Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-06-04 | Page 1 | Blackmail Plot Against Lita Grey Charged

Bla Blackmail ck ma i 1 Plot Plo t Ag i ns t Lita L i ta Grey Charged SOU SOUGHT HI HUSH lA ASSERTS r Attorney Refused to Aid Hollywood Mystery Man He Says DETAILS NOT TOLD Uncle of Clark to Go on Stand Soon By LYLE DOWNING MANTI June 4 Special A Special A plot to extort a large sum of money from Lita Grey wife ex-wife of Charlie Chaplin the cinema star was exposed exposed ex ex- posed from the witness stand today in the first degree murder trial of Sheldon Clark hammer slayer of ofDen Don Den Hollywood mystery m man an Carl W. W Fawcett Los Angeles attorney and friends of the Clark family told the tIle Jury that h came to him a short time before he was killed on the state tate highway near Gunnison last January and wanted him to aid in forcing Lita Grey to pay hush money It wa was nothing but a blackmailIng blackmail blackmail- Ing plot and and I I told told Sol wouldn't have anything to do with It declared Attorney Faw Fawcett ett REVEALS NO DETAILS Fawcett was called back to the witness stand by District Attorney Fred Keller for cross examination today He did not reveal the details de Ce de details tails of the plan divulged by Solo Solo- vich to extort money from the Hollywood beauty Plans of Lewis Larson chief defense defense defense de de- de- de counsel to call Clifford Vorhees Vor- Vor hees bees youthful uncle of the hammer slayer were deferred when court re reconvened reconvened reconvened re- re convened after the week end recess Instead he lie called Lloyd Larson of Sterling H. H W. W Pickett of Richfield and Andrew Anderson traveling salesman who passed the scene of the homicide while sport roadster was parked at the side of the road REVELATIONS EXPECTED More startling revel revelations of activities in ire the Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood movie colony were expected this afternoon when Clifford Vorhees Vorhees Vor- Vor hees hoes was vas scheduled to testify in behalf of his nephew Vorhees Vortices was employed for several weeks as driver for He Is expected to divulge information concerning relations with Charlie Chaplin Lita Grey and others prominent in the movie colony according to Attorney Larson once had Vorhees 3 arrested on a trumped up charge chargo and then tried to blackmail his mother Mrs Elizabeth Vorhees to pay 2800 to keep her son from going to prison C. C A. A former president of the Osage Indian association and millionaire oilman appeared as a character witness for Clark this morning