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Show MISS GRAHAM M ADE ATTEMPT ATSUICIDE Stokes on Stand Relates Alleged Story of Miss Conrad. NEW YORK, July 7. W. E. D. Stokes' tewtiiuoay was still unfinished when court convened today for further examination of the charge that an attempt at-tempt to murder Stokes waa made month ago by Misa Lillian Graham and Misa Ethel Conrad. Tha purpose of these proceedings is to determine whether the evidence ia sufficient to warrant sending the ease to the grand jury, but the examination and cross examination is conducted with such thoroughness that it amount practically practical-ly to a trial. On the stand yesterday Stokes gave hie version of the alleged attempt aa his life when ie visited the yoang women's apartments at Mies Conrad's invitation to recover letters he had written to Miaa flraham. - These lettera were found by detect ivee in the girla' room a few daysaaf-ter daysaaf-ter the shooting, and einre then have been in the possession of the district attorney. In them Stokea, who- said oa the 'stand yeetcrdsy that he was A7 yeara old, for the most part adopted toward the voung girl an attitude of fatherly counsel, advising her against the stage, against intoxicating liquors sod about life in general. ' Defendants Daintily Dressed. The two defendants and Miss Graham's Gra-ham's sister, Mrs. John Singleton, wife of a wealthy California mining man, who aoromnanlea them In court, listened lis-tened to Htokee' testimony with frequent fre-quent derisive smiles. All three were dressed in the daintiest of summer costumes cos-tumes and presented a refreshing sight in the torrid courtroom. The prettv young defendants were were dressed alike today in striking gowns of white serge trimmed - with satin. Stokea wore somber black and carried a boat shaped straw hat of the coolie fafthioa. When Mr. Stokea renamed hit testi mony he 'said be was not sure how many lettera introduced yesterdav were his. He thought about eight. He told of a visit made to his office by' Mies Conrad on May 21, which was the first time the letters were brought into notice. no-tice. She came into his office highly excited and. was unable to apeak for some time. "When she became calmed." Stokes continued, "she told me she had been out to dinner the night( before. She met Miss Graham, she said, at the dinner din-ner and the young ladv waa in distressed dis-tressed circumstances with little money and no clothes, and that the had taken her home to ber rooms, Finds Not and Letters. " 'When T went out this mor'niiijr to business,' Mifts 'onra. aaid, 4I left Misa ftrarmtn in be.. I forgot mr pencil pen-cil and returnM for it. When I got into the room ! waa shocked to find a not on tbe table together with a handle han-dle of lettera, the note aayina; that Mine Graham had committed enieide and aha bad addretwed tbe letter to the; press.' 'Mis Conrad also told me' coo tinued Stokea, "that aome of the let-l tern were mine and some belonged to other men. 8he aaid he rnshed into the bedroom and found Misa Graham in bed, ber face all blistered and burned, where she had anilled carbolic afid. A doctor waa called and pumped her out. Mien 4'anrad aaid, and saved ber life." Misa- Conrad, according -to Rtokee, proceeded to narrate to him ber family fam-ily history. Hhe was. according to this narrative, the daughter of a Rnaaian prince, who met her mother ia Louisville, Louis-ville, Kr.. and eloped with her, Misa Conrad being bora in Bluefild. Vea ezneJa. where her father was killed in a riot. Losses of one kind or another reduced re-duced the widow s property from $200,-UO'J $200,-UO'J to t-0.0o. which latter sum she collected in New York on insurance This '-',00. Htokee said Miss Conrad told him. was squandered by a ma a her mother married. The "daughter then had to go to work. "She aaid,' the witneat continued, "she had coma to see me oa her lawyer's law-yer's adviee to tell me about the letters let-ters she found oa the table with the suicide not." . Gave Defendants Money. "I told M:s Conrad that Miss Oranam was an uodeslraMe woman," aald Stokes, "and thar 1 wouldn't give Miaa Orsham one cent, but I eald X would alve Mies Conrad money for the nurse te Tooh after (Continued oa page 10.) MISS GRAHAM (Continued from ptgg 1.) IMin Graham, lflsn Conrad wanted mo to jsiffn a noti for I? 00 to allow Mlaa Ora-ha-a to so abroad. I said I would not. I woud five no agreement becftuaa I ithnuitht Mlaa Oraham a dangerous wo-j wo-j man." , j 8trkt raid h onrod to draw a chock for Si-'OO to enable Mlxa Graham to et to BflKlum to Join tier aiater, whereupon, ha jconttnutd- "Mln Conrad an Id. Oh, no; don't draw ;a rhcli: thtr mlcht ba soma acandal about it )Giv jn the rah." I said. i'All rlirht. and tva her the money." I The deferidant'a attorney queetloned Mr. . Stoke aharply rejsardinir Mltuj Oraham' . jvU to hia farm In lxtnirton. Kv. Tha A defense he contended that the girl ei-jperted ei-jperted to And other Ruaeta with Htokaa land when he found that h waa vlaitlnf 1 him alone. ahe left the folio wine morn In. "Didn't he leave hevaune you tried to lnult her?" Stokea waa aaked. At rarm Thraa Dy. He was not allowed to aawer thla queatton. out replied that aha remained at the -farm about three dnv. 1 Hla attorney read the letter of Invitation Invita-tion In which Mlaa Graham's aiater waa aafcfd to vUft Stoken at the aame time. "But ydu did entertain ao called fatherly father-ly affection for Mln Oraham didn't yoo?" hked the alrl'a attorney. "I did fee) kindly towards her." re-Dlled re-Dlled St xea. turnlnc to imlla at the two younr women. "what were your Intention! towaxv her?" "To ba polite to her." - The pmaecutlon clod Its case with ithe examination of a policeman who A ret I reached the houae after tha ahootlns. Ha laaH the irlrla told hlra that each of ttaam had shot titnkee. It waa runtord that tha defendant would not no uo tha atand at this az-amlnat az-amlnat Ion. |