The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-03
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 PREVIOUSLY ABOUT
 THE COURT ROOM
Jury Asks to See Door of Hotel Room, But It Is Not Brought to
 Them
By Associated Press

San Francisco, December 2,-At s 0,15 D. m., when the jury In the
 Roscoe c. ArbuckIe manslaush-
 ter case had been out of the
 courtroom five hours their ver-
 diet, to nH outward appearances,
 was ns distant as ever. Actually
 the jury had been deiiberating
 only about half the time, how
 ever. as 1t took recess of two
 and One-half hours for dinner
 The bnIliffs were summoned to
 the jury room twice. Once was to
 receive a request that the jurors
 he taken to dinner nnd the other
 time the jury asked that the
 doors of the room In the hotel
 where Arbucl<le Is alleged to
 have injured Virginia Rnppe, he
 brought to them for examinn-
 tion. They changed their minds.
 however. before the request could
 he met. Each request caused
 wave Of excitement.
 Expert testimony regarding the fingerprints on these doors was the basis of contention by the prose- cution that Arbuekle had a struggle with the girl in the room.
 Hundreds crowded the courtroom and adjoining corridors after the din- ner period and the door leading into the jury room was barricaded on the outside by a table and several chairs A. .xr.aN if
 Arbuckle appeared nervous and paced about the courtroom He had little to say.
 The bailiff entered the jury room at II n. m. and then came back and reported the Jury would be locked up for the night.
 The jury took a ballot few min- utes before being locked up. but |: failed of decision. Speculation that it stood II to for acquittal could not be confirmed. Hundreds waited Inside the courtroom throughout the period of deliberation.
 After announcing to the bailiff that 1t could not reach decision tonight. the jury was taken back to its hotel. There was no indication of how many ballots were taken tonight.
 San FrnnciseO, December %s
 Thes mnnsiaushter ease of Roscce
 C. Arbucssle went to the jary nt
 4;I5 D. m.
 ArbuckIe is accused of having
 fatally injured Miss virginia
 Rappe. n motion picture nctrers.
 during the party in his room fin
 the Hotel st. Francis septem-
 her ,.
 The case has occupied the court for approximately three weeks. To- days entire session was taken up with final arguments, instructions to the jury and jury deliberations.
 Gavin McNab, chief defense coun- sel, opened the session today with a continuation of his closing argu- ment He was followed by Milton URen, assistant district attorney. whose summing up lasted nearly an hour.
 The courtroom was crowded throughout the day and the corri dors also held an anxious. crushing crowd. Arbuckle appeared to show deep interest In the arguments
 McNab attacked what he termed the Imprisonment" of two prosecu- ton witnesses. Miss Zeh Provost and Miss Alice Blake, show girls. by the district attorney, ''in order to coerce them into giving testimony beneficial to the prosecution's cause"
 U'Ren referred to Arbuckle as a "BelsfAzzar sitting on his throne and pouring wine" during the party in the Hotel St. Francis. 4
 Asked at the cessation of final ar guments what his future plans were Arbuekle said he would make no statement until the thing is out of the way" The prosecution reiterated it's hope for a speedy conviction.
 Alternate Juror Hopkins said that the jury had been watched closer than any other in San Francisco for 25 years.
 ",rhey censored our mail. both in- coming and outgoing" he said. We each had a separate room at the hotel where we were watched like hawks by four deputy sheriffs.
 Hopkins told representative of the San Francisco Call that fin his opinion the prosecution had failed to prove it's case and the jury would be four or five hours in reaching yer dict.