Orig1921 headline newspaper Silent movie star FATTY ARBUCKLE ARRESTED for MURDER

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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Des Moines Register (IA) dated Sept 15, 1921. This newspaper contains a bold banner headline announcing the ARREST of silent movie star FATTY ARBUCKLE for the MURDER of VIRGINIA RAPPE in an attempted rape ! Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor , comedian , director , and screenwriter . Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd . He mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope . He was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s, and soon became one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, signing a contract in 1921 with Paramount Pictures for an unprecedented $1 million. In September 1921, Arbuckle attended a party at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco during the Labor Day weekend. Bit player Virginia Rappe became drunk and ill at the party; she died four days later at a sanitarium known for performing abortions. Arbuckle was accused by a well-known madam of raping and accidentally killing Rappe. Arbuckle endured three widely publicized trials for manslaughter . His films were subsequently banned and he was publicly ostracized. He was acquitted in the third trial and received a written apology from the jury, however, the trial's scandal has mostly overshadowed his legacy as a pioneering comedian. Though the ban on his films was lifted within a year, Arbuckle only worked sparingly through the 1920s. Virginia Rappe (July 7, 1895 – September 9, 1921) was an American model and silent film actress . The circumstances of Rappe's death in 1921 became a Hollywood scandal and were covered widely (and sensationalized) by the media of the time. During a party held on Labor Day, September 5, 1921 in Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle 's suite, number 1219, at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Rappe allegedly suffered a trauma. She died on September 9, 1921, from a ruptured bladder and secondary peritonitis . She is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery . The exact events of that party are still unclear, with witnesses relating numerous versions of what happened. It was alleged that she died as a result of a violent sexual assault by Arbuckle. Arbuckle's accuser, Maude Delmont, had accompanied Rappe to the party; she had first met Rappe only a few days earlier. Delmont was apparently not present for any of the events she described and was not called to testify at any of Arbuckle's three trials. Subsequent witnesses testified that Rappe had for some time suffered from cystitis , and that consuming alcohol could aggravate that condition. Witnesses also testified that she had previously suffered from venereal disease , so there were allegations that her health brought on her death rather than an assault. After three manslaughter trials, Arbuckle was formally acquitted; his acquittal in the third trial was accompanied by an unprecedented statement of apology from the jury stating, in part, that " Acquittal is not enough for Roscoe Arbuckle. We feel that a great injustice has been done him... there was not the slightest proof adduced to connect him in any way with the commission of a crime." Arbuckle's case has been examined by scholars and historians over the years and is still speculated about today, and a number of detailed books about the case have analyzed the incident and subsequent trials. Good condition. Some short paer tears at edges. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original news... read more

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