Evening star., 1921-09-29

the city prison, where he has been Tor
the last eighteen days.
Coming out of his cell with an over
flowing armful of clothing, his face took
piled the clothes into suit case news
i paper photographers started TO take
pictures Of him and smile began 10
creep over his countenance. AS Dal-
loon-like cloud of flashlisht smoke rose
toward the ceiling he gazed at it with
almost a grin.
Roll cigarette with one hand wnen
we take the next snap" suggested one
of the photographers.
II can't" he replied. ITS the other
Arbuckle that does that
Rush to shake Actors Hand.
AS court adjourned a dozen women
| rushed forward to shake Arbuckles
hand. AS he went into the judges
! chambers his wife, Mrs. Minta Duriee
i Arbuckle collapsed. and he held her
up and Quieted her In an affectlonate
! manner. Her mother. Mrs Flora
! Durfee. meanwhile smoothed the
head.
The well known Arbuckle smile did
not appear, however. and he merely
said THANK you." in response to the
| handshakes and greetings OF Con
gratulations, Roscoe" from various
| people.
Assistant District Attorney Milton
T JrRen and IsaIore Golden asked
Judge Lazarus if he placed no
credence of Miss Rappe's cries. He
hurt me-" or the screams heard by
the hotel maid. but the court SAID
| Shey were not sufficient to implicate
| Arbuckle in the commission OF
| srime." The district attorneys aides
| also contended that the court could
only either hold the defendant TO
answer for murder or dismiss the
case altogether. but Judge Lazarus
said that was not his understanding
of the law.
| When the hearing was resumed
yesterday Judge Lazarus began
discussion of the case.
| Social Standards Mt Stake.
| I'VE need not disguise the fact
! that this is an important case IN
my opinion we are not trying roscoe
Arbuckle alone. the screen celebrity
world. We are, in a sense, trying
| ourselves. our morals. our present
day social standards The question
( is larger than the guilt of this un-
fortunate: it is a universal issue.
THE affair was the elimination OF
ries. An orgy unrepressed by the
| management is. l take it, common
! thing in our big cities.
| Il had really hoped that this court
| would be the avenue for full and COM
J plete revelation of all the facts. so the
| public of the entire world would nave
| the opportunity to ascertain this wide
| ly known defendants guilt or Inno-
| cence.
! THE testimony heard shows that
| during the whole afternoon there went
on, let us charitably say, festivities.
| Men and women were coming and go
| ing, so that witnesses are unable to
| say who were the occupants at any
| particular hour.
Much liquor was drunk, and the
&C mplaining witness. in particular. was
, In an inebriated condition.
| Judge Reviews Revel.
| Miss Rappe. according to the pic
| ture I have tried to draw of the event,
went into room 1919 of this hotel, fol-
! lowed, without previous conversation,
! by the defendant.
| "They remained in there about three
! quarters of an hour, according to Miss
! Zeh Prevost's testimony. No sounds
| were heard by the rest of the party.
! Then the complaining witness and
| Miss Provost made clamor at the door.
which was opened by the defendant.
] and these two ladies' entered the room.
/ "They found Miss Rape lying on a
bed. fully clothed and apparently in
agony. She was clutching at her
clothing, and, with the assistance OF
! her woman companions, Sne was cOIu-
pletely disrobed. l thought some OF
| the torn garments might bear on the
| point at ISSUE but from the prosecu-
! tion's own witnesses it appears they
must have been torn In being re-
moved"
! Assistant District Attorney Isadore
Golden Interrupted with the assertion
| that the evidence showed one of the
! garments must have been torn off.
Calls Ice Testimony Worthless.
I The court said he could not see any
| Significance in certain other testimony
introduced by the prosecution.
! Evidence has been given regarding
lalleged ribald conduct Of the defend.
ant regarding the use of ice. but II
had no connection with any possible
injuries received by the deceased. al