Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-10-04
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SOURCE
SOUGHT
Arrangements Made to
Place Comedian in
Custody Upon Arriv-
al in San Francisco.


San Francisco, Oct. Arr
rangements have been completed
to arrest Roscoe C. (Fatty) Ar
buckle, motion p,crure actor. for
alleged violation of the volstead
prohibition enforcement act, when
he arrives here from Los Angeles
tomorrow to answer to a man.
slaughter charge in connection
with the death of Miss Virginia
Rape, motion picture actress.
Robert H. Mccormack, assistant
United States attorney general in
charge Of prohibition prosecutions.
announced today.
Two others will be arrested with
Arbuckle on the same charge. Nc
Cormack said. He declined to
name them.
Charge Follows Party.
The announcement follows the
alleged delivery and serving OF
liquor to the party in the Hotel
81. Francis in which Miss Rappe
was said to have been fatally in
Jured, supposedly by Arbuckle,
Mccormack said that the liquor
source was traced to grill on Ma
Mia street, few blocks from the
hotel, but that when federal raid
OF the grill was arranged "it was
tipped off by some one in the Of
flee Of E. Forrest Mitchell. dis
trict federal prohibition enforce
ment officer"
I'VE are going 70 find out who
that some one is" Mccormack
said. "and see that be is prose-
cuted."
M CORN c k telephoned to
Mitchell today and asked that
Jack Lawrence. who made an affi-
davit which disclosed the alleged
source of the liquor supply, be pro-
duced by Mitchell for examina
tion. Mitchell replied, according
to Mccormack. that he did not
known Lawrence's whereabouts,
but later telephoned Mccormack
and promised to produce Lawrence
"in 48 hours"
Delivery Sworn To.
Mccormack announced that he
would hold Lawrence in custody
until the examination is COM
pleted.
Lawrence's affidavit, which
was published in the San Francis
co Bulletin today, said in part:
"on Saturday. September 8, de-
livered four bottles of whiskey to
Wall at the st. Francis hotel,
and on Monday, the 5th, deliv-
cred twelve more bottles to him.
He came down pretty drunk.
Il remarked: You are having a
fine time up there, and he said:
Fatty is having fine old booze
Il said: He can afford it.
Wall replied: I'll say he
can
Lawrence said in the affidavit
that the liquor came from Canada
and was STORED at Gobey's grill.
lao Manila street, San Francisco"
Reveals Booze Source"
In the affidavit Lawrence de-
clared a visit to a "moonshine''
still at Clio, deserted lumber
camp in Plumas county, and also
told of the method employed by
Canadian liquor runners TO get
their supplies into this country.
"At Victoria an agent buys the
quantity of liquor desired he
said, land loads it in power
launches which run up Puget
Sound. The price paid for best
whiskey is 50 a quart, and it is
sold to buyers at Seattle at IS, SO
the agent and boatmen make So
on each quart.
After the boats are loaded they
proceed at night up the Sound to
land their cargo into trucks which
take il to Seattle for distribution.
The funny part of it is that gov
ernment vessel the Viking, which
carries supplies up Puget Sound.
has often towed a string of booze
runners when the tide is strong.
and received presents Of liquor in
The entimated amount
paid for protection and rake offs
in Seattle alone by all the opera
tors there is around $1,000
week"