The sun., 1908-06-10
HITCHCOCK DEFENDS HIMSELF
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that I always had been kind to them.
told them that if they told the truth about
what happened on the auto ride and at my
house nobody would be harmed
Hitchcock swore that the girls protested
that they had never told any false stories
about him and never had said that he had
harmed them. They were in the house
about twenty-five minutes The valet
heard everything that went on.
girls say happened that night oocur?" asked
his lawyer. Mr.. Steuer,
Never in my life," said Hitchcock en-
phatically.
Hitchcock said that Hugo voecks,
brother Of Elsie. wrote him bfackmailing
letter, Voecks came to the Astor Theatre
one night and said Hitchcock had wronged
his sister and would have to pay 81 800.
He said bis sister would have to be
taken care Of" said Hitchcock. ~and unless
would be published in the newspapers
the following morning told him l didn't
have the money with me. and he said
would have to get it. | told him to come
back later. and he said he wanted some
guarantee that he was not going to be
fooled ! gave him my three diamond
rings. The rings were worth about $500"
When Voecks had left he communicated
with his lawyer, Herman Fromme. who
communicated with the police When
arrested him.
4 appeared against him in the police
court said Hitchcock MIR. Garvan rep
resented the People I know that what
Elsie Voecks and Helen Won Hagen has
been used against me to indict me
When Assistant District Attorney Gar
van began his cross-exanination Hitch
cock began to fdget. He said that he only
had the room in Forty-frst street that night
and paid S. or 50 for the short time he was
there. Other witnesses say that he didn't
give up the room until December 2s. He
said he did not go to see Helen Won Hagen's
mother as he told Elsie he would when she
away" by her mother for staying over night
at his house. AS to Flora Winston he said
he had never seen her until after the arrest
Of the Voecks boy. Then Mr.. Garvan got
him to admit that he had met girl in New
ark who might have been the Winston girl.
but he was not sure. She was never at the
Forty-frst street house with Helen Won
Hagen and he had not sent from Virginia
when he was playing there a money order
for SIS to Flora. Flora Winston, who is
mony at the first trial, sat with the women
friends Of Hitchcock during the afternoon.
Mrs. Hitchcock, whose stage name is
Flora Zabelle, was called after her hus-
Mangasaran Hitchcock. She is an Arme-
nian with large black eyes and smile that
is seldom repressed. She wore a mushroom
hat with top piece of silk with hand paintel
flowers.
Her husband had spoken 10 her, she said :.
about the stories the girls we're telling be-
fore she went to the hospital. She advised
him to see the girls and tell them to stop.
Then when she was in the hospital he told
her that he had spoken to the girls and that
they said they. had not beenL Lcircula ting
stories about him.
Thomas M. Osborne, ex-Mayor of Auburn
and member Of the upstate Public Ser
vice Commission, appeared as character
witness for Hitchcock.
did you know that his first wife got a
divorce from him on the ground OF
adultery" asked Mr.. Garvan.
Il did not" said Mr.. Osborne.
Did you know the age Of the correspond
ent'" asked Mr.. Garvan.
Il did not said Mr.. Osborne.
That's all" said Mr.. Garvan.