Evening star., 1955-09-15
Haynes Letters Sought
Funds, Court Is Told

Scores Of letters beginning
"Hello, there" /" and ending, "Sin.
cerely." from an Arlington psy.
chiatrist led a California mother
to the verge of divorce so she
could come here and live neal
her mentally i'll son and the doc
tor, a Federal Court jury in Alex
andria has been told.
But in many of the letters
there were appeals for more
money to pay for the care and
Treatment Of the son.
This was the evidence as the
trial of DR.. Harry j. Haynes en-
tered its second day today.
DR.. Haynes and his wife,
Gladys, are charged with con-
spiracy to defraud In the deten-
tion for is months Of the SON
Marvin Kitayewitz, ~, who was
forcibly removed from the psy-
chiatrist's home by police last
January.
The witness who gave this tes-
timony and read the letters as
the trial opened yesterday was
Mrs. Sam Kitayewitz of Los An
geleS.
Fond of DIR. Haynes
Mrs. Kitayewitz testified she
had grown fond of DR.. Haynes
after he had advised her to OBJ
tain q divorce from her husband
because the couple was not COM
patible. She said the psychiatrist
informed her that her son still
showed hostility toward her hus-
band when she reached the point
of reconsidering the matter of
obtaining a divorce.
Marvin Kitayewitz did not at
tend the trial yesterday, being
confined in California hospital,
according to attorneys.
An early development in to-
days trial was a motion by De-
tense Counsel r. Brooke Howard
to dismiss the indictment against
DR.. Haynes and his wife. Yes
terday, charges against two CO.
defendants, Mrs. Anne Newman
Parham Of 4401 @ street NV.
and Francis H. Crawford of Sill
yer Spring, Md, were dismissed.
Mr.. Howard argued that under
common law q man and his wife
are considered to be one and
that q conspiracy cannot exist
with one person.
Judge Explains Action
The prosecution replied that
the indictment was against the
four individuals "and other per-
sons unknown to the grand jury"
and that therefore there are
more than one still accused.
Judge Albert v. Bryan COM
mented that the withdrawing Of
the charges against Mrs. Parham
and Mr.. Crawford does not nee
essarily clear them of guilt, If
the evidence shows a conspiracy
existed although the pair can not
now be prosecuted since to bring
the charge again would be to
place them in double jeopardy.
The judge then deferred ruling
on the point until additional
evidence is in.
DR.. Haynes and his wife landed
in a Federal court when they
were accused of sending a tele-
gram across State lines in an
attempt to defraud Mr.. and Mrs.
Kitayewitz. He allegedly sent
a telegram to Mrs. Kitayewitz
from Warrenton. Va. to WASH
1ngton and Mrs. Haynes is ac-
cused Of conspiring in a scheme
to defraud.
Witness Resumes
Mrs. KitayewitZ resumed the
stand today and told of her
fruitless efforts to locate her son
and the doctor after coming here
from California.
This testimony came under
croSs-examination by Defense
Counsel T. Brooke Howard.
It was not until after Arling-
ton police had broken through
the door Of the Haynes home at
4503 North Twenty-second street
and brought her son to the
courthouse last January 20 that
she was able to see him. This
was the first time Mrs. Kitaye-
witz had seen Marvin in Is
months.
Again near the point of break
ing down on the witness stand,
the mother said Marvin's head
was wrapped in bandages and
that he was in bed at the
courthouse.
Her previous testimony and
numerous letters read from DR..
Haynes told how the, psychia-
trist had repeatedly given her
assurances that her son was i'm
proving and in satisfactory con-
dition during the 15-month
period.
Mrs. Kitayewitz said she ar
rived in Washington on Decem-