Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-29
4rbuckte Tells
His OUn Story
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~,,o, Fatty Arbuckle told the story
wnr;s LIZ narty belongs in this awful cal
: y. oador Of indescribable events.
el1vh Ivhon won said FATTY Is on the
w to n citizen Of San Francisco
sla .bat is lust what every one was
a;rT anu to every one else fifteen minutes
S. Tho great McNab had gently and
sLn,iv ordered his man forward TO III,
I nmnir--fhe person addressed stopped in
liz tracks, looked incrcdulous, dropped
III, .nSsteyer he had in his hand and
stsrted on a run for the Hall OF JUS
tice.
uo became part of the mob that be-
,isged the courthouse. The noon re-
Ssss was heightened because neither the
Jndge, the defendant, the lawyers nor
~ T;strict Attorney could get through
.ho tho crowd. They were dug out finally
su .a' a riot souad All the politicians in
E,iifornia we're there, pushing and
S,owdinr and looking for friends In
oesce 70 get them in and saying Hold
on W tjcbt. dearie," for each clutched his
beloved by the hand.
The Court Mobbed
Each beloved, dazzling. in Sunday
,,;iijuery. felt some of the weight OF
Ia nOlipp SUllau WUtH IL WI
IoubIc nuick In response to call Of
Sr;obtened deputy sheriff who shouted
nyer telephone that the court was
being mobbed.
II was as a matter Of fact. Fatty
.,J bis LAWYERS we're frozen in Jam
an the first floor. The District At
tornev was found by the police unable
10 move backward or forward in the
main corridor. Women were weeping
The attendants had retired into the
courtroom and slammed the doorsl
Women were the most relentless
f0htors in the crowd. They begged and
wheedlcd to he permitted TO enter the
rourtroom and were not satisfied even If
,bcv we're permitted at last to stand
outside in the corridors. They pushed
NJ the doors even after Judge Louder
back ordered them away.
Over all this scene the pink and green
extras descended in millions.
Within. at last, al. was quiet again
ond Fatty was in the witness chair,
looking trim in new blue suit and
drinking q glass of water minute. He
began his narrative at $50 and re-
sumed It under ironic cross examination
when court opened for the afternoon
session. Each of his LAWYERS snt tense,
waiting to leap to his assistance.
had GOOD hold of himself and he rcelcd
off his story slowly in a steady and
agreeable voice. The old grimac" of
confusion and chagrin which movie
gocrs used to know flashed repeatedly
over his face when he was pressed hard
or when he referred to his period in iail
when he was first charged with murder.
Comedian DIgnilled
His slow and careful voice filed the
room and he bore himself with Il nice
dignity. He arose now and then 10
demonstrate the manner in which he
i'Fted Miss RappC or 10 stroll over to
great diagram Of the hotel suite pinned
TO the wall in order that he might in
dicatc particular location or point of
action.
You were expected as the recital con-
tinued to imagine this Fatty rolling up
comfortably from Los Angeles in his
81, 600 motorCar to keep q dance and
dinner date with charming and we'll
bred lady. Mrs. Taube, of San Fran
cisco. Lowell Sherman attended him
at the hotel. This. of course, was on
September 4. the lay before the party.
Lowell Sherman was the next day
attended by Freddie Fishbach. Freddie
Fishbach, VINO does something or other
In the movies, was in turn attended by
Ira Fortlouis. a travelling salesman.
These worthless made sort of rem
devious Of Fatty's rooms. Rising Mt IL
o'clock IN the morning of Labor Day
as q person may whose income is about
$4,000 a year, Fatty found HIS suite
filed with noise and gay laughter.
Freddie Phones for Girls
Soon there was the scent Of gin and
Scotch and toast and coffee and omelet
all a.. 81, .,,I, tIn /, ,vL oil
Of Hollywood have for breakfast. Fred
die FiShbach was telephoning to some
girls and to one girl particularly whom
Ira FOrtlouiS wanted TO meet. That
girl was Virginia Rape.
Fishbach got the party well under
way and then expressed desire TO bor-
row Fatty's SO, 900 motor.
II said all right, go ahead testified
Fatty.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Maud B. belmont
bad arrived and was getting into pa
.arnas in one of the two bedrooms that
opened off the middle sitting room.
Came later Virginia RaDpe. Alice Blake
and Zey Provost arrived in turn. Fatty
said repeatedly that he invited nobody
10 the party and that he had asked
freddie FishbaCh TO get rid of Ira Fort e
louis. But Ira hung around.
The scene seems to shift in Fatty 3
mind AT the point, midway In the day,
when he switched from coffee and toast
TO Scotch highball. lie had no clear rec
election about hours or the movement Of
the sun overhead. lie pictured himself
Ns one accustomed to paying bills. sit
ting on a sofa and arising 10 telephone
to the hotel Office for n Nictrola be
"ause Virginia Rappe said she wanted
20 hear music.
Time Flies for Fatty
Years passed, seemingly, and Fatty
WAS still sitting on the sofa in the sit
ting room whcrc the breakfast was
spread, clad in pajamaS and dressing
Gown and drinking highballS when he