The Washington herald., 1921-12-03
Case Completed at 4:10,
San Francisco.
Time.
.cNAB PLEADS
( FOR PRISONER
Prosecutor Likens Fatty
To King Belshazzar
Of Babylon.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. deputy
District Attorney Milton U'Ren
closed the case against Roscoe
Fatty 'Arbuckle at 1920 o'clock this
afternoon. a twenty minute recess
followed. Judge Harold Louder
back read the instructions 20 the
jury, and the panel filed out at
4:10.
They filed out with the voice of
Ken echoing in their ears, The
King is dead, thank Cod
They filed out. remembering the
tribute paid the defendant Dy Ar
buckles counsel. Gavin McNob.
Since Christ said Suffer little
children TO come unto Me the in
stinct Of little children has always
gone out to good men. never to bad,
and ArbuCkle. crucified here by
speech. but not by evidence, hEs
sweetened existence by the laughter
of millions and millions of chill
dren.' said McNab.
Moves Jurors to Tears.
There were tears IN tae eyes or
the lawyer as he submitted the
case and took his seat. There were
tears in the eyes OF one If the
jurors.
For over two hours the tall Scot
had talked. Il took Iftjre -maginz-
tion 10 see his kIltics flying in the
winds. to translate his harsh. str
dent. shrill utteranccs into the
weird tone Of the bagpipe.
y Chicago lawyer making IS-
Nab's argument would have rrieo
"frame-up." perhaps. McNab neve-
used the word. His language was
classic. forceful. colorruI. lie called
the prosecutions case 2 farce,
comic valentine brought into 4
cathedral He called the finger
print evidence brought to show a
struggle ,ctwcen Arbdckie and
Miss I;G7p~. t!is proof that the
human mi Il has not changed
greatly SIM tne days when ren
believed in witchcraft.
Witnesses Cocrced. He says.
He alluded to a States witness as
an Overtrained witness and an un-
dertrained nurse. He asked if Miss
PrevOn and Miss Blake had been
imprisoned by the district attorney
only because they were poor and
helpless He asked why other wit
nesses were not put in the "pri-
vate prison"
1t was the province of the T,rose-
cutOr. he insisted. to discover evil
denCe, not to create il. He had the
transcript read in an attempt to
show the prosecutor forced Miss
PreVOn and Miss Blake to testify
as they did. He read Miss Prevon's
statement that she was threatened
with Jail. He read Miss Keza's
statement that Contradicted her tes-
timOny. He referred to Arbuckle
as a Burnt offering that the dis
triCt attorney wishes to sacrifice"
Al this time the burnt Offering"
seemed TO, be asleep. but awoke at
this: Il defy any State in the Union
to duplicate the transcript offered
here. 1t is the most extraordinary
exhibition of any court in the civ
ilized world"
CRen opened by comparing the
party in ArbuckIe's suite in the St.
Francis Hotel to the feast Of Bel
shazzar in ancient Babylon.
What would the millions of lit
lie children say?" he shouted, ''ir
they could have seen Fatty, the
modern Belshazzar, dressed in pa
jamas. surrounded by his lords and
ladies'. drinking, dancing and kid
ding arOund2'
A little man, U'Ren. rcd faced,
specialized. bald-but he can shout.
The great Belshazzar saw the
handwriting on the wall and
luaked as it was interpreted. You
nave been weighed in the balance
and found wanting. Your king
dom shall be divided among the
Medes and the Persians That
Belshazzar was killed and the city
overrun with enemies.
THAT modern King BeIshazzar
aas also seen the handwriting on
The wall The king is dead: and
Ills kingdom is divided. He will
never make the world laugh again
The king is dead. Thank God"