Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-29
ARBUCKLE MAKES DENIAL
 OF MANsLAUGHTER CHARGES

San Francisco. Nov. 2S.-His testi- | mony sweeping denial of all. al,ega- ] tions presented by the state in it's prose cution of the manslaughter charges 1 against him, Roscoe c. Arbuckle spent the greater part of today on the witness i cross e,amins tion, his story of the ho- tel part, during which the state main tains Miss Virginia Rappe, motion pie ture actress, received injuries from which she later died. Arbuckle testified that the party in his rooms was entirely impromptu, a few had been invited, but others drop l ped in later and remained. He declared that when he eft the party and went in- to his bedroom it was for the purpose of changing his clothes to keep an ap pointment.
 T locked my door to keep the women and others out of the room. Then went | into the bathroom. The bathroom | door struck against the prosuate form Of Miss Rappe. That was the first time I knew she was in the room" Arbuckle said
 Then what did you do?" the crdss examiner asked.
 q picked her up and held her head"
 Did you say anything to herr" he was asked.
 
 had hard time getting her breath
 "Later I asked her: Is there any, thing I can do for you?' She said: No, : just leave me lie on the bed Before
 this I had given her two glasses of wa
 ter.''
 . 'Hew did she get from the bathroom to the 9ed?''
 "she walked, helped her a little" Later Arbuckle returned to the bath ]
 Miss RapDe was 'thrashing about" or
 the floor The witness said he picked
 her up and D aced her on the bed. dem- t onstrating the manner in which he did ] SO
 y Did she say anything then?"
 T don't remember. she was grooming
 holding her stomach and twisting
 about"
 ''Then where dit: you go?" 'I went out of the room. The frs T person saw was Miss Provost. I said ! Virginia is sick |"
 Miss Provost was close to the doc
 when went out. did not see Mrs. Del
 mont. could not tell how long I wa
 in the room"
 : ArbucSle grew somewhat argeret under the questions. putting somewha n of snap into his answers. d When I returned" he said. "Virgini d was tearing at her clothes. One sleev s. of her dress was hanEing by a fev D threads ard I pulled 1t off. Later I tol = Harry Boyle assistant manager of tn h hote'. The girl is sick and I want t 'e get her another room"
 "vou never told anyone anything ex Ie cent that Miss Ranoe was ill?" he wa ,e asked.
 e "Did you hear Miss Ranpe make an ,- statement at any time after you foun
 her il?"
 if "No. except when she asked for va Ie ter and wanted to lie down e After Miss Ran0e was taken away s put on a golf suit and soft shirt. La n ter put on a dinner suit and went dow ,r to the hote! dining room" .a Arbuckle squirmed In his seat an
 seer1Ad uneasy under the fast comin 'e T asked Mr. Boyle to get a doc ,. tor" he sad. 2 Nobody had suggested getting a doc T. tor until Boyle arrived, Arhuckle sait | The witness said that while he wa ,o there al of Miss Ranne's clothes wer !o taken off and Mrs. Belmont put an ic ic pack under her head. lg There was ice on the bed too" h > said
 lg T took up a piece of the ice fror
 l n told me to ~ut it back
 q told her tc shut un or I woul h throw her out of the window Then er mt the piece of ice back where I foun n 1t"
 J. Arbuckle said while the party guest
 were trying to relieve Miss Rappe | g. told Mrs. Belmont to Ego and dress a ad shA was attired Tn pajamas. ce Miss RapDe was unconscious at tt W time ice was being applied" he said. S. Frank Dominguez. Los Angeles attol ,e ney was the first person he told of ha1
 ing found Miss Rappe in the bathroom is Arbuckle said. Domingucz was his fol Or mer counse,. at At the conclusion Of Arbuckle's test 7h mony the defense offered the depositio ht of Dr. Maurice H. Rosenberg, of Chicagt
 which said that in 1913 he treated Ms re Rappe for bladder ailment Miss Rapp = died as the result of a bladder ruptur eir