Evening journal., 1921-09-15
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According TO the District Attorney,
the most vital part OF this evidence
was the statement Of women wit
nesses that when they entered the
room in which Miss Rappe had been
locked with Arbuckle, she had said:
I'm dying; he hurt me-" The first
version had been that the injured
girl had said I'm dying: he killed
me-"
After her examination, Miss Prevon
left the jury room in an hysterical
condition and nearly tainted. After
telling all the circumstances leading
up to and including the finding Of
Miss Rappe in Arbuckie's room in an
injured and dishevelled condition,
the Prevon girl testified on close
cross-auestioning about Arbuckle's
actions while Virginia Rappe was
moaning in apparent agony.
did Arbuckle talk a great deal?"
she was asked
Yes. he did. He was very sore,
and I asked him what he was sore
about. He replied; II she makes
one more yell will take her and
throw her out of the window"
What was his condition as to be-
ing intoxicated or sober?"
HE was intoxicated. He had
been drinking. He had been talking
about jumping out OF the twelfth
story window. He said; What is
life after all"
When Miss Rappe was pulling
her clothes of / told her TO stop.
and then Arbuckle coming over, be-
gan to pull at her clothes, too.
showed his hands away and told him
the girl was sick. she's only
shamming." said he
At the examination OF Miss Pre-
Won, Police Captain Mattheson
said;
There will be people come to you
and tell you to keep your mouth
shut"
They have already" said the wit
ness.
"Who spoke to your"
II don't know" was the reply
"wen, some one did, didn't they2"
mo" responded the witness.
What followed in this line Of ex-
, animation was not disclosed. but Il
was said that Miss Provon signed a
statement that some persons had
, approached her and told her to say
, nothing about the case.
, Alice Blake, who was the first to
, enter the room in which Arbuckle
, and Miss Rappe had been locked,
told OF the events leading up to the
opening Of the bedroom door, Of
arfo Af ~
r through the door.
o on her entrance she heard Miss
, Rappe say, IL am dying; he hurt
me-" Then she said she heard Ar
e buckle say, "Oh, you're crazy. Shut
G up or ] will throw you out OF the
E. window" and right afterward he
= added, III you don't stop that noise
l. III throw you out the window"
r Miss Grace Ration, nurse at tho
n hospital where Miss Rape died fv'
N DAYS later, testified concerning con
e versations with the dying girl.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
Il in part was as follows:
e I'VE find that said Virginia Rappe
came to her death from peritouitis
caused by a rupture. Said rupture
: was caused by the application OF
4 some force which from the evidence
submitted we believe was applied by
- one Roscoe Arbuckle, and the un-
dersigned jurors therefore charge the
aforesaid Roscoe Arbuckle with the
crime Of manslaughter.
1--WE. the jury. recommend that
1 the district attorney Of the city and
county Of San Francisco. in conjunc-
s ton with the grand jury, the chief
r Of police and the federal prohibition
- officials. take steps to prevent a re.
o currence of affairs similar to the
h one in which this young woman los
her life. so that san Francisco shal
r not be made the rendezvous Of tn,
5 debauchee and gangster."
= One juror submitted a minority
verdict setting forth that from tn,
Il evidence he was unable to determine
p who was responsible for the applica.
e tion of force which caused the girl,
injuries.
:" That the findings OF the Coroner.
jury were phrased IN much more
direct and forceful language thar
had been expected by Arbucklei
y array Of counsel was plainly mani
le fest. only Charles Brennan OF tn
legal staff was present when the yer
dict was read and he made a hast,
copy. with which he rushed of L
y Frank Dominguez
y Arbuckle personally showed sign
OF a heavy slump in spirit Durin
'i the long period OF waiting he hal
been buoyed up by his attorneys
~ The comparative Importance OF IN
~ customary formal verdict OF a coro
,n ner's jury was impressed on hi
- mind Yet when tho jurymen file
into the inquest room he leaned for
~ ward nervously and while the docu
~ ment was being read by the Corone
- and his name was announced as eau.
~ ing the death OF Miss Rappe, N
nc comedians lips twitched nervousl
~ and his fun face took on a salloy
o' sickening hue.
With the words "debauchee an
gangster," ringing in his ears A
buckle was Ted back to the cell in n
city prison by his guard of detel
tives.