DEATH OF ACTRESS
"FATTY" ARBUCKLE ARRESTED
dV CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHI SAN FRANCISCO, Sep. 12. Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckie, the cinema star, has been detained by the police as the result of the death of Miss Virginia JEtappe, a beautiiul movie actress, who died of peritonitis, following a party in Arbuckle's rooms, during I which she had several drinks. The police point out that the California law provides that a charge or murder shall be entered against anyone taking hie during an attempt to com-1 mit a felony. A nurse attending Miss Kappe claims the actress stated she nad been assaulted. I Arbuckie, upon the advice of counsel, refuses to say anything, but before being informed that the police desired' an-interview with him he had declared that after she took the drinks deceased. became hysterical, tore the clothes off' her body and compelled him to call a physician. _ •
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 13 September 1921, Page 5
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145DEATH OF ACTRESS Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 13 September 1921, Page 5
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