The Washington times., 1922-01-11
To
BE PUT ON
FILM JURY
Taking Of Testimony Expected
To Be Begun Next
Week.
BY ELLIS H. MARTIN,

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Jan. II.
There was every indication today,
as the task of getting a Jury to try
ond time for manslaughter was
undertaken In superior court, that
women win again be well represent
ed among the twelve peers" chosen
to hear the evidence.
Fifteen On Panel
There are fifteen women In the
panel of sixty-five Jurors summoned
by Judge Louderback for duty today
eight Of them married and seven
single,
/ 1--WE desire q representative jury"
Gavin McNab, chief of the Arbuckle
legal staff, said today as court con-
|vened, ''and the fact that 1t was a
woman who prevented a verdict OF
acquittal at the first trial will not
occasion. Then we endeavored to Sc
cure six men and six women and II
such q thing is possible in this trial
It viii please U.S." |
There were seven men and five
women on the first Arbuckle jury.
District Attorney Brady will also
favor women for jury duty. Judge
Louderback wfll likely order a thir-
teenth Juror sworn as in the first
trial.
Stars For State Want Fees.
Although court attaches have been
inclined to believ that jury will
be difficult to secure, Attorney Nc
Nab expressed the belief today that
II will be selected with greater speed
than in the first trial when II re-
quired four days. Both State and
defense have carefully Investigated
each Juror. Taking Of testimony, he
believes, viii be under way this week.
xey Prevon and Alice Blake, star
witnesses for the State, were not in
an amiable frame Of mind as they
reported today in response to sub
poenas. They claim they have not
received their witness fees and ex-
pense money for the first trial and
are insistent that this be paid by
the State at once. i
Judge Lyle T. Jacks win hand
down q decision this afternoon in
the case Of Mrs. Minnie Neighbors,
Of Los Angeles, charged with per-
jury as q result of her testimony
in Arbuckle's behalf at the first
trial.
New Jury Summoned.
Arbuclle's first trial, following Bit
ter legal battle, ended in disagreement
on the part of the jury, the last
ballot having stood ten to two for
acquittal.
An entire new jury venire was
drawn for the opening Of the second
trial today before Judge Harold
Louderback.
AS in the first trial, District At.
torney Matthew Brady was in court
to personally direct the prosecution
of the States case, with Milton
U'Ren and Leo Friedmann as his
chief assistants.
Ranged on the side Of the bulky
comedian. as in mis- first trial. were
Gavin McNab, chief Of counsel;
Nath Schmulowitz, Charles II. Bren-
nan, Milton Cohen and Joseph Nc
Inerney. associate counsel.
May Be Short Trial.
Opinion differed as the second trial
opened as to the length of time that
would be required to complete the
case. ....
"I do not believe it win take as
long as the first tr'Sl.'' sald McNnb.
"I don't believe the trial will be
any shorter than the first, and maybe
II will take longer said District At.
torney Brady.
The first trial lasted about three
weeks.
The selection Of q jury is expected
to take up the greater part of this
week. with the taking of evidence
getting under way about Friday.
Both sides have been active during
the period intervening between the
two trials. II IL not believed that
either State or defense has uncovered
any startling new evidence, but both
sides profess to have found cumu.
lative evidence to assist their case.
The defense claims to have found