The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-10-01
ARBUCKLE HELD
FOR MANSLAUGHTER

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in connection with the death of Miss
Virginia Rape. was released from
the city prison tonight on $4,000 cash
bail.
Arbuckle had been incarcerated
since Saturday. September 10, when
a charge of murder was sworn out
against him by Mrs. Bambina Maude
belmont. This charge was reduced
to-day to manslaughter by Judge Syl-
vain Lazarus at the end of a prelim-
mary hearing in police court, and Ar
buckle was released on his own rec
ognizance to answer 1t. The charge
on which he furnished bail was a
manslaughter indictment returned
against him by the county grand jury.
Not enough evidence was intro
duced to warrant Arbuckle being held
to answer for murder, Judge Lazarus
said in reducing the charge. There
was enough In Arbuckle's conduct at
the drinking party at Hotel st. Fran
els which led to Miss Rappe's death
to justify his being held for
slaughter, however, he announced.
ARBUCKLE Is SILENT
A trace of Arbuckle's famous mo-
ton picture smile vas restored to his
face by his release. but he had no
statement to make beyond saying
Thank you" to various people who
shook his hand and said, "Congratu-
l~ations, Roscoe" He left the prison
in company with his brother, A. C.
Arbuckle of San Francisco, and went
to a hotel.
Assistant District Attorneys Lea
dore Golden and Milton T.. U'Ren,
who prosecuted the police court hear
ing, objected vigorously to Judge Lag
arus's decision, saying they felt Miss
Rappe's screams, Il am dying!" He
hurt mel" when she was found in ag-
ony were sufficient evidence alone to
warrant Arbuckle's being tried on a
murder charge. District Attorney
Mathew A. Brady announced hat a
statement regarding the case would
be given out later.
Arrangement of Arbuckle ON the
grand jury manslaughter charge has
been set for October 8; on the charge
resulting from to-day's action by
Judge Lazarus the district attorney
must file an information within thir-
ty days.
ONLY SKELETON OF CASE
The fact that the district attorney
failed to put the complaining witness,
Mrs. Bambina belmont, on the stand.
was commented on by both Judge
Lazarus and the defense. The court
said he was disappointed that the
prosecution had put on a mere skele-
ton of a case, admittedly barely suffi-
cient to warrant a holding, while
Frank D~ominguez, A~rbuckle's chief
counsel, asserted that If Mrs. belmont
we're to testify he would prove her ac-
c%usations we're falsehoods.
81 feel there was no attack com
mitted by the defendant" said Judge
Lazarus. 1.-The only one whose testi-
mony might have connected him with
tho oomn;ooiop If q orimo MO fhof
of the v hotel chambermaid
who heard from the corridor the cry
of a woman, No, no; Oh, my God
Oh, my Godi" and a mans reply, oh,
shut up!'"
Assistant District Attorney Milton
U'Ren asked If he placed no stress on
Miss Rappe's of agony and
her cry, 81 am dying" He hurt me-
but the Judge replied that he did not
consider it of sufficient Importance to
justify charging Arbuckle with muir
der. Other acts of Arbuckle, such as
battery. might have been committed
which would warrant a manslaughter
charge, however, he said.
DEFENDANT UNMOVED
Arbuckle heard the courts decision
without moving a muscle. A dozen
women rushed forward to shake his
hand and he, walked out othe judges
chambers. where his wife. Mrs. Minta
Durfee Arbuckle, collapsed. He held
her up and kissed her affectionately,
while her mother, Mrs. Flora Durfee.
smoothed back her hair.
His first attempt at conversation
was to offer assistance in the details
of posing a group for newspaper pho
tographers. His first smiles came In
the city prison afterward when more
photographs taken. His de-