Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16

Merry SOCletN agent peiole JuS'iNo
Blanchard in the Justices chambers.
where there was a long consultation.
After adjournment of twenty min
utes Flora Winston resumed the stand
and was asked:
Didn't you say i'm the police court that
YOU had relations with Hitchcock"
Il don't remember
Did you say there that Pissaro had
threatened you?"
No y"
Didn't YOU go over the statement with
r,e last Friday and tell me it was all
truo7' pursued NJ. Garvan.
Yes.
Told Parents of Her Story.
Whom did YOU first tell that you were
not telling the truth and that Hitchcock
lad had nothing to do with YOU
II told my father and mother that had
swavs been good girl.
Whom did you first tell that Pissaro
threatening YOU
MY father"
Ia response to further questions the girl
! sisted that Pissaro had threatened her.
nd she admitter that her affidavit
gainst Hitchcock was only partly true.
John i. Graft, tic stepfather of the
Winston girl. was called and asked if
l1ora Winston had ever told him that she
vas not telling the truth about Hitch
cock.
said the witness. she told me that Agent
IfsSarn going to send her away If
she did not tell stories about Hitchcock.
The witness aid he first told one of the
defendants lawyers about the CONVERSE
ton he had had with his stepdaughter
bout three weeks ago.
Girls Clothing Torn.
The witness said that before he was
allied before the. grand jury he went to
Iir w r. Hearst's office and made an
affidavit stating that he believed that
Raymond Hitchcock had ruined his step
laughter. He later made statement
lefore the grand Jury in which he said
lie had examined Flora Whston's clothes
me day after the alleged assault III the
list street house and they were torn. lie
sid he believed that Hitchcock had COM
initted the assault with which he is
,harzed
United making an affidavit against Hitch
'ork in Mr.. Hcarst's office. when Agent
isSaro was not present.
Agent Vincent Pissaro took the stand
and told about arresting the girls and
investigating the stories they told. He
denied that he had threatened the Whis-
ton girl or any of the others or suggested
low they should testify.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan
asked the court in view of the contra
,iictory stories told by Their cOrroborat-
i1g witnesses. Flora Winston and Graf.
hat the present indictment against
Hitchcock he dismissed. and his request
was granted.
Addressing the jury, Justice blanchard
aid:
Extraordinary Stories.
The extraordinary stories told by these
two witnesses Flora Winston and Gran.
calls for the most thorough investigation.
rs it would be manifestly Illegal to pro-
iced along the present lines without
.orroborating witness. i order you to
bring in verdict of not guilty. | will
submit the matter to the district attorney
for thorough investigation.
The jurors then stood up and gave their
verdict of not guilty. There are five more
indictments of similar nature against
Hitchcock. and he will have to stand
trial on all of them. Hitchcock shook
hands with his lawyers and walked out
of court smiling.
Flora Winston was arrested shortly
after the court adjourned. She will be
arraigned in the Tombs police court this
afternoon.