The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-26
ARBUCKLE TRIAL
GOES FORWARD

L
ginia Rappe, motion picture actress
whose death the state charges result
ed from injuries received at the hands
OF Roscoe c. Arbuckle, was repre-
sented today in statement read at
the Arbuckle manslaughter trial here
as having stated to DIR. NJ. E. Rum
well, San Francisco physician, that
she must have been intoxicated for
she could not remember what hap
pened" during the course of party in
Arbuckle's rooms here.
DR.. Rumwell testified to having at
tended Miss Rappe after the Arbuckle
party.
Miss Rape told him she had been
drinking and "she did not recollect
anything that happened" DR.. Rum
well testified. The prosecution moved
that this testimony be stricken out but
the court allowed it to remain.
DR.. Rumwell said he saw no bruises
or other marks on Miss Rappe's body.
DR.. Rumwell was not cross-exam-
ined. Miss Irene Morgan, trained
nurse of South Pasadena, was the
next witness.
Miss Morgan said she was employed
in Hollywood by Miss Rappe as house
keeper and trained nurse. She said
she saw Miss Rappe tearing at her
clothes "many times" and treated her
at least five times for bladder trouble.
Her patient used to double up and
cry" presumably as result of the
trouble, the witness said.
After drinking intoxicating liquors
Miss Rape would tear her clothes
off, she said.
Under cross-examination the wit
ness testified to having attended a
South Pasadena woman during an op-
Grafton. The prosecution explained
that by bringing out this information
it wished to establish a motive for
Miss Morgan's statements regarding
Miss Rape. This line of evidence
was stopped by the court.
The crowds were so dense at the
opening of the afternoon session that
the defendant and counsel had diff
Guilty in reaching their seats.
Mrs. Bambina Maude belmont, who
brought the charge of murder against
Arbuckle, which later was reduced to
mapslapghter, was a spectator It was
her ssffrst appearance since the -tfiaf
began.
The defense finished putting in ex-
pert testimony today. DR.. George
Franklin Shields, who testified as an
alienist in the first trial of Harry
X. Than, illustrated on blackboard
how bladder injuries might be caused
by hysteria or alcoholism. DR.. Lloyd
Bryan and Fred H. Zumwalt testified
that bladder ruptures may, under GER
tain conditions, be purely spontane-
GUS in character.
Mrs. belmont sat close to Mrs.
Mimic Durfee Arbuckle, wife of the
defendant, but, as far as could be
seen, the women did not glance at
each other.
Arbuckle apparently was unmoved
by the evidence. He appeared more
cheerful during the recess periods
than he has been for some time past.
Miss Jennie Neighbors told Of hav-
ing met Miss Rape at summer re-
sort near Los Angeles and of having
ministered to her at the girls re-
quest, for what seemed to be abdom-
inal pains.
Harry B. Barker, ranchman Of
Stockton, Calf, said he had known
Miss Rape intimately for five years
and that he had seen her on several
occasions "all doubled up and tearing
at her clothes" Once, he said, she
appeared to suffer greatly after
drinking small glass of wine. Bar
ker said he had real estate busi-
ness in Gary. Ind, as we'll as his
ranch in California.