The Fatty Arbuckle case (1962)

very often such advice is not heeded. A normal sex life is one of the needs of man— so if he does not heed such advice, doctors understand why. But my point is that medically speaking I would say that no matter what change is wrought physiologically during intercourse neither partner can be blamed. It is a need and way of life. A man must eat. It is a need and he must take whatever unusual consequences which, result from eating." Friedman, very angry, asked the doctor what does society do if another man puts poison on his bread. The doctor smiled and said, "If such a fact was proven then the man hangs." "Not in this State," muttered Friedman, "he goes to the gas chamber." When Ar buckle took the stand he spoke clearly and slowly as he had the first time. He looked thinner and sadder. His tie was maroon silk, the only dash of color in his clothes. Several times during the long account of what had happened he halted to look at his hands, folded on his lap. He told the same story with one exception. This time he failed to mention that he was in pajamas. That was a point still in limbo, and he and counsel, had no wish to open up the touchy subject again. McNab learned bis lesson from trial number two. He took nothing for granted. He played to the jury more than he had in the first two trials. Both Brady and Friedman were less vindictive. Where in the first two trials their attitude had been pugnacious, in this they were more professional. It wasn't a cause but a case. McNab brought Virginia's dentist to the stand. McNab addressed him: "What kind of a patient was Miss Bappe?" "Nervous." "In what way?" 126