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Show UU two snow girls "HOT GUILTY" IS JURY'S VERDICT 1 GRAHAM O JCONRAO'I NEW YORK. Dec. 15 A verdict of "not guilty" -waB re- - turned late today, freeing LI1- Han Graham and Ethel Conrad -f of criminal charges on which 4- they had been held olnce last 4- Juno for shooting tho million- 4 aire sportsman and hotel pro- f prietor, W. E D Stokes. The 4- Jury reached its vordict in 4- 4- slightly loss than one hour. 4 i 4- 4 U "The shooting show girls" were tried on an Indictment of three counts, tho first charging an attempt to murder mur-der Stokes. Of consideration of this count, however, the Jurors wore relieved re-lieved by Justico Marcus, at tho ro-quest ro-quest of the district attorney. The court restricted tho Jury to tho second sec-ond and third counts, which chnrged, respectively, assault in the first degree, de-gree, with Intent to kill, and nssault In the second degree with Intent to do bodjlv Injury Whenv summoned to hear the vordict, vor-dict, MJsa Graham appeared unstrung and was assisted Into the court room, trembling. Tho more spirited Mies Conrad came unassisted, hut nervous When the girls facod the foreman ho announced the words, "Not guilty " Miss Conrad cried. "Thank God," and went Into violent hysterics. She sank to tho counsel table, thon Jumped up again, shrinking and tearing her hair and throwing her arms about wildly It was a surprise to the spectators, for Miss Conrad had kept much tho better bet-ter nerve of the two defendants throughout the trial. Mies Graham Was the Cool One. On the other hand. Miss Graham, who continually wept during the trial and sobbed the more when she heaid tho verdict, recovered herself when she saw her companion so affected, and acted as the coniforter to her vounger fiiend. It was at llrst thought that Miss Conrad had misunderstood the vordlo.t nnd her companion trlef'l to assure hev thut they were free. "Oh, I know," alio said, "tell mother wo aro free. Toll nor wo aro coming home." The girl's hynterla continnod ton minutes. Tho jury arrived at its verdict after four ballots. On threo of them th?' Jurvmen v'od mr'i Hi"- ii - or ncqulttal, tho one man dissenting being be-ing in fj.or of a -oii. .cuuii ui ao-Ouj-degreo assaulL Tho summing up arguments which Assistant District Attorney Bucknor made against tho girls was dramatic. Ho flourished tho revolvers with which the girls had shot Stokes, aud punctuated his recital of the shooting by frequent snaps of the triaor Stokes Ignorant of the Vordict. Ho referred to tho contention of counsel for tho defonso that Mr Stokes could not bo punished and that tho girls had been punished enough He said. "Perhaps It is no punishment for a man with a six months' bride an 1 a 14 -year-old son to have such things talkei about him In ovorv UllaTo aud hamlet, as have been publhb."d in this case And now havo thesa girls been punished'' "While Stokes wa3 nursing his wounds, they hung his bloody trousors outside of a thoator and USKeu LUC puuiic iu uuinjoiL us uiuutv in the box ofllco " Favorable word as to Mr Stokes' condition was givon out late tonight The attending phvslcian said his pa-tlont pa-tlont Is well on tho road to recovery Mr. Stokos Is Ignorant of tho acquittal ac-quittal of Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad," said Dr. Joslah Thornlev, "and did not even know that tho caso had gone to the Jury. I don't care to Jeopardize the chances of my patient's pa-tient's recovery by discussing the 30 with him or allowing any one cl6o to do so." on |
