Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-28
State Rests
In Trial OF
Arbuckle
Announcement Of Prosecution
Comes Like Bombshcll to
To Defense - Chamber
maid OH Witness Stand.
Expect Star to Be Held
BY EDWARD ]. DoHERTY.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bcc I~a,ci Wire.

Chicago rribune-Omaha lee L~asc,i Wire.
San Francisco. Sept, 2.-Roseoe
(Fatty) Arbuekle. accused OF the
murder OF Miss Virginia Rape,
Chicago movie actress. will probably
be held 10 the higher court.
Judge Sylvan Lazarus OF the wo-
mans court. before whom the pre-
liminary hearing on the murder
charge has been conducted. made
this admission this evening, after the
state had announced that it had made
out a case and the defense. startled
and uuprepared. had asked for an
adjournment and promised TO move
for dismissal OF the charge.
The states action in closing the
case came al the end OF the most SEN
sational and dramatic testimony yet
offered, that of Miss Josephine Keza,
a maid at the Hotel Sa Francis, who
was on duty near Arbuckle's suite
on the afternoon of September 5,
at or about the time Miss Rappe
suffered the injury from which she
died.
Heard Woman's Voice.
81 heard woman's voice." she
said. 1T came through the door to
ME as | was passing"
The court room was startled. No
one had ever seen the witness before,
no one but the members OF District
Attorney Matthew Brady's staff. No
one had ever heard OF her.
1T was woman's voice" said
Assistant District Attorney Golden.
calm and unmoved. go on. Did
you hear another voice."
Yes, MANS"
What did the man say?'
The mantle said, shut up."
You went to the door and listen
ed and heard everything?"
YES"
Did you hear anything eise!".
Il heard talking and laughing,
music, dancing, doors slamming,
things like that. But in the other
rooms. 1920 and l22l-"
That's all"
Arbuckle was rubbing his rel
chins. Streaks of white showed on
them from the pressure of his fingers.
Frank Dominguez, his chief cour sci,
appeared utterly bewildered. The
spectators were leaning fefwaru.:
drinking in every word.
Sticks to Story.
Miss Keza, a large woman in a
blue dress spfashed with white, her
string of pearl beads, her gray ell
bow gloves, grey stockings and SAN.
dals, and her wide black sailor hat.
sat little conscious of the crowded
room, bit amused, perhaps, bit
delighted at the bombshell she had
exploded, with an evident sense OF
her own importance.
Dominguez took the witness. He
questioned her at length, but only
made her testimony stand out the
palmer. Every question brought
more dynamite for the defense. He
dropped her suddenly and finally
after she had stated she did not al
ways listen at doors and explained:
But when there's music and dane
ing and loud talking you sometimes
want to listen."
State Rests Case.
Miss ley Provost and Miss Alice
Blake, members Of the party in Ar
buckles suite, had preceded the
ehamberinaid and had given danaag-
ing testimony against Arbuckle. It
had been terrible day for Arbuckle.
and for his wife who sat beside him
al through it, and then came tI,a
final blast, uttered in the calm, slow,
steady voice of the prosecutor.
The state believes it has presented
enough evidence in this hearing. The
state believes your honor can judge
from the testimony offered here
whether or not the defendant should
be held to the higher court and on
what charge. The state is through"
Doninguez looked at Golden as
if he had not. heard or as if he did
not believe. Fatty" turned around
in his chair. "Fattys" wife looked
up at Golden suddenly, then turned
her head. Dominguez jumped up.
gasped as though for breath, and
shouted.
He declared it was unfair and un-
just. He declared the states star
witness, Mrs, Maude belmont, had
not been called as witness, Mrs.
belmont who had signed the COM
plant charging Fatty" with mur-
der, Mrs. belmont who had been in
the room all the time, had seen ev-
erything, knew everything. He en-
treated Brady in the name of Justice
and fair play and the people Of the
wonderful state of California to put