The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
is
II TO | FOR
ACQUITTAL
Seven Men and Five Wom-
en- Juggle With Fate
of Arbuckle.
BULLETIN.
San Francisco, Calf, Dee 3.

San Francisco, Calf, Dec ;.
The jury In the mansIaughter
trial OF Roscoe c. (Fatty) Ar
buckle, was given \ tWO-hOur
lunch recess at Il o'clock after
having failed to reach a YER
diet in six and One-quarter
hours OF dehberatiOn.. The jury
retired last evening.
| San Francisco, CaI., Dec. 3.-The
J jury considering the evidence sub
mitted in the trial of Roscoe c.
/ Arbuckle, on charge OF man
slaughter in connection with the
! death of Miss Virginia Rappe, re-
turned to the jury room from its
hotel at 10 O'Clock this morning.
/ Reports that the trial jury was
divided, IL TO l for acqulttal per
sisted today. but there was nothing
to give any great amount of tangl-
bilIty to this report. Corridor gOs-
sip said that one woman was hold
ig out for conviction.
ArbUckle appeared a few min
utes before 10 O'Clock. He chatted
with newspaper men and others III
an apparently carefree manner.
San Francisco, Cal, Dec a.
Nothing remained of the Roscoe G. 4
Arbuckle mansIaughter traal today
/ but verdict, ana, if that was au-
verse to him, a sentence.
/ The fate of the comedian. ac-
cused of having caused the death
/ OF Miss Virginia Rappe, motion pic
| ture actress, was gwen TO the jury
shortly after o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
RumOrs were current last night
that the jury, composed OF seyel
/ men and five women stood II To /
for acquittal, but no agreement had
! been reached at Il o clock and toe
debating ceased to permit the
members to retire for the night.
Crowd Disappointed.
/ A throng that packed the court
room and corridors outside in the
/ hope of hearing the verdict eG-
pressed disappointment when the
jury was locked up for the night.
The Arbuckle trial started Nov.
Il and a week was spent in selec-
ton of the jury. The main wit
nesses for the prosecution E1y@
+ ley Provost, and Alice Blake, show
girls; F. o. Heinrichs, finger print
expert, and number of physicians
/ and nurses.
The medical experts testified that
injuries TO the bladder, such as
caused Miss Rappe's death, usually
resulted from the application OF ex-
ternaI force
The prosecution contended that
. the injury was the result Of an at
tempt by Arbuckle to attack Miss
Rappe during a party in his room
/ in a hotel during the afternoon OF
Sept 5.
Report OF Medics.
A technical examination by a
medical commission of three ap-
pointed by the court TO examine
Miss Rappe's bladder, showed that
a condition of chronic Inflammation
/ existed, according to the report by
the commission to the court and
jury.
Gavin McNab. defense attorney,
declared the report absolutely
corroborated' the deposition Of DR..
Maurice Rosenberg, who treated
Miss Rape supposedly for bLad-
der disorder in 1913.
Finger prints On the doors OF Ar
buckles room were said by Helm
rich TO be those Of Arbuckle and
Miss Rappe. and indicated, accord
ing TO the testimony, that ArbucEls
attempted, presumably, 10 force
that young woman away from The
door
DR. z. Z. RGmweu, who attended
/ Miss Rape after the alleged injury
testified for the defense that Miss
Rape told him she was "somewh-t
intoxicated" and did not know
what happened to her"
Arbuckle himself was the piyota
witness for the defense He said aJ
the time he is alleged to have infict-
ed the injury on Miss Rape he was
| actually endeaVoring to assist her
/ during d period of illness. He did
no know that Miss Rape was Ia
his room where the attack was al
legged to have taken place. until be
found her in pain on the floor OF
his bathroom, he said