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Judge Lauderbach gladly gave permission. Everyone needed time to take stock and find out in what direction they were going.
After the adjournment Ar buckle went to bed exhausted and slept for two days.
The Brady office used the time to advantage by searching for Virginia Rappe's friends who could or would testify that Virginia had always been a healthy and happy girl.
When the trial reopened, a girl friend from Chicago took the stand and said she saw Virginia maybe one hundred times in two years, and never in all that time did Virginia complain of pain or see a doctor.
"Did she ever take a drink?'' asked Friedman.
"Yes," said Katherine, "we had martinis several times.''
"Did she ever react poorly to these drinks?"
"No," answered Katherine. "They had no effect on her at all."
A young woman of Los Angeles gave substantially the same land of testimony, but for one variation. She said Virginia once complained of being nervous and so went to a Los Angeles doctor who gave her some phenobarbital pills. She thought they were quarter-grain.
McNab went into a long series of questions, reading all sorts of ill health into what the girl obviously believed to be simple nervousness. By doing this McNab made her practically a defense witness.
On the morning of February 1st, an alternate juror, a high school English teacher said she'd like to talk to the press. She said, "Listening to all the testimony of this trial I could come to only one conclusion— that Mr. Arbuckle has to be called not guilty.' Even if Mr. Arbuckle had intercourse with Virginia Rappe, anything that might have happened to her because of it was accidental. He certainly didn't intend to hurt her and certainly didn't try to kill her"
"Supposing for instance Mr. Arbuckle had been respon
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