The Washington times., 1908-03-16
Witness Never in Actor S
Room and Says She
Testified Under
Threats.
Girl IS Arrested by the
District Attorneys De-
teCtiVeS on Charge
of Perjury.

NEW YORK. March I6.-The case
against Raymond Hitchcock, the ac-
tor, who was charged with having
abused young girls, was dismissed
today.
He was freed after Flora Whis-
ton, one of the witnesses called by
the prosecution, had declared that
she committed perjury before the
grand jury.
Justice Blanchard, on the sugges-
/ tion of Assistant District Attorney
Garyan, dismissed the case. Justice
Blanchard said that tbs girls con-
fession and the charges she made
that agents of the Gerry Society in
timidated her, was so serious a mat
ter that the district attorney must
make an investigation.
Hitchcock is still held on the
charges made by Elsie Noreks, and
Prosecutor Garvan promised he
would seek an early trial.
Detectives connected with the district
attorneys office later arrested Flora on /
charge Of perjury. The arrest was
directed by Assistant District Attorney .
GaTvaH. and The girl viii be arralgned 1
later today before Magistrate Stein .
hardt in the Center street police court I
Giving the prosecution the big
gsst '.jof' which IL has received. /
Flora Whitson. one of the girls al /
legged 10 haEe accused the actor /
OF abusing them. fatty denied on the /
witness stand today that she had ever
sone TO Hitchcok's room IN the House /
OF the Stained Glass Panels" where I
the prosecution o8arged Heller Won
Hagen was wronEed Flora. 4 was
charged by the state, was present when I
The alleged assault occurred.
Although called by the prosecution. (
the gHi dealt Prosecutor Caravans case I
a heavy blow. After admitting she had
neJ hitchcock several times. sha posi-
lively denied ever having gone TO tht
comedians room. In doing so she di- .
TeCtIy CuutTadicted her testimony before
thc srand jury. Her denial came as d /
ds surprise 10 GarvaT-
Forced to Perjure Herself.
The prosecutor duaIIy forced his wit
ness 10 admit that she haI testified 10
other facts before the grand Jury. The
girI created a sensation d few mo-
meuts later by saying thar she had
testified before the grand jarv only TO
say just what she had been told TO tell
by agents OF the Gerry Society. and
that she had been Threatened" If she
did not tell this story. Her gra nd jury
tale she admitted. was not true.
Htchcochs attorneys showed he
greatest elatlon over the strong decIara-
zion in favor of their client. Garyan |
admitted be had been taken of his
feet by the witness. and asked an ad-
5ournment. He hurriedly left the room.
Scarcely Looks Her age.
While Garvan was gone. Flora ON The
witness stand. evidently approaching
her possible fate. sat with her haudlzer-
chief before her face. but so rar as
could be seer, shed no tears Scarcely
looking the eighteen years, lacking one
month, 20 which she confessed. the
young girl was called TO the stand a.
the nTst witness when the hearing was
resumed today. Within nve minutes she
rad carried discontinue into Caravans
camp.
Her examination started auspIciouslv
from the States standpoint when She
admitted knowing Hitchcock saving !
she had met him first over a year ago I
she told of further meetb gs with the
actor in New York and said on one of
these occasions Helen Won HaSen was
with her. Then came her Reputation /
of the evidence she was expected 10
give
Sees Accused Agent.
Before returning TO the courtroom
Garvan conferred with Agent Pizzaro.
who, he girl said. had Threatened her.
v hen he resumed the girls examination
ne asked her about statement she
made to PizzaTo when she was ar
rested.
She said Pizzaro at that time did not
mention the FoTty-fTst street house
EUt talked with her about Fitcbcoclx
She said she denied to PizZarO that she
had relations with Hitchcock"
Garvan produced the record OF the
girls examination IN the children's |
court the DAY after her arrest, show
ing thai Sne had admitted wrOnE-doinE /
GaTvan wanted 10 know why she had
rot told the court then the story that
she had been bad was false. She re-
piled:
Il was about TO speak ana ten the
my mother. he told Tue II / did not say
what he wanted me TO he would take
me away from her and put me in an in
stitutlOu and 1 would never see her
again
Often COntradicted Self. 4
Garvan pressed the witness closely.
showing that she had made many cor
Trajectory statements at different times.
she admitted she had never told him
her story was false, although he had
q sized bav many times II the srf.-,, uroa