The Washington times., 1921-02-20
District Attorney of
What Goes On in
"MOtiOn Picture
Schools" Which
Wheedle Money Out
of Stage-Struck
Girls---And Lure
Them to Ruin

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Ayes. went through the whole
course, six weeks.
Odd you ever receive positioni
A--No, sir.
Q.-what did he say to you about
money, How much did he ask you fort
A-$75.
Q.-How was that to be paid?
A.-That was to be paid at the rate Of
S12 week.
Q.-Miss Charvet, did you ever have any
conversation with this defendant, Mr..
Ackerman?
Ayes.
o.-with reference to going to his
apartment?
Ayes, Mr. Ackerman invited me.
Q.-when was this?
A-Two weeks after Joined the school.
Q.-How did he come to invite you?
A.-One night when leaving he told me
to wait downstairs in the druggists.
Odd you meet him in the druggists?
Ayes, then l started for the subway
and he started walking along with me. He
said, 1--WE will get along all right together,
won't we? Suppose you and 60 up to my
apartment and have little party?" OF
course, was surprised and laughed at It
and said, This is awful sudden"
Q.-Tell me what he said?
Ale kept talking to me all the way
down in the subway. He asked me which
way would like to be loved. So said.
81 don't know what you mean, which way
liked to be loved" He said, 81 want to
have a date with you about two weeks
from now" Mr.. Ackerman speaks French
with me. He kissed me, and when he was
going away he put his arm around me and
said, II want to have you."
Q.-What else was said?
A.-That was about all that was said.
Odd he ever make any other ad-
Hances to you?
A.-Only to go up to his apartment, and
another time he was showing me some
medicine.
4 Odd you ever take some of this medi-
cine?
A.-No. asked him what 1t was.
Q.-What did he say?
Ale said 1t was some sleeping pow.
der that would make you 90 to sleep.
Odd you ever take any OF this?
A.-No, l never took anything like that.
Q.--What else did he say?
AT the subway station he asked me
to take cocktail with him.
Q.-What did you say?
Al said no.
Q.-what did he then say?
Ale asked me to have soda, and
said no, so he went home.
Odd you ever go to his apartment?
A-No.
After Miss Charvet had completed her
testimony before Justice Douras Miss FL
freida Kamler was called and told of her
experience in the same studio with the
same man Ackerman. Her testimony ran
in part as follows:
QUESTIONABLE is your name?
ANSWER-Elfreida Kamler.
Q-Do you know this defendant Acker.
man?
Al do.
Q.-What did you say to him when you
called to see him on May 13?
Al asked him II he was advertising
10, any people to work In his studio, and
he said he was. and for me to come back
in two days and ne would give me trial,
go I came down there on May 15 AMI
asked Mr.. Ackerman II ] would do for a
motion picture business, but he said fret
I would have to study. A certain amount /
would have to go through He said there
would be $40 that had to pay for .
course OF lessons. ! asked him IL that had
TO be paid at once, and he told me no, $40
each time l called. So paid him $40 on
that day.
Q.-what happened on that day7
A.-After that had a lesson on that
day and that was all that happened.
O.-What kind of lessons did he give7
Ale instructed us and showed us the
different expressions OF the face.
O.--Where did this take placer
AT No. 727 Seventh avenue, In the
studio.
Q.-when is the next time you saw this
defendant
Alt was Friday, the next time came
down.
o.-what, II anything, was said at that
8rst conference with Mr.. Ackerman7
A.-Mr Ackerman told me that after the
third lesson II wasn't doing any good he
would refund the money TO me.