and
others TO the woods.