The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
1 M'NAB BEGINS THE
 FINAL APPEAL FOR
 SCREEN COMEDIAN
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] buckle. exclaimed, He killed mel" | The testimony of both prosecution
 and defense witnesses was detailed | by Friedman. He accused Fred
 Fischback. a leading defense witness,
 of having attempted to take the
 blame of Miss Rappe's injury on his own shoulders.
 The defense testimony of Dr. Franklyn Shields "blasted the de- fense's own theory that the bladder
 rupture which caused Miss Rappe's
 death might have resulted from sud-
 den immersion in a cold bath" Fried
 man said "Dr Shields testified that he had no knowledge of bladder rupturng in this fashion" ! San Francisco, December LA spe- cial medical commissions report that the bladder of Miss Virginia Rappe
 showed evidence of chronic inflam-
 nation and the presence of rupture,
 was submitted today in the man
 slaughter trial of Roscoe c. Arbuckle, | in connection with Miss Rappe's death.
 The defense contended that the bladder rupture which caused Miss Rappe's death was the climax of a
 chronic condition, and not caused by
 external force applied by Arbuckle,
 as the prosecution alleged. I The prosecution WHS BIdntSu lnC 1 privilege of examining the report. l The commission was named by the
 court and counsel for both sides. The
 report was read by pr. William | Ophuls, who was named on the com
 mission by the prosecution and who I performed a post-mortem examira-
 tion of Miss Rappe's body. The report absolutely corrobo-
 rates" the deposition of pr. Maurice
 Rosenberg of Chicago, who treated
 Miss Rappe supposedly for a bladder disorder in 1913, according to defense counsel.
 'T don't understand the report"
 District Attorney Matthew Brady said.
 pr. Ophuls on stand | The prosecution summoned Dr. l Ophuls to take the stand at D. m.
 and explain the report in details
 The inflammation of the bladder
 caused no weakening of the bladder
 wall, pr. Ophuls testified.
 The inflammation would not pre- f dispose the bladder to rupture or in
 itself cause a rupture" he said. ] Dr. E. M. Everin. who was named 1 on the commission by the court, also explained the report. "The degree of inflammation was comparatively small in Miss Rappe's bladder" he said.
 l Dr.. G. Y. Rusk, third member of
 the commission. said he could not de- | termine whether the inflammation
 noted would predispose the bladder
 to rupture
 The prosecution announced that 1t would close finally with Dr. Ophuls'
 explanation and that Leo K. Fried man. assistant district attorney, would then make the first closing ar 1 gument for the people. | McNab to Argue | McNab announced he would make the only argument for the defense
 and expected to conclude 1t today. 1 --"I expect to take less than two hours" he said.
 Each side was given four hours. Capt Theodore Ray Ward of the Canadian expeditionary forces testi- | fled today In refutation of defense
 testimony by Mrs. Rene Morgan, war
 nurse, that she was connected with the Canadian forces. Mrs. Morgan testified that she attended Miss Vir-
 ginia Rappe, whose death was made the basis of the trial. The testimony
 was a continuation of the prosecu- tion's rebuttal.
 Mrs. Morgan said on the stand that
 she had been affiliated with the Fifth company" in the Canadian hos pital service at the front. Ray Ward testified that there was no Fifth company"
 Mrs. Morgan said also that She
 served on the battle of the Marne in 1917 Ray Ward said the battle was In 1918. pr. William H. Harrison, a San | Francisco physician, testified that
 bladder injuries of the type from
 which Miss Rappe died, was rarely of a purely internal or spontaneous l character. The prosecution charges that Arbuckle caused the injury. | Mrs Lula Corey, attendant at a
 Ventura county hot springs said to
 have been visited by Miss Rappe. was
 recalled to detail the payment plan followed for the plunge at the resort,
 which she testified was used by Miss | Rappe.
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