The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-09-16
ARbUCKLE To
BE TRIED ON
MURDER CHARGE
District Attorney An
nounces State Is Ready
to Press First Degree
Case and Preliminary
Hearing Is Set for Next
Thursday.

SAN fltANtlS'O. sept lb.--
District Attorney Grady announced In
Lazarus today that the people are
ready to proceed ON the murdcr
charge" against Roscoe e. (fatty)
Arbuckie, who H. held reEpons.ble By
the authorities for the death of Miss
Virginia kappe. motion picture
actress
The announcement came after
conference between Brady and police
officials called for the purpose OF de-
Gliding wlAch OF the -four charges
against Arbuckle would be tried.
There are two murder and two man
r.aughter charses pending against
Arbnckle.
Judg- Lazarus continued the case
untll neat Thursday at I y. M.
Arbuckie surrounded by his nttor-
neyH, stood up at the counsel table
during the brief session A crowd Of
men tried to rush the court room
door lust before the hearing started
bat we're headed off by the pohco.
ASKS toptinnanst'.
Frank L.. bominguez. chief counsel
fur Arhucklc. asked for a ten days
continuance following Hrady's state.
nent. The district attorney objected.
suSing five days should be sufficient
AT the Inquest into Miss Rappe's
death yon demanded a speedy hear
ing" Brady saId addressing the de-
tense You Also demanded speedy
trial so why ask Ter such long con
tlnuanro2 Why don't you put the
defendant on the stand aud let him
tell his side of the ease go
Dominguez explained that the de-
Tense found Il necessary to obtain
con dsrable expert evidence before
going ahead with even the pole"
,ourt examination
III the defendant is willing to stay
IN jail until his counsel prepares his
tAsc the people of the state of Cali
forpa should not mind" Domingurz
uaid.
Prosecution OF the murder charge
automatically denies the dcfenda NJ
his liberty on bail, court officials cN-
planned.
Hearing Next Thursday.
Counsel fhr both sides conferred
between themselves and Domingutz =
then announced that th"y would set
Thursday for the preliminary hear
ing on the charge. During the session
BRADY announced that representa-
i've Of tho district attorneys office -
to wait on the finance committee uf
IA. county board OF supervisors today
and ask that every financial dcmanu
on the county for the prosecution OF
IA. Arbucklc case be- met promptly
District Attorney Brady today IN
4truct.d Captain OF DETECTIVES Dun
can Muthesou To detail "a!l the men
D.oessary" to search fOr IN Arthur
Bcardslee. one of the physicians who
attended Miss RAppe aud bring him
back to the city at once. te is be-
hr,cd To be ON a hunting trip.
Brndy's Statement.
BRADY issued the following state
m,ut after the court session.
The district attorneys omice, from
the tine that the facts became known.
has always been firmly OF the upin-
ION that the correct charge involved
10 the Arbuckle case was murder.
''Cnder such circumstances It If
his imperative legal duty to proceed
with the charge alleging murder, now
90 lille against tn. defendant, Mr.
Arhucklc. II iH the sole province OF
the trial Juuy TO determine, after tht
evidence has been taken, ana IN th'
event that II should nnd the de-
f-ndnnt guilty, whether the verdict
should be one of murder. munslaugh-
ter ~ any other crime comprchendci
In the. charge, and also to fiN the dr
gree thereof
Prolc Liquor Charge.
Federal investigation into the
source uf liquor alleged To have b'ru
consumed ut the Arbuckl" party ~
q hotel suite here, at which MiHs
Kuppc Is said TO have suffered in
iurirs which led to her death. has
been carried to Los Angeles.
Robert Camarillo, assistant United
States district attorney declared i
Los Angeles that scvcrai people had
made statements To him which would
show that Arbuckle transported e
quarts OF whisky In his automobile
when he motorcd 20 san Francisco
10 stage his party II was uls'
learned, CamarillO snid, that east
of gin and other liquor was delyere,
to the Arbuckle rooms at the Sar
Francisco hotel.