Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-22 | Page 3 | Fatty Ready with Defense

FATTY READY WITH DEFENSE Arbuckle's Lawyers Begin Their Side of Case on Monday Hn I I, I. is II MAUI I S ntorn&tionn - u - scr ix- SAN FRANCISCO, Jun. 21. Roflcoe (Fatty) Arhucklf lonlKhf proparod to I lattDl b ftCondaj hn dufonxo j.kuIiiL the i ch.irge of ni.inslji uffbtcr on which ho! Is being tried for a second time as a result of the death of Virginia ltappe following a. gay party given by the I Mm star here lost Labor day. Tho state had only to finish with E O. Heinrlclis, finger print expert, Mon- i day to complete its case. District Attorney At-torney lirady planned to begin a fresh fight Monday to got In-fore tho Jury what he mate tr he tho facts regard- I ing tho charge of Zey Prevost that his office coerced her In connection with her testimony. DENI1 S 0OE3U K Judge Louderbuck has once ruled this out of order and unless the .state ; Is able to cite authority lo change his atlltude, the ruling will stand. "No witness In this case has ever been asked to change his or her testimony," testi-mony," District Attorney Brady said ' tonight. 'No witness In this case has ever bOen asked to siiy anyctoiiK xuw' and except that which he or she originally told us." The defense contends that by undue 0O r. ion. Including a Juil threat to Zey Prevost, she and Alice Hlake were forced to make their ntorles conform. The ru.rti. 1 1 1 it i 1m ne of contention In Zey Prevoat's testimony was as to what Virginia Krippo sild at the time she was taken in M VI EMJ STS COMPARES), According to the state, the Provost frlrlH first statement wus that Miss Ftappe Ha Id "I am dying. 1 am dying. He killed me." Shi subsequently altered this, they say. to "He hurt me." and at the present trial she said she could not remember Just what MIs-h Kappo did say in that rognrd The defense will require the greater part of next week to put In Its case. There Is a possibility tho case may go to ihe jury by the end of the week. . oo