The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-15
ONE WOMAN TO
BE CHOSEN FOR
ARBUCKLE JURY
Fatty Is DouUncast
While Lawyers Fight
Verbal Battle.

San Francisco, Calilf. Nov.
15-(Unfted Press.) - Police
were called out today to hold
back crowds surging through
and around the Hall of Justice
! where Roscoe (-Fatty-) Ar
| buckle was on trial on u charge
! OF causing the death of NIr-
/ ginia Rappe.
! The tedious work of picking
] a jury was resumed at 10
a. m.
san Francisco. Cal, Nov. IS
Twelve venire members examined
and five jurors accepted tentative
! ly, one OF them a woman, was the
/ situation at the opening of the sec
J ond day of the trial of Roscoe G.
! crafty Arbuckle. here today on
a manslaughter charge.
Z ATbuckle went on trial yesterday
, on charges connected with the
death of Miss Virginia Rappe, film
I actress, whose death followed a
party in Arbuckle's room at a ho-
tel here last September.
The five jurors so far seated.
however, still are subject to per-
emptory challenge.
Exhaustive interrogation to which
veniremen are being subjected in
dicates that the jury probably will
not be completed before Thursday.
/ McNab Accuses Brady.
The first days session was de-
void of interest except for verbal
tits between opposing counsel.
The incident bordering on the SEN
sational was an intimation in court
by Gavin McNab, chief OF counsel
for the defense. that District At
torney Matthew Brady had threat
ened to send to Jail some witnesses
if they refused to make certain
statements. Mr.. McNab added that
he would produce seven witnesses
to prove his assertion.
If you DO" Mr.. Brady retorted,
II will resign
+ Perceptbly downcast, the film
2 comedian sat in silence while law
yers questioned prospective jurors
Betty Campbell Found.
= Chicago, Nov. 15.-Miss Betty
. Campbell. long sought as an impor,
I tant witness in the Fatty" Ar
! buckle case. was found today il
; her home here.
Miss Campbell, 20 years old, was
a a, member Of the party at which
: Virginia Rappe met her death. She
: denied she attempted to escape
= from the San Fran cisco authorities
r. Thinks "Fatty- Innocent.
z 4 do not believe. that Vfrginia
T Rappe was killed by Fatty Ar
e buckle. or that he had anything Il
II do with her DEATH" the girl said
G Here's why: | joined the party at
l O'Clock that afternoon, Virginia
= according to the prosecution now
e was supposed to have been fatal,
injured by Fatty two or thre
hours earlier. She was, at tha
time, lying in an adjoining room.
Was At Party.
Il remained at the party unit
p after O'Clock that evening. Nov
we drank. danced and played tb
phonograph all that time, and til
party included the same person
who had been there with Virginia
+ there was Fatty Al SemnacheI
Virginia's manager; Fred Fish
back, Mrs. belmont. Zeh Prevosf
1-OH6Il SueIlldH anu L"O uLuGiS Ut
sides myself
+ My point is this. it doesn
J. seem possible, if Arbuckle ha
q committed the terrible crime wit
a which he is sow charged. that tn
If party would have continued thus
and that the same people who no.
h are testifying against him shoul
s have remained in it.
l. Heard No Trouble.
During the entire time I wa
p present / heard not a single wor
ID from anybody that there had bee
L any trouble of any kind. exceI
two statements from Arbuckl
l. himself. Once he explained thu
he had sent Virginia out of tn
party because she had become tC
wild and noisy. And later, at dill
ner. he said to Semnacher:
- think you should take he
q out of here. l don't want to
responsible for her
"Mrs. belmont came back in
Il the suite after Sherman left. ar
h had several drinks ! heard ht
nt say nothing about Virginia"
Il, Is "Nissing Witness
n San Francisco, Nov. 15.-Gav
n NJ. McNab. chief special counsel fl
cd Roscoe c. C'Fatty') Arbuckle. d
he clared this morning that aside fro
nd his knowledge that Betty Cam
bell had been one of those at II
Arbuckle party on Sept 9, he d
not know what she knew OF the a
[ fair out Of which grew the dea
OF Virginia Rape.
Mr.. McNab said Miss Campbt
| was one of the missing witness
! |. and that she had disappeared fro
this city.