Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-27
mrs. H|RSH NURSES.
WOUNDED HUSBAND
Both Deny She Was Responsible
for Shooting at Home of
Refine Davies
COCKTAILS AT LAWN PARTY

bullet hole in his face and badly dam
aged set Of false teeth. Oscar Hirsh,
Of Freeport, who was shot after party
given by Miss Refine Davies Saturday
night, returned to his home yesterday
from Nassau Hospital and is being
nursed back to health by his wife.
Hazel, who Is under S25 900 bail on the
charge of shooting him.
Hirsh, who is an electrical contractor
and was formerly theatrical pro-
motsr, VISA wounded in the right
cheek on vacant lot behind the
homo Of Miss Davies screen star.
The shooting, according to the story
told Assistant District Attorney Ed
wards, followed liberal drinking OF
cocktails by the guests at the affair.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Hirsh denied she
had pulled the trigger in n scufie which
had followed their departure from
party given by Miss Davies, but neither
said who had fired the shot-whether
Mr.. Hlrsh or a third party.
In her first public statement since
the party broke up IN a wild scramble,
"a the shot was heard, Mrs. Hirsh said
that, far from firing the shot. she was
doing Everything possible to pre-
vent Il.
Hirsh Loyal to His Wife
Hirsh, who is we'll known In the
towns theatrical colony, defended his
wife.
''You don't think I'd be fool enough
to come back to wife who had shot
me, do you?" he was quoted by his
attorney. ''If she was the kind of
woman who would shoot, would she be
the kind would shield?"
II have been asked to make a state
meut," said Mrs. Hirsh yesterday aft
ernoon. "but IN my condition at this
time I do not wish to say anything
other than this:
'It is silly for any one 10 think |
would do anything TO harm my hus-
band. He knows / was not responsible
in any way for his being shot and
knows did everything possible to avoid
1t by trying to save him. l do not
care to 60 into other matters.
Mr.. Hirsh is back from the hospital
and IS living the same as usual. i an
doing everything to nurse him back to
full health"
Denies Clandestine Embrace
George NJ. Levy. counsel for Mrs
Hirsh. denied Mr.. Uirsh had been found
by his wife paying attention to woman
in a secluded spot on the Davies lawn.
or that Mrs. Hirsh had hurried to her
home. perhaps to procure revolver.
Mr.. Levy gave out the following
statement signed by Mrs. HirsE
The article and statement in New
York evening paper Of June % to the
effect that | found Mr.. Hirsh paying
court to woman on Refine Davies
property, which. it il charged, aroused
my jealousy, is myth and manufac-
tured out of whole cloth and has nc
foundation. 1t is not only unfair to
the lady referred to but unfair TO me. y
It was admitted on Sunday BY close
friends that Mr.. and Mrs. uirsh had
INDUCED in family rows of late and
that Saturday nights quarrel was the
climax.
Mr.. Levy said with frankness that
both Mr.. and Mrs Hirsh were "stewed
TO the eyes, as were others attending
the affair, which has set agog even
the Lights Club, an organization OF
artists, film stars. actors, authors and
y well Unknown people along Broadway
who are used to wild" parties in Free
port and thereabouts since the advent
Of the Volstead act.
Two Pistols Found on Lawn
Mr.. Edwards said so far his inquiries
have shown no traces of anything but
quiet Saturday night lawn party at
Miss Davies home before the shooting.
lie added there were several details
which must be cleared up before the
real story of the shooting could be de
terurtped.
Ons, he said, concerned the finding
of two revolvers. Hirsh, the prosecutor
said, admitted owning both. One is O
80 caliber and the other 30 calber
One shot had been fired from each gun
llirsh was hit in the mouth and throat
by the bullet from the smaller weapon
Mr.. Edwards asserted both guns were
found on the lawn.
The other bothersome point, Mr.. Ed
wards said, concerned Mrs. Hrsh. She
appeared at a hearing before a police
Judge with one eye injured. While II
did not appear to be regular "blacl
eye,' it was cut and discolored. Sc
far no attempt has been made TO ex.
plain it, Mr.. Edwards asserted.
Denies Flood of Liquor
Last night, Frederick E. Goldsmith
attorney for Miss Davies, issued {
statement for her saying that it wa.
absolutely false and untrue that
great quantity Of liquor was consumed
by the guests at the lawn fete. Tn,
attorney understood that few drink
were served but he denied that any
body had been under the influence o.
intoXiCants.
He reiterated the denial that Mis,
Marion Davies was Mt the party. Mr.
Goldsmith said that Rene, asleep wheI
the shooting occurred, learned later tha
the afray took place on her lawn ant
that Hrsh. Immediately after havns
been wounded. had been taken into tn,
parlor of the Davies bungalow.
The attorney also disclosed as presen
at the party Miss Ethel Davies, auC
her brother in law, George b. Var
Cleve, and his wife. The Hirshes. thu
statement reported, had been invited t
the party at the suggestion of Mrs. Lee
Garlic, wife of the actor, who Is 1
ncighhOr.
Alfred Curtin Hirsh, one OF the sur
viying members of the old umbrella
house of Hirsh & Bro, of this city
which closed out its business in 1907
after career Of more than fifty year,
on Market street, Philadelphia, made
il plain today that the Oscar A. Hirst
who was shot at a garden party a
Frecport, y. Y, had no connection
whatever with the old firm.
1T has been said that Hirsh was
In business once in this city," said Mr.
Hirsh. This IS incorrect. He cam,