Arbuckle Trial.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1921, Page 3

Arbuckle Trial.

(USTHALI AN AND N.Z. CAItI.E ASSOC 'ATI ON. ARBUCELL'S SIDE SCORES. SAN FRANCISCO. Doc. 1. The defemto scored a victory for Arbuckle when the City Aledical Board which examined Aliss Rappe s vital otgans, reported that she had suffeted from inflammation ol the bladder before her death.

The District Attorney. Air Brady, however, commenting on the case, Si ,id: ‘Prisons are built for poor men. If Arbuckle were a poor man. he undoubtedly would go to prison. but every move we have made we has e found ourselves against a wall. It has taken the heart out of me. SAN FRANCISCO. Deeemlwr 2.

The prosecution, in summing up its case, made a strong attack on Aibuckle, asking why lie had waited so long before telling what he said had happened. Counsel declared that he had carefully studied how to fabricate a story to 'meet the known facte in connection with .Miss Rappe« iniuti at the party. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 1.

The defence in the Arbuckle ease announced Aliss Anne Morgan, a nurse who testified she had previously seen Rappe ill and tear «f| her clothes, is no" lying at death’s door sufleting from the elfeets of poison. How this was administered is unknown. Counsel added that the State had attempted to intimidate. Alorgan. declaring jt she came to San Franeiscm to testify, her career would b*‘ ruined.