Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-02
ARDUCklE nOUND[Y
SCORED BY THESTATE
otats's Attorney Dsolarss HE
rset)meny Was Fabricated
10 Combat Facts.

Nan trunctMro. Disc. y.--Possibiltty
that b~eure he nlspt tonight Roecoe
Arhuckle would know the dscision Of
thr jury which In trying him for man
aisushtcr ioomed big when court
opened today.
Tn" prosecution late yesterday nm
ish~'i its nrst address to tho Jury. out
lining tho chain of evidence which II
von,ends links him with tho death OF
virginia itappe. motion picture ac-
treas. said "a have b~~n injured fatally
~ . party In HIS rooms at tho Hotel
NJ Francis hero. and the defense be-
uan what was expected To be its only
discussion of ths evidence Il had adj
dursd.
uxvin McNab, chief of Arbuckie's
group NJ attorneys. hrokc on HIS ar
suncnt when thu hour for adjourn
ment arrived. and said hc would nm
ish to-day. After that tho prosecution
had = further quota of time open To II.
The case WAS expected 10 reach the
t,ry some time In tn. afternoon.
Arhucki~ rat toying with bits Of
paper while Prosecutor Leo Friedman
H. lrsh"i him to the jury as villain.
We arr not trying Arbuckic. the
hero of thousand laughs" said
Friedman. "we are trying Arbuckie.
the nan. the callouscd man who
could rtr d In tho face OF suffering
and smile. who could scc "a woman
w'i'hins In agony. screaming In pain,
and laugh who could think only OF
set'ins this poor dying woman out "
hts roons .o there might b- no trouble.
and who could not think q, getting
her medical aid.
We believe we have proved that
IN" rupturv which caused the death
"f Virginia Rappe could have been
c~us"d by no ono less than Roscoe
Athuvklo, narkor, Miss Rappc's
w~"eihoart who made base innuendos
against tho dead Kirl and loft bad
taste In IN. mouth of every one
wuuld havo YOU bclievc she was ALL
inr ev~vy time no met her.
You have heard Roncoc Arbucklc's
'".'Anony on thu stand. ART you and
know II wac fnlsc and w~ll fnbri-
Gated IN moot tho facts brought out
y, tho r~cpi. Facts ne could not
a.ny"
friedman mentioned N testimony
a. io Mrs. hambina Maudc Dcinonts y
kicking on the door or room 1919 while
Mics Rapro and Arhuck,e were In
thrro. and ne mentioned Mre. belmont
.n other points IN the case. though
Airs neln,cnt hcrsef was not put on
tho stand
llo reviewed the testimony OF vari-
ouH witncsaeH. LAYING sfrpss on that
az rrcd rishhack.
"fNshhsck told how no carried the
nj N..N. a
and one lcH." h, said Tie told n IN
~ attempt ~ explain away the
hfuisrs made on Miss Rappc's body.
fut when | asked him whsh arm
ana which les hc hecamc fustered
wni lost his compass and mentioned
'hs wrong arm and tho wrong leg.
can YOU imagine strong man like
ri@hhsck carrying woman by an
Am and n In. and asking the as
Saiancc ~ worieng corld nc not have
,"fricd her In hIs srmsg Hut that
would not have explained away the
truiwcs"
Tho beginning of the arguments
~as prrccd~,i by two sensations, the
report that Miss Irene Morgan had
h~cn poisoncd and was dying in her
tsom AZ thu chft Hotel, and the com
plsint ~ p~puty Sheriff Mctsovern
that the District Attorney had put
spi.a on the jury and that one of them
had sccoat~d tho thirteenth. or alter
psse turvw, saying. "Howe my old
friend. whlskcrs7"
Tho testimony wn- all IN at 3
o'clock. The commission Of three
physk,Lans William orfhuis. NJ Erwin
and q. Y. Rush--had made its report
Ca tho -6~ct that Mis~ Rsppc's rup-
turvd organ had b~cn diseased and