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~J that there were a few things going for them and many
against them. They were going into a strange city. It "is was the Prohibition era. Arbuckle was not a charmer, a
romantic figure. In fact, he was unappealing when you W thought of him as a lover. Arbuckle had a reputation as
a playboy and party-giver. Virginia Rappe was a popular aid figure with a "sweet girl" image. Dominguez didn't like
it
The caravan of three cars took the grim night ride to the Bay City and arrived there on the evening of the rf 10th.
Arbuckle's written statement was as follows: 1 was alone in my suite having breakfast when some lit. friends of mine and Miss Rappe came to visit me. Miss Rappe started to drink almost immediately. Shortly after or she had a few drinks she became hysterical and complained that she couldn't breathe and started to tear at her clothes. I requested that two of the girls in the room take care of her. She was disrobed and placed in a bathtub to be revived. The immersion did not benefit her and I then telephoned the hotel manager, telling him what was wrong and Miss Rappe was taken into another * room and put to bed. When there was no change in her condition a doctor was called. I was at no time alone with Miss Rappe. During this time in my rooms there were at least a half-dozen people there all the time and I can produce witnesses to bear out this statement."
For pure fiction the statement could have won a Nobel Prize. It showed quite some imagination.
The Arbuckle car was instructed to meet the deputies and two detectives on the corner of Market and Montgomery streets, where Arbuckle would surrender himself. Dominguez was confident he could then get his client released on bail.
Arbuckle drove up in his jaunty sports car at 8 p.m. at the appointed spot. Four patient lawmen waited for < him.
He got out of the car, casually lit a cigarette and said,