The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
ARBUCkLE MAY FACE
PROHIBITION CHARGE;
FUNERAL ARRANGED
nv Associated Press)


coe Fatty" Arbuckle will be prose
cuted as a violator of the Nolstead
prohibition enforcement act, If evil
dence now being gathered shows that
ae transported as much as lone drop
of intoxicating liquor" from Los An
geles to San Francisco for his party
on Labor Day, Robert H. Mccormack,
special assistant to the United States
attorney general announced here to-
day
Mccormack announced that he hat
sent Prohibition Director E. Forrest
Mitchell to Los Angeles to investi-
gate.
Federal authorities are conducting
an investigation into the source Of
the liquor supply alleged to have been
used at Arbuckle's suite. Two empty
whiskey bottles are alleged by au-
thorities TO have been recovered from
a waste basket in the Arbuckle rooms.
Arrange Funeral
Arrangements were being COM
pleted today for the funeral of Miss
Virginia Rape, motion picture act
ress, whose death in a sanitarium here
last Friday resulted in four charges
against Roscoe Arbuckle, two of muir
der and one of manslaughter.
Herman Jaurag is acting at the re-
quest of Henry Lehman who was en-
gagged to Miss Rape. The undertake
ing establishment having the body an
nounced that it would be sent south
today or tomorrow.
Proceedings against Arbuckle today
were scheduled return of the man
slaughter true bill voted by the county
grandjury, the assigning of the case
10 one Of the three superior criminal
courts and a conference between Dis
trict Attorney Brady and police Off
Gals to determine the charge upon
which Arbuckle will be tried.
Receive Telegram
The undertaking establishment re-
ceived the following telegram from
Henry Lehrman: please deposit Vir-
ginia Rappe's body in manner sug-
gested. Wait for shipping instruc-
tions as Los Angeles representative
has not yet wired name of undertaken
who will have charge of funeral Lii
liam Gatlin acceptable"
BY depositing the body is meant get
ting it ready for shipment, the under
taker said. Miss Gatlin, writer and
friend of Miss Rappe's, asked permits
sion to accompany the body from this
city to Los Angeles.
A threat of violence against Ar
buckle ''if justice is not done in his
case was contained in an anonymous
letter received from Sacramento to-
day by Harry Kelly, secretary of the
county grand jury. The letter was
turned over to the police.
Arbuckle bid goodbye to his cell
mate David Bender, who escaped from
the Maryland penitentiary. Bender
left today in charge of Maryland Of
fetal to serve the remainder of his
term Bender wished Arbuckle good
luck and the film comedian recipro-
Gated the sentiment. t
Two Charges Pending
Arbuckle has two separate charges
pending against him. In one, a COM
plant sworn in police court by Mrs.
B. NJ belmont, friend of Miss Rape,
Arbuckle is charged with murder.
Following this charge on last Thurs
! day night the grand jury indicted him
for manslaughter. and the true bill is
TO be returned before Superior Judge
Z. P. Shortall some time today
District Attorney Brady announced
that he would confer with his assist
ants to determine on which of the
two charges he would bring Arbuckle
10 trial. 1t was pointed out by Brady
that should it be decided to try the
film star on charge of mansla lighter
and the murder charge be dismissed.
Arbuckle would be admitted to bail.
Under the California law a person
charged with murder cannot obtain
bail.
Manslauahter Charge
kilograms were received by Dis
trict Attorney Brady yesterday asking
him to prosecute the case vigorously.
Arbuckle, too, received telegrame-16
of them-the contents of which were
not made public. The kilograms to
Arbuckle were sent in care of the
chief of police
Promises Vigilance.
District Attorney Matthew Brady
last night dispatched a telegram as.
surfing Mayor L. c. Hodgson, mayor OF
St Paul, that he planned to prosecute
the case against Roscoe (Fatty Ar
buckle most vigorously" Brady's
telegram in answer TO one from May
or Hodgson urging him to fight this
case to a finish" follows:
Your telegram received. Assure
YOU and good people OF st. Paul that
in spite of Arbuckle's money and in
fluence the case viii be prosecuted
most vigorously. Depend upon me t.
do my full duty as district attorney
to thwart any attempt TO defeat jus
. tice."