The Cordova daily times., 1922-01-21
FATTY HASHAD
 FOUR MONTHS
 OF DULL LIFE
FILM COMEDIAN WHOSE PARTIES
 WERE AS FREQUENT AS THEY WERE FAMOUS HAS HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO REFLECT
SAID TO BE BROKE TODAY
His Trouble Over the Death of Vir- ainia Rappe Has Cost Him Every Cent of Cash He owned, According to Reports

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 21 - The past four months have been the ouietest in the life of Roscoe C"Fatty') Arbuckle.
 Up until his arrest four months ago the famous film comedian led a care-free existence.
 "The party's the thing!" was his motto, according to his friends, and he always sought to get all the fun available out of life.
 He staged parties galore. they say in the old days.
 Then came almost three weeks 1T iail During this time Fatty" talked to no one but his counsel. He hac lots of time to think.
 Freed on bond when the charge against him was reduced to man slaughter, he went to his Los Angeles home with his wife, Minta Durfee who came from New York to ms side when the storm broke about him. She, who had been separated from him for three years, has beer his constant companion ever since She sat through every session Of hls first trial and was with him when ht arrived here for his second trial. "Fattv's" career has been a pic turesque one.
 BORN IN KANSAS He was horn in Kansas in 1887 He early began to act and toured with stock companies and finally hat company of his own. Later on when the tmovies" began to tak' hold. he started with Keystone. at 5 a day, as an extra man, Later h' got to be leading man and a di rector
 1 That "extra" man, Arbuckle, wa quite a different man from the pie l throwing "Fatty" in whose homo film producers and exhibitors ten dered banouet in Los Angeles Feb ruary 16 1917. on the eve of hi departure for New York. Fatty" became a connoisseur o motor cars He always bought car that could speed, but the average "cop" passed Fatty up most of th 1 time, they were so rapt in astonish | ment at the sight of his cars. Thi | was the result of his purchase O five different customAbuilt bodies fo 1 his various cars, and he always in sisted on shining nickel and lou' colors
 Fatty gave the world anothe thrill early in 1919 when it was an nounced that he had signed up fo three years by Adolph Zukor fo $3,OO0,O0O Whether this was to b all salary or was to include the turn 1 ing over of a certain number of film to Famous Players-Lasky was neve made public. This was the bigges contract indulged in by Zukor up t. that time.
 BOUGHT OLD MANSION 1 While Fatty was getting quick wealthy, several years ago, he pur chased the magnificent West Adam street home of the Miners.
 A more Bohemian atmosphere wa created with "Fatty's" purchase o the house, for which he is said t. have paid almost s1OO,OOO From tha time until his arrest party followe' party. The motion picture colon. 1 when bored could alwoys find re1axa tion in "Fatty's home. Wine an' song were always there to charm tn boys and girls. | Late in 1920 Fatty" sailed fo France and was geeted there so en Enthusiastically that he was severel. injured. A number Of men in a crow 1 attempted to carry their hero" ol their shoulders. but they did no calculate his avoirdupois careful. enough, and "Fatty" fell to the pave ment. Early last year came rumors iron the East that he was about to b married but Fatty" denied this b.