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rolO STORY WITHOUT afsIlTBI
Wife Of Witness Knew That He
Had Taken the Girls on an Auto
mobile RIde-Eiae voecks Not ..
Strong Witness fer Her chum, the
Won Hagen Girl.
lRy Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, June y. - TaRonK the
witness stand today in his own behalf
raymond Hitchcock, the actor, natiy
denied the charges made against b ~
that he had been improper In his cou-
duct with two young girls, Helen Won
Hagen and Else Voecks.
Hitchcock appeared as a wfHnesS
shortly after the closing Of the states
case in the trial OF the actor today.
1t is said that thu case wilr go to the
jury tomorrow.
Hitchcock made an excellent VT
ness and answered clearly and unhes-
itatingly. He stated that he first met
the Won Hagen girl In 1904. and that
long afterward she recognized him
at the Garden theater and asked to
ride with him I'm his automobile. The
actor said he told the gin to ask
her mother If she might go. and sha
returned with Elsie Voecks, saying
she had obtained consent to make the
trip. Hitchcock said. after reaching
the kouse In Great Neck. Long Island.
he put the girls on train for New
York.
The next time he saw the girls,
the actor testified, was late one AlEht
! standing on the steps Of his house
and that they said that their moshs
ers knew where they were.
The last train having departed fpr
the city. the actor said, the girla re-
mainei at his home that night.
Girls Denied Circulating Stories.
Later he met Miss VOecks and
Helen Won Hagen on the street, he
testified, and told the girls that he
wanted to talk to them. He took
them to the house at West Forty -nrsr
street. and there told them that he
had heard that they had made re-
marks rejecting on his character.
The two girls. he declared. denied
making any disparaging remarks.
Hitchcock denied that his relatioua
with either of the girls hal been i'm
proper.
Flora Zabeiie testified briefly. stat
ing that at the time Of the alleges
occurrences her husband told her Of
meeting the two young girls asd q
the automobile ride.
Elsie voecks. aged II. . cham e
! Helen Won Hagen. and an alSegea
victim Of the actor. was called - .
witness for the state today.
She told OF a ride to Great Neck,
l.. l., in Mr.. Hitchcock's automobile,
with Hitchcock and Helen Won Ha-
gen. They had to walk back to New
York. the witness said. and in few
DAYS they went 10 Brooklyn to visit
the actor At the Montank taeater,
where he was playing al the time.
Weak Testimony Aeainst Aiteheoee<.
| Miss Voecks then passed to To
description Of a meeting at Mr.. Hitch
cocks Manhattan home on which 0c-
casion Miss Won Hagen hal testified
that Hitchcock attempted - assault
Miss voecks. This evidence vas cor
roborated by the witness today. with
little deviation from the story as told
Yesterday by Miss Won Hagen ~
witness was then croesexam!ued ~
counsel for Mr.. Hitchcock,
In reply TO direct question VIE
Their Hitchcock ever wroaged her -
replied that he never did. She said
also that Helen Won Hagen never tc1i
her OF anything wrong ever havtag
taken place when she had 6rzt visk-
ID the Forty-first street house. -
contradictei the testimony Of Miss
Won Hagen with reference TO IN n
legged attempt Of Hitchcock 70 euess
heir room one night when they VEN
4, Great Neck. She said she aeves
hal told anv one. not ever the gFoDo
Jury that Hitchcock had attsopeed -
inter their room.