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Show STOKES ABSENT FROMJIEARIIIG NEW YORK. Dec. 1. Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing tho absence of W. E D. Stokes In court today, the case against Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, show girls, charged with attempted murder, was resumed. Miss Brophy, who had ben in the employ of Stokes for seven years, said she first got acquainted with Miss Graham In the latter part of 190G and with Miss Conrad on May 31, 1911. Sho told of Miss Graham's calling Stokes on the tolophonc many times in the last four years. She said that slmetimc8 MisBGraham gave her right name and at other times bso gave other names. Miss Brophy was shown a hat and clotheB Mr. Stokes wore tho day of tho shooting and sworo they were not a disgulso, but such as he ordinarily woro. Tho witness denied emphatically that she was Stokes' confident In his affairs with other women. Tho de-fonso de-fonso tried to show that the letter Introduced In-troduced last Wednesday, in which Miss Graham told Stokes why ho should not fear to have her as his guest on his Lexington farm was u "framo up," written after Miss Graham Gra-ham visited Lexington, but Miss Brophy Bro-phy declared sho had never Been the letter before. Miss Graham went abroad, didn't stay long and camo back to New York looking for Stokes about two years ago, aESordlng to Miss Agnes Hando, a clerk at the Ansonla hotel. Stokes had a long talk with Miss Graham and offered her money, which sho Indignantly In-dignantly threw away. Later, however, how-ever, when Stokes had gone. Miss Graham picked tho money up from tho floor and put It in her hand bag, Miss Hnado said. "I told her," continued the witness, "that she had better stay away from Mr. Stokes now, as he had married since Bho saw him last and sho might get Into trouble with his wife. Then she said: "'What do I care for his old redheaded red-headed wlfo?' " oo |