The Washington herald., 1908-03-13

Herself and Her Companion.
New York. March 12.-If crowds near
anything there are as many curious per
sons anxious TO hear the testimony al
the trial OF Raymond Hitchcock. ths
comedian. as there were at the second
Thaw trial.
Before the session began this after
noon. the corridor outside of the Supreme
Court was packed with "A struggling mob
The police had TO be called. Even ther
1t was some time before order had beer
restored. That was only after the police
had driven out OF the building a few OF
the more obstreperous.
Helen Won Hagen. the sixteen-year-oId
girl who says Hitchcock assaulted her in
house In West Forty-first street, little
over year ago. began telling her story
this afternoon. When she finishes It to-
morrow, IL is said she viii be put through
severe cross-examination by John B.
Stanehheld. chief counsel for Hitchcock
BIackmaiI Is Defense.
The contention OF the defense VIII be
that the Won Hagen girl, with her two
chums, Elsie VOecks and Flora Winston
were in a plot TO blackman Hitchcock
1t didn't take long to I'll the jury box
to-day
Foreman Schachne reported sick. Car
A G. Adee. an Insurance broker. was
picked to take his place Walter c. Gil
berry. in the storage business, made the
twelfth juror.
Then Assistant District Attorney Gar
van made a nine-minute opening address
to the jury Without attacking anybody
or using fireworks. he told a plain story
Of how Helen Won Hagen met Hitch
cock, went 10 his home II Great Neck
l. l., and then went with him TO ths
house IN West Ferty-6rst street, where
she was wronged.
Mother of Girl on stand,
After that he called his first witness
Mrs Mary Won Hagen, mother Of the
girl
She said her daughter was sixteen years
OF age on July 26 last. She left school
when she was sixteen years old She
told Stanchheld she heard Of her daugh-
ter's automobile trips with Hitchcock, but
the girl took them without her consent.
Mrs. NJ De Witt. who owned the Forty
first street house. said she sold 1t or
December L, 1896. The indictment SAYS
the assault was committed there Two
days later
Witnesses from the Lambs Club said
Hitchcock had room there on Decem-
Der -. This was brought out by the
prosecution TO show thar Hitchcock was
in town then, and not on the road viii
theatrical company. The defense vii
be that he gave up his room at the house
on December l., when Mrs. De Wit
sold H.
Mrs. De Witt said. so far as she knew
Hitchcock never brought any girls 10 ths
house while he was there. All she knew
about Hitchcock was that he came <
the house about two weeks before she
disposed OF il, and she said:
Hello. Mr.. Actorman.' and he paid
her IS on account for the room.
Helen Won HaEen's story.
Helen Won Hagen's story was as FOL
lows:
II had seen Mr.. Hitchcock when We
lived at Great Neck, but 1 had never
spoken to him.
The first day met him was at tbs
stage entrance 20 the Garden Theater. fr
1906. ! was wheeling baby in a carriage
up and down the street. He came alona
and spoke TO me
He asked me If I didn't want 10 take
an automobile ride. I went into the house
and told my mother She said I mus,
not so. told him what my mother had
said. and ne said not 70 mind, as there
would be another opportunity"
Elsie Voecks was with her the next
day They met Hitchcock. and Helen in.
troduoed Elsie. He asked them if they
would like TO ride in an automobile Il
Great Neck, and they said they would.
They had dinner AT Hiteheock's house
Mrs Hitchcock was not there. The,
stayed at the house until o'clock, and
then came back 10 New York.
After that Hitchcock told them to come
TO Great Neck on the following Sunday
He gave them 81 each for expenses.
The two girls remained all that night
at Hitchcock's house. They slept to-
gether. Hitchcock was not in their room
NhoahNN IN hEcdN NECK.
The girls did not return to New York
the following day. They roamed around
Great Neck ali day and that night siept
in a bath house on Hitchcock's property
They did the same thing the next day
and night. There was nothing to show
that Hitchcock did anything improper OF
was with them.
On Wednesday they visited friend
and then returned to. this city.
The next night she and Elsie went over
10 Brooklyn 20 the Montauk Theater
where Hitchcock was playing. He gave
them passes. They saw the show. He
told them to wait for him at the stage
door
They went 20 Great Neck after the play
On the way Elsie told Hitchcock they
had run away from home
Elsie and l slept in the same bed
that night" said the girl. "Mr. Hitch.
cock knocked on the door and said
should come in. did not go.r
Whatever Hitchcock said TO her he, DID
not harm her
Taken tn New York House.
The next day they returned home. Sev.
eral days later she saw Hitchcock AT The
Grand Opera House, where he was play-
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