Show WOULD HALT STOKES TRIAL I Wife Who Charged Slander Is Ready to Drop Suit CHICAGO Jan J in 10 States States At At- At At tome torne Crowe Crow today was 9 asked aked In Ina ina Ina a letter signed In the tho name or of Mrs Mr Helen Elv Elwood Stoke Stokes or of er to abandon the tho charges or of conspiracy against her hr former husband W V E B D Stokes mu- mu hotel hotl min mn of or New York City Mr Ir Stokes Stoke Daniel Nugent New York attorney who had lied rep rep- represent rep represented resent resented d Mr Stokes Stoke In some Borne legal matters matter and several eral others other Chi Chi Chi- Chicago caco go cago people are under indictment charged with Ith conspiracy to de- de detamo defame d tam deI fame tamo Mrs Stokes Stoker The Th Indict Indict- Indictment I ment were wre returned here on toe tn ev eve of the trial of Stokes Stoke second secondI I effort cHort to divorce his wife Mr Stokes came cam to Chicago and legal leeal counter and private es and appeared before the grand jury In conn connection e tion lion with e what hat she the then charged d was a conspiracy to blacken her ber character TRI D TO PROCEED State Slate States s ne Crow Crowe e corn com com on the letter better said lId Mrs Stokes wishes would hive little bearing on his hlo action and that an effort would be made mad to ha hae hue e her testify but that thaI In any event he would proceed with l the prosecution prosecution tion lion even though the efforts were unsuccessful The case cas I Is Ia set for trial Monday but another con con- con continuance ha has bas been anticipated be- be because be cause one on of ot the s rep rep- representing resenting Nugent lugent Is engaged with another long lont and cd ol trial The letter cd by the states state's attorney bore the ad- ad address ad address dress of 8 il I Clarkson St Den Den- Denver Denver Den Denver ver and the th state Mate s a attorney as- as assumed as that the th sl e was WitS that ot of Mrs frs Mr Stoke Stokes I I am w you what hat m cn feelings on the matter at thin this mo iwo moment ment ar are tho letter said Vt hat hathas has caused this change chance of ot heart Ok hat Ir you OU may choose to call It let me m briefly state as aslou OU doubtless kno know knott m my father tather died when hen the th case ca o started cnn anu It Is needless ss to say I missed his support terribly TROUBLE LV IX L HOME IOME HOMETh The Th letter Itter added that I 1 Mn Stoke mot mother Is Isery ery Iry ery ill III that her son ion Jimna JImmi had an operation recently and that her daughter suffered a broken arm All Alt this uhe ahe he sold said ald her down and andr she does not feel rel physically able r I to enter Into another litigation I with Ith 5 ith Mr Stok Stokes In a contest that would further reflect on our chit chit- children chil children dren The letter continued I Considering all these things my friends advised me m to do my part to 10 stop slop aU all litigation between us and I have lave decided to ask OU It if the case coso against a Mr Ir Stokes could not be Indefinitely post post- postponed post postponed or dropped that I mii have peace I I do not want to seem indifferent Indifferent ferent terent or ungrateful to the good people of ot Chicago for tor Ina I Ing my case cae but there Is i a 0 limit f to physical endurance and I fell feol that I have r reached that limit |