Towards the end of the movie when Timmy runs from the bar, realizing that she needs to ask the doctor what he could be hiding that Aline would die for, she doesn't have a purse. When we next see her, purse is in hand.
In the close-up of an article by 'Timmy' Blake of the trial, the first two paragraphs are about the trial and Arline Wade. The following paragraphs are about other subjects entirely.