THE SEATTLE STAR TO SHE DIED AFTER PARTY RECENT PHOTO OF ARBUCKLE WIFE STANDS BY FATTY 10,000 PERSONS PREPARE FLEE FROM GAS HUNT Choking Fumes Harm 200 QUIT in New York NEW YORK, K«pt 17-?TW® dred persona were "gassed" in New FOR BANDIT York ?«.rly today when fumes spread over an wea of 29 blocks on the upper Kant aide, d/iv' Warden Maloney Concludes Ing thousands from their hom+a. When the choking fumea rolled Gardner Is Either Dead over the neighborhood, crowds of or Left Island men, women and children, rnainy of Has (hem In night clothe* or half dressed, rwarmed into the rtreeta, ? By Armstrong choking and gasping. '* . Hal Many fill urrorincloaa. At Sept. It? M'Neil ISLAND. time police said there were mlw Concluding Ihtl roy Gardner Is than CO people sprawled In tIM left either dead or h» lh» streets overcome. Police eaUgMMfl of the island, henry crowl, last fully 10,000 were forued to flee frotfl Northern Pacific detectives, tbelr homes. I today. quit the manhunt The gas ware resulted from (\u25a0 I'ntau norne unmistakable blowing out of a cylinder head alsns of Gardner are foond an Ice machine at the within the next daj or two. bocker Ice company. Knicker-?? Warden Thomas Maloney said (hit morning Ihe entire search on the bland would bo aban- Third m. doned. Tw*!hty-two gnuuds are still p.v trolinr the waters. The force In land on the Island has been re- iMn^^janlSn^l/M/mlkeum duced to 10. One ut fhr- fir+nl+nt Maloney Raid he had Investigated rholodrnmai Etrr Ma4« that Gardner is numerous reports V Last being sheltered by fanmrs. \ D«f| Nona of th«m reports was vert- \ Hi*»AT Bed. Mo.tuAr Search for the fugitive's body on the theory that he has been mortally wounded In his escnpe frnn the prison last Labor day has been positively riven up. Another picture of Virginia Rappe, famous model and Mnlooey said he hail receive! Minta Durfee, of new York, wife of Itoscoe (FattyJ Boy Ganlner "ton's actress, u-hom Roscoe Arbuckle is accused of having r It many letters signed Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, film star, charged with murder Arbuckle, states that she will help him fight the charge of r tf from various parts of the coumry killed. murder placed agai*mt him in San Francisco, following the One letter was from Oalcilco. Com in connection with the death of Virginia Rappe, actress, foU parison of the handwriting with l wing a booze party in Arbuckle's suite at a San Francisco death of Virginia Rappe, movie actress. Arbuckle and his that of Gardner at the prison hotel. wife separated some time ago. proved, the warden said, that none of the letters was written by th«- Life Appealed to ?neaped bandit himself. Civil WAR THREATENS HERE'S MORE ABOUT Charley Murray, ON ISLAND Beautiful Virginia, Pal Civil war on the Island threatened today as the latest phase of the mar. laa ARBUCKLE « Murder JIKW I'HIWT bant. of HUMORESQUJ Sympathy for the bandit has al- Dead STARTS OF PAGE ONE In First Degree. Fatty, Says He's Film Actress ?"Tfc*lr DlityPtafakM ready resulted In serious altercations r«Mf«7 glimpse a trip north." IKrprodurrd between island farmers and guards. of flare-skirted Why Charge Brought. Residents of the locality are not Jl'BTJacket snug fitting to the wait, Mr*. Joseph Hardeback. SOI North of Virginia Rappe, actress, a guest pair riding \u25a0 1(1 th» t*ny. In Case. Just a t place, re- Arbuckle Overgrown that tailored of breeches Wilton who stood tho it Kid loew's trying to conceal their hope draiwoUired silk encasing shapely lation of a fouler mother to the brady declared the St.ooo win be TACOMA. Sept. Is to dresser and \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 Gardner will get safely away. If he Why waa "Fatty" Arbuckle 17?"liquor treme a beautiful girl. i'g»?high riding boot* Jfail girl. also aajra that Arbuckle Insufficient to obtain the proxvut blame for It all. la good has not already done so, and have black vlclkld charged with first degree murder? Hoeooe a Hhe sore her hair straight back a email Joekey's cap with a *«« an unknown In the evidence he He said ho fellow and would have h#r openly many times criticised guards; lons quantity In* Why waa the manslaughter charge never done over ears, and wore moat ex- government" the visor to protect eye*. young would uppnU for rnor» money when drinking the poison- for "robbing the at . the artroae' life. dropped? it If he wasn't treme clothes." Hollywood "tike nam* the supervisors meet Monday. llrape? these days." vantages." raid Mrs. Murray, who that Gardner emerging tures. antrial under a "Civil war" thus far occurred yester- eon would exclaim aa Virginia Rappe reported remark to Mlaa liappe, Deputy at Kan KranclKO. live together. They simply were TOMORROW out sufficient funda the prosecution special section of the criminal code day when a farmer and a guard en ?with her raven treases pulled Iswrk 'l've bean waiting five years to get "There la no uaa condemning the not temperamentally constituted to will be defeated before It begins." It la section ll*. Under thla aertlon TO WEDNESDAY (aged in a fist fight. boylahly frotn bar forehead?would you.' whole profession Juit because noma enjoy each other. Mlnta Is a Ilrady did not give any details of murder to be first degree need not fine The tanner, arriving from Ander- look up from under tha peaked cap "Mr. Arbucklc never name to Che of the movie people are mixed up woman. Roscoe seems very young." his rowboat the probe be expects to begin but It be perpetrated as the result of malice. son island, was drawing Even among pratty girls of house to *e« her." aaaerted the In thla affair," continued Murray. "I am standing up said tha was It will center about A may commit first degree for him." up tha beach near the peniten- girl's faster mother. am believed man "I 'dressed' with for year*. VAUDEVILLE, plcttire Virginia's "1 certain Roscoe Murray. "Of courae, he's the motion colony. Hollywood, the hums of the Call- j murder while engaged In or attempt ruined tiary when Guardsman Ed Michael striking exquisiteneas stood out ba never made any advances. and If Ite I* Just an overgrown kid. He professionally. It la a shatae, but fornla movie star* where rumen of Ing to engage In the perpetration of Presenting I ?on challenged him. above gveniga. he hod any designs on her »he worka hard for aU weeks, and then this affair win serve to clear the the * l>ave b-*-n as arson, rape, The farmer didnt halt, as request didn't know It." "wild parties" brought to another felony?such by going on a wild movies a fast "MY DEAR. TM mayhem, relaxes party. of crowd that la ran after him. Virginia pelk*. robbery, burglary or port* , *4. and Mlchaelson Such was nappe's char Ite on hi* car are wrong, HAPPY DATS I J found there. Directors wont have REDUCING," SHE'D SAT The body of Miss Rappe waa be- see School Day KroUca \u25a0sM"! htm roughly by tha collar. acter that any low or common act know It only coat tIC.OOO, not them any more. Ten one £ Maytia ahe'd meet a friend. ing taken to Los Angelea today. ur» him or hun- HIM ON was Impossible to according to Says lit: Degress of murder Ct.OOO. Ilia him mm JAW. "Off for a hike. Virginia?" would her. der a repnwenlaUvs of an See. home coat ttt.ooo, dred people shouldn't be allowed to HIMDOWN Mrs. with whom she escort of AU murder which la p«petisted by not 1100.000, KNOCKS be a form of salutation. Hardebork. undertaking establlahment. The fih prejudice people against all throe a coward, hiding there In had lived sine* the death of her meana of poison, or lying In wait, "Virginia was awfully yotmg, and who McGREEVY ft "My dear. I'm reducing:" would nerat will be held at Hollywood { do not travel In the fast "Motoring DOYIJ srllful, DlfflctJOeaT the brush from an unarmed man." ba tha rejoinder In mock dismay. mother It years ago. Prom the torture, or any other mean* of a dear, sweet kid. She was an ex- crowd." J have said ?ome Ume Monday, It waa believed , killing. la reported to ? deliberate and premeditated the farmer Her svelte figure. supple aa a child time of her mother's death she re- ? O The Comedian Whereupon Mlchaelson struck him OOMMITTKD IN of 10, swsylng with the irnwe of mained a girt of 11 In disposition OH WHICH 18 on jaw. knocking him *?!rona upon and stout walking boot*, would give TKMIT TO FRED LEVY Tha farmer arose and "mingled" Big Frisco Hotel ItAI'H, robbery, burglary, or may U MAN GOES TO (Hinwetf) a humorous touch to her remark. CIRCUS ROBBERS IjOB ANOKf.K*. Sept. IT.? I* lll'Kli |>K Till. l-IK.-r With Mlchaelson. If Virginia were trying to cut Cat. hem. Ml guard reached the pris- be Immunity for and other of When the down weight, she was enough of the "There mill no DBURKE! alt kinds & the marks of the farmer's teeth MOURNS anyone In IhU ou»," Assistant murder ars the second degree, Donnabelle Wiltoft on eternal feminine to keep the tragic POST CHINA $30,000 . IN OBTAIN , visible In Mlchaetson's State* Musical Charmers were plainly truth to herself! Her constant com- t'nlted Attorney Hubert s e Among the passengers on the Ad- and be was otherwise black dlacuaalng band panion would be with her?Jeff! Camarillo declared today, Had Mlaa lUppe'# death been miral liner Sliver Slate, which sailed PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 17. and blue. the Investigation of how liquor guard, Jeff la one of those big. plain-spoken caused by accident, Arbuckle could Saturday for the Orient, was Don Three unmasked bandits robbed the & J. J. McDonald, another at- rajTie to !>? at roscoe Arbuckle'a burdick, WICHMAR WARi do(3?and when he talked he meant only have been charged with man- former University of Wash- tempting to search a farmer's barn party Han Kmnrl*o, which pre- Sells-Floto circus treasurer, Friday ?A Studio Sketch" business. Anyone wanting to bother In slaughter. From the fact that District ington (Indent, who was recently ap- Gardner, was ordered to produce ceded death of Virginia rappe. night for Vlrjflnla would talk first with her the Attorney lirady. after a thoro Inveal- pointed to the States consu- at Vancouver, Wash., of be- warrant charged United a search Jeff. ArbU'klo U noW with tak- lar service In China. $28,000 and Feature Photoplay Crow I and Jeff Hamilton, representative ratlon. had Arbuckle charged with tween f.10.000 in cash Henry Virginia will never again. ing Mian Rappc'n life. taken State, which made a An Adaptation of Mtria« they But hike first degrea murder. It being The Sliver ?and drafts. The report of the rob- guards, thought had Gardner < "amarlllo he had de- MlcheUon'n The modish Tare-skirted Jhcket: the announced In legal circles to show that he haa in- record of nine days. It hours and 15 Novel of a barn near the center of bery was received by the Vancouver < back pair of tailored riding breeches of cided not to call lowell Sherman, formation that either per- mlnuUMi on her recent trip from Yo- "IN TIIK. BISHOP'S AKRIAGB Island yesterday afternoon. I Arbuckle the drab colored *ilk?her riding boot* movie star. before the grand Jury, petrated or attempted to perpetrate kohama to Puget sound, carried n .police from Jose Condon, legal ad- With guns drawn, they crept up i BEBE DANIELS are but a few of the remaining evi- althn Sherman wu subpoenaed criminal assault upon the girl, the large list of passengers and a full juster for the circus. « on the figure of a man asleep in 1 that Virginia wa* a viva- yesterday. of which resulted In her cargo. the shade. They found their quarry dences act or acta "Poodles" hannaford and hi* clous, warm-blooded young girl a "If he were permitted to tentlfy Included In the latter were sheet mother, Mrs. Grace hannaford, not tha hunted fugitive but a Just death. was few *hort daya ago! before that body aa to the source Wm. who made (teel, Iron pipe, tin plate, galvanised who with others riding logger who bad been working in a Dr. Ophuls. a poet seven were of the liquor at Arbuckle'a party, dead wire, cotton, flour, and can- In truck nearby lumber camp. wiiwiiwin uni mortem examination of the lumber a motor from which the he would undoubtedly op- & day passed yesterday AHT.ALKT) TO HKR aelze the girl's body, gave out a statement ned salmon. money was taken, waa (truck on ij Another portunity claim Immunity from and without a being fired at "the And how sh« *a* Interested in life to for that "there was absolutely no evi- The cotton came Texas the head with a revolver by one of ?i* «jy shot ('amarlllo phantom." Warden Maloney admits ?ln everything! himself." said. dence of criminal aaaault. no sigrin Oklahoma and was consigned to Jap the bandits when he objected' to ft* closing Gardner might easily have made his One day It would be motoring?- t'amnrlllo declared of th" that thf girl fcad been attacked In ancae spinners. the bandits searching his motl r. getaway from the Island In the then perhaps ocean bathing would Han Francisco hotel where the any way." According to advices received by dense fog that has covered the ? be the absorbing Interest in her ex party waa held under the abate District Attorney rtrady evidently the Vancouver police, the money prohibition Legion Day Sunday sound the last two nights and morn- lstenco?then the sewing or cooking ment clauses of the law haa Information to the effect that *u being transferred from the cir- ings. bug would devour her entire being. waa being considered. either the girl was annulled or that at Port Townsend cus ground* to the wife In the treas- M * ? e e Virginia Rsppe was an average "It will be treated the imme ai she waa killed In an attempted ua American legion day. a special urer'® car tn the railroad yards In a the \vujj ? \u25a0' McNEIL ISLAND, Sept. 17. girl?had normal dealrea?and fits moat humble bootlegger'a aault. event for the purpose of bringing motor truck. About two blocks ? e ? Search for Roy Gardner on McNeil of Impulsiveness that control maid- shack." ('amarlllo aald. cheer disabled the fr<>m the and near a e e e to veterans of Island was virtually abandoned to- ens. First degree murder carries two world war, will be held In Port clump of bushes, two shots rang day, when Warden Thomas Ma- "Why. I saw her only three day* Hotel Manager alternatives -death by hanging or Townsend Sunday by members of out, three inert Jumped from the loney recalled the 40 prlaon guards before they started for Ran Fran- life Imprisonment, the Jury to deter- the Seattle post of the American bush. They ordered all occupant* who have been picketing and pa- cisco," said Miss Helen Hansen. Ready Inquiry mine which. IvSgion. of the truck to get out. trolling the Interior of the Island. 10f>J N. Oxford ave . another screen for SAN francisco, Sept. With no malice motive It may be S|MH-lal boats have been chartered After getting the circus money, It was learned that actress-referring to the weekend Henry Lehrman, 17.?"Vie Today Card' the movie court the moat rigid Investigation," difficult to find a Jury that would fix for the trip and will return Sunday the three bandits lined up F. A. ner had made a previous attempt trip Francisco which result- producer penalty. plea j and fiance of Vir- anld Manager Harry Coleman of the the maximum Should a night Mcljine, circus treasurer; Robert to from the In death of Virginia Happe. penitentiary led the ginia rappe, whose investi- St. Francis hotel today, commenting of guilty be entered, the penalty la Among those who will participate De lx>chte, assistant treasurer, five shortly after his Incarceration here. "A 1 Semnacher had asked me to the Investigation fixed by the Judge. In the affair are: I.leut, Gov. and members of the family gations by long on under way In ? wa* caught go. seemed Insistent." distance tele- a ?? (sen He with a call of rope, I and Virginia _ _ _ J. Coyle. Adjt. Maurice and other worten whose I>ia Angd'a of how famous *? I Mrs W. two names was stunned by the phone led to the arrest the Hoa it Is said, with wtfilch he Intenled Ml*a Hansen of coe Arburkle party of Thompson and wife, t'apt. George M. have not been learned, and searched report glrl'i tragic Labor day to ascend from an excavation in the of the end?and Roscoe Arbuckle. came to have liquor. Arbuckle Defense HInzer and his mother. Mrs. (Jeortre the party. prison ground* at some opportune the unforturate Incident* surround "The Ht. Krancla hotel did not fur- Maintains llrar-er. and Thomas N. Swale, Btate time. ing It. nish the liquor Silence of the legion. to th» Arbuckln LOs ANGELES, Sept. 17.?Dead commander One of the latest "Gardner" cas- NEVER WAS HEARD Sends Dead Girl party. We not furnlah do liquor to silence closed today over the move- ualties Is the pet cat which a farm- TO MENTION "FATTY" any of our 1,000 Tiger truest*. ments of the Fatty Arbuckle de- er's wife found riddled with shot. "I wan making aorne crepe de Lilies "We have welcomed Accuse Mother of LOS ANGRLKB, Sept .17. A tho fullest In- fense, now temporarily centered In the meantime, agents of the chine underthings, and Virginia wan veatlgatlon and are tribute of one thousand tiger anxious to find here. Murdering Father Bouth»rn Pacific railroad are look- no Interested In how I was making floral Ihe source of the liquor Systematic today lay furnished Saving lilies next to tlie casket Frank Dominguez. chief counsel AURORA, Sept. In* for Gardner In Oregon and Cal- You know, »he couldn't do the party." 111.. 17.?Accused them! of Mlsa Virginia rappe, as a Arburklo for the accused comedian, arrived by two daughter# of Intentional- ifornia. anything like that, hut she wanted result ? ? ? her while your earning power is at highest point, of whose death Ttosroe Arbuekle, In 1/os Angeles Anger. ly turning on the' gas In her hus- its to learn ?she waa Just determined with lou corned Inn, wns charged with murder. Arbuckle'a manager. band's room, Mr*. Frances balchu- means an independent income later in life when to learn how? Wuxtra! Fatty and Hoth declined It watt the offering of Henry to comment on the case. nas I* held In Aurora a charge of your earnings are less. "80 In the afternoon she came montl 11. Iniflrr David hitromh Nelson unhurt. Slalght "Except Mm. and charged and to life Imprisonment. American Veterans of the l%*r Jiiit ton Kavrr, chines. was that Delmont with Arthur c burch for Ing Paso ltobles to arrange abled i:uM«*n4» 11. Spokane is survived widow, Mrs. I'aul- son were going, n tottr, Two male friends of Cook also wore World Wer, who William A. rrtrra 1,. O. Jrnirrk, Vnklnta by bis Semnacher's X don't alleged murder Ct J. Belton Ken- the proceeds of which he ha« left Hchttle on In gtoivht. think aha would have will devote sentenced for life tor assisting In the a tour In the of Ulu gone on that nedy. to tila native Interest orgiuil- lan/ # murder. [ cation.