Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-12
ARbUCKLE CASE
To CD To JURY;
NURSE IS RAkED
Defense Derides Testi-
mony Rappe Girl Laid
Death to Film Clown.
Too Drunk to Tell Doc
tor, How Could She
Tell Mrs. Breig?

San Francisco. April 1-Gavin Nc
Nab. chief defense counsel for Roscoe
Arbuckle. taking up the argument
Tuesday afternoon. attacked the test
mony of Mrs. Virginia Breig, private
/ secretary at the sanitarium where Miss
Rappe died Her testimony in the
third trial of the film comedian was
! considered the most startling offered
| by the prosecution in support of its
contention that an attack by Arbuckle
caused Miss Rappe's death.
! Mrs. Breig testified that she went
to Miss Rappe's room at the sanitarium
the morning of the day she died, and
that the film actress, after stating that
she was not going to recover. told
and was responsible for her being in
the hospital
''The prosecution questions us as to
why we did not attempt to rule out
the testimony of Mrs. Breig," McNab
said. ''The impeaching testimony offer
ed by my secretary. Miss Dunno, was
ruled out on motion of the prOsecu
ton.
Told Doctor Couldn't Remember
Miss Rappe could not tell DR..
Rnmwell. her physician, what the mat
ter was. as she told him she was in
toxicated and did not remember.
Therefore. how could she tell Mrs.
Breig. this bill collector at the hos
pital. what had happened?'
Mrs. Breig was willing to sell her
testimony for me for the price of
Miss Rappe's bill, and I told her that
the best market for such testimony
was the district attorneys office
Referring to Arbuckle's wish in
previous trials that no derogatory
made. McNab said:
ut was the wish Of the defendant
that no reflection be made on the
character of Miss Rappe. We appreci-
ated the misfertunes of the girl were
those due to environment. Such wo-
men as some of those who have ap-
peared in this case and have been men
toned here do not belong to the wife
hood. the sisterhood and the mother
hood of the world.
Holds Miss Rappe DETAINED
"We would have been content to say
nothing regarding Miss Rappe's char
acter, but the revelations have been
produced by the district attorney IN his
ambitious and fiendish desire to send
Mr.. Arbuckle to the penitentlary.
In looking upon some of the women
in this case. | have been reminded of
the beautiful line of Ruskin's:
Wherever a true woman is. home
is always around her.
what contrast to some of the
women we have seen here
McNab praised Harry Barker. whose
testimony was assailed by the prose-
cution. as "a man and gentleman,
who tried to be clean himself and keep
all around him clean"
Barker's Benevolence Cited
"This man whom the prosecution
calls blackguard," McNab continued,
twas the only mourner at the funeral
of Miss Rappe's mother and he sacrl- |
feed himself financially to pay the
expenses of that funeral. Where was
Mrs. Fox and others who professed in
this court to be such good friends of
Miss Rappe? They were not there
McNab referred to what he termed !
bullying methods of the prosecution |
when he said:
IF Arbuckle is guilty. he surely can
be proved guilty. Why should he be
given a different kind of trial than |
others here? Why should certain
women witnesses of the prosecution be |
put IN prison 1Or three mOnInS! nat |
would have done to anyone who took
possession of my sister in that fash ,
ion? Had such thing happened
there would have been vacancy in
The office of the town bully and the |
coroner would have functioned over
the remains
Pitcher Once Too Often
When the session closed. McNab
still had an hour and half left to
speak. He will be followed by Leo
Friedman. who will close for the prose
,ution. 1t is expected that the jury
will have the case between and s
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Nat Schmulowitz was first speaker
or the defense. He snid:
Miss Rappe was the personifica-
ion of the pitcher which went to the
veil once too often. 1t has been
shown that her bladder was subject to
requent inflammation. and the attacks
we're allowed to continue too long
"The defense tried TO produce wit
lesses who would not reflect on the
haracter of Miss Rappe. but the
'rutal and unnecessary ss-examina-
ion of the prosecution brought out OBJ
ectionable episodes in relation to her.
Even an acquittal will not right the
wrong which has been done
he defendant