Indiana daily times., 1921-09-13
NOT
INDICTED TODAY
BY GRAND JURY
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Brady said when he came to his office
early today.
I'VE are on the trail of new evidence
which will strengthen it greatly"
1t was understood that some Of his
rev evidence" was expected to come
from Los Angeles. where the public
morals commission was said to be in
vestigating alleged orgies in the Holly
~ ood motion picture colony
The FalsJaff of the movies. tired from
a day of unusual strain during which he
had undergone all of the routine of GRIM
mai procedure from arrest to arraign-
ment, went to sleep early last night and
at o'clock this morning was aroused
with difficulty from a sound slumper
to appear before the grand jury.
Dressing hastily. he was taken by de-
tectives directly from the jail to the
grand jury room.
MOVIE STAR
REFUSES TO TALK
Perspiration poured from his forehead
as he answered in a low tone when asked
By the foreman OF the Jury to give his
version of the st. Francis party.
MY attorneys nave advised me to say
nothing at this tine"
He was led back to his cell the district
attorney and his attaches excluded from
the grand jury loom and that body SET
tied down to consideration of the tes-
timony
For nearly an hour they talked over
the case behind closed doors Then
Foreman Clifford Curtiss emerged and
announced:
''It was thought best to take no vote
on an indictment tonight. We considered
hos tc orfr ~ 1k d
time in which 20 secure certain informa-
ton which we desire. We did not set
date for resumption of the grand jury
Investigation"
II was following this significant state
ment from Foreman Curtis regarding
certain information" desired by that
body that District Attorney Brady made
his charge of witness tamperine
We have sent Miss ley Pryvon home
under surveillance. The girl changed her
story completely before the grand jury.
Whether or not we shall arrest her ana
rxSharge her with perjury Will depend on
fertber developments.
Il am convinced undue influence and
pressure of sin ster character has been
brought to bcar on her and other wit
nesses, one CT whom, Alice Blake has
mysteriously dissppea red from her home
in Berkeley. We have been unable to
find her.
I'm spite Of these efforts to thwart
the ends Of justice the investigation will
proceed and no effort will be spared to
bring the guilty ones to their just
deserts.
EASY TO CONVICT
A POOR MAN.
Whenever wealth and influence are
brought to bear on Justice every sinister
and corrupt practice is used In an effort
to free the accused. 1t always is easy
10 convict poor man. The wealthy male
factors are the ones who find means of
using their wealth TO their advantage.
Wealth and influence should not count
In favor of the defendant, neither should
they count against him"
Nine witnesses were heard By the
grand jury during it's long session.
Mrs. Bambime Maude belmont who
has assumed the role Of prosecutrix.
first told her story of the party and
the events that followed it. She is un-
derstood to have related in detail the
story she already had told the police.
In this she declared Arbuckle dragged
Miss Rappe into his room and locked the
door; that she remained there an hour.
despite her urgings that the door be
NSAr ened; that when the door finally was
bed dishevelled and in a semi-conscious
condition.
She further told of the medical treat
rnent of the girl at the hotel and later
at the hospital
Mrs. Jean Jamerson, nurse in charge
of the case, testified. She repeated, it
was said her statement that the girl. in
almost her last words accused Arbuckle
of being responsible for her condition
Mrs. Jameson, it is understood, pointed
cut that the girls statements had been
conflicting in that at times she declared
she did not remember what happened
Miss Zey Pryvon, Ira G. Fortlouis, DR..
William 0phuls, an autopsy surgeon Al
Zembacher, Mrs. Rose Reiss, mother OF
Miss Pryvon, and John Reiss, her
brother. were the other witnesses
Counsel for sArbuckle were plainly
elated with the failure of the grand jury
10 vote an indictment. They, however,
had no statement to add to their earlier
plea for the public to hold Judgment
IN abeyance.
ATTORNEYS SAY
ARBUCKLE INNOCENT.
~We. with a complete knowledge of
al the facts. know that he is Innocent"
said this statement, signed by three or
'ssA attorneys The patrons of the
silent drama having a knowledge of the
smile and heart OF the famous Fatty"
Arbuckle, will not believe he is guilty
Of the charges made against him until
proved In the court of justice" the state
ment continued. THE Christian senti-
ment of the God flea ring nation Will not
adjudge sny person. guilty Of an alleged