Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-24
NEW FORMATION
BY COUNSEL IN
ARBUCKLE CASE
Finger Expert TeStifieS, o.
Cupying the Stand Most
Of the Day; Jury Asks for
Night Sessions.
tBy Tho Associated Press.

San Francisco, Calf, Jan. a.
Finger prints, alleged to have been
made on the door Of Roscoe
(F'atty) Arbuckle's room in the
Hotel st. Francis "could have been
forged under some circumstances"
Il, o, Heinrich, finger print expert,
testified today in the second trial OF
a manslaughter charge against Ar
buckle in connection with Miss
Virginia Rappe's death.
II determined as best I could by
experiments that these particular
finger prints were not forged, how
ever" Heinrich said.
The prosecution charges that the
finger prints indicated that Miss
Rape attempted to escape from
the room on the occasion that she
was supposed to have been fatally
injured by Arbuckle and that he
forcibily detained her. Previously
Heinrich, who was on the stand
most OF the day, had identified the
finger prints as those of Arbuckle
and Miss Rape Heinrich's testl-
mony included an experiment in
when ne pfscet+ the imprint of his
own hand on the door and devel-
oped it with aluminium dust to
show the manner in which the
other imprints on the door were
brought into plain view. Heinrich
took exception to some Of the
statements made by finger print
authorities whom he quoted while
qualifying as an expert.
Before he had concluded his tes-
timony the court produced a COM
munication from the jury asking
for night sessions. The court said
that on account of the fact that the
regular court sessions are longer
than usual there would be no night
sessions unless counsel desired
them. Neither side made state
ment on the matter.
Warden WOolard, a reporter on
the Los Angeles Times, gave testi-
mony that caused the prosecution
to read to the jury all of the testi-
mony offered by Arbuckle as wit
ness in his own bena1f in the first
trial. The reading was based on
the contention that Arbuckle, ac-
cording to Woolard, made state
ments in Los Angeles contrary to
his testimony.
Woolard testified that he inter
viewed Arbuckle in Los Angeles on
September 0. regarding dispatches
from the Associated Press and the
San Francisco Chronicle telling of
Miss Rappe's death in San Fran
cisco on the same day.
"Arbuckle said that Miss Rappe
was taken i'll at party he had
given in the Hotel st. Francis. but
he did not know of any injuries
that could have caused her death"
Woodland testified.
Later, according to Woolard, Ar
buckle either got in touch with the
chief of police in San Francisco
with an offer to ego up there and
clear the thing up" or said he was
going to make such an offer. Ar
buckle denied having hurt Miss
Rape IN any way, but admitted
that he pushed her down on the
bed to keep her quiet" Woodland
said. The reading Of Arbuckle's
Testimony was cut short by adjourn
ment over night.
According to Woodland, Arbuckle
said he ordered Mrs. Bambina
Maude belmont out OF his rooms
on the occasion he is supposed to
have injured Miss Rape because
she was too boisterous.
What has been chara cterized by
court officials as football forma-
ton" has been put into effect by
the defense. With each new witness
II is shiriins its seating order at
the council table so that the par
tIcular attorney who has been Sc
lectcd to cross examine is closest to
the witness.