Show I STOKES CONSPIRACY CASE READY fOR CHICAGO JURY I Attorney ey Say Say Says Millionaire Is Old Man With I DelusIon He Is Great Detective and Had Obsession His Wife Was In- In Inmate In Inmate mate of Resort CHIC GO arch Mareli 13 13 mens men's men mens men's In the Stokes Ne on n I at 1 o'clock and a l r taken talen until 2 p m when J w N 1 Gemmill HI toad lead oad hia charge chare and flit gise gl the case Ilse to the tho fur jur Remember that all ad the Indian i as guides do not nol no seat eal moccasins as aas the final filial In a I InjUnction to the Iho ury ur by V V assistant n C K r Rathbun defense counsel counsel I speaking in a wol oli c ole C Morn Horn all all to 10 a It per continued his address s started day when he told tho ilia th jury that Stokes an anold anold old Id mil man n obsessed n lilt 1111 the one Idea hat bat his loung oung to hid had done wrong had done many foolish s but had haI not committed con to detains c DAs the formal against him Rathbun pleaded hy by the tha slate states s torce force C q rt E L Lee n s 0 In dieted with Mith Stokes and ani an J arlous to force l us ns e of ot bon something back ot of otho the prosecution other than nn en Idea to 10 have hale a disinterested tion ln lion tion mado made and done After Arter Rathbun's address W W Smith assistant states tes Intended to close tot foi the state slate h his argument before the hc lunche luncheon on recess with JUdge follow V N charge charee to acre cro that the tha case I would rest with Ith t the jury near I Z 2 nm m Rathbun referred to this old man led on b bi those tho e le leed ed edIn In lily hen three three- icar car tn Investigation that oung oar the theold Ife sias as an Inmate of the old oJ club notorious in the night life of ot Chi Chicago cage cago for tor ten tars eara cara until It ft has as a closed 13 cars ago aso nI err PT SILI T Ther There Baa ass nothing for malicious Inte Intent nt vas has as lacking Rathbun Ho Ho about In his JUs own way wa trying tr Ing to get gel at the truth but he never told lold anybody lIt at his own agents as what he had 10 nd out So So far as the record goes It does docs not show that Leo lee tool took any aff Idas Its hen When the Iha trial ope opened ned a month a ago o today odai toda likewise Ise a Q Friday the Air Mr Stokes and arid Lee ha had l tao to co defendant co Daniel I l Nu- Nu Nugent Nugent gent formed formerly the age aged 1 l- l atres atre's New ew ew York and 1 Hattie Hallie Johnson a rss v York ne- ne n gless The indictments indictment's s ug ug nt nl rand and the tho Johnson John u w man ogre rL r dis dl howe however er after r sev- sev sty oral eral ai q of th the trial the ho state ell f failed toi lb l make malc ase cases s against them Jut Jut-c e C said he thought an injustice had both don done In to In- In ting In Originally Orlo thre three Hirer others also atso were ere indicted Two TI cf ct them halo not been brought to 10 trial and the person has not been ap- ap I The Indictments grew from Stokes ea eai In Investigation fromI of I 1 information that Ills hla He i once ono vas ens ns tn ln it Inmate of the Lver Dver- le ah club a notorious resort known n for tor or n II dec dec-de in the old ic tc- tc district until It was as closed 13 ears cars ago afo I In that In th the 73 year year-oid old ear e husband of the old 38 38 sear old wife Ire ed d A number ot of S In ind former a of ot the old Chicago un- un un underworld den orld nl 01 01 I Ill Illi ch resulted In obtain obtain- In obtainIng Ing at least leapt H 46 Us against Mrs Irs Stokes Stohl's for tor that number of I stoned ned statements was vas a but was not admitted as In the trial which bleh ended loda odai Stokes vas sass gotten olten under way here in to the summer of 1921 when hen he Di Lb former fohner house houe at the el C club lie Ile enlisted the I he s a assistance In his search tor lor Information that thai Mrs Sirs Stokes Moke s under one olle of ot the aliases or or or Underwood had been bem an Inmate of the club seine time lime bet between een 1905 and 1907 1307 I Various Parlous pictures res some from tits Mis Stokes album and 1 some front from fro other other sources were used usel by M Mr St Stokes kes In his efforts to find per persons persons pe sons who ha might have n noun nonn her inthe In 1 the tho time of the club The sho ell a dung oung woman oman seated seat seat- seated ed cd In- In Inan In an electric a upon a 0 legged Jogged chair and aith a abby by b unon upon her Mr rr stokes tokes as stag alleged cd to lia hale lla I slated stated they hey I ere made mad a liT a a Chicago park II In Iq n a disorderly and that the last one aas one of ot a a negro baby c eno In- In Introduced in at the trial Indicated the th automobile picture uro and the tho spindle legged chair picture acre ere mado made t I Mrs Stokes s Denser Dem er Colo home while Mrs airs Arthur i Scott Miller Mr Mr- Mr Stokes mother testified the bib n In tin the h picture was as her grandson Ray nay Haymond mond Sargent Mr Stokes did much of his own oln ov I One of oC his hl hi chief as- as was as Joe pruner Bruner former torme t bo boy bO in tn in the old levee lee Lend Ind ind non nou taxicab ta chauffeur who ho ho on sued Stokes I for tor 9 5 fo foi seC services Ices In guiding Mr lIr Stokes over ove the old trail trall trails Bruner was indicted with his hiB aged aled employer and Is l trial Inal II 1 I O l U lIr 11 D The 1 he Indictments Int were aero ere il brought Ir H and the six Elx oth otheta 1 eta 11 II l hi his second dhole suit was as pending p In Nta fork lork It It II was ab nato to nid il Tit rt the stale alleged that S Stoke tokes desired delred to connect Mrs Stol Stokes with Mith the former Chicago let I The long trial brought auto one sew ne ruling In Illinois legal JUt Is e Judge P I led fed urn urn-td Mrs Stokes blokes to testify I but I Ild he her r testimony to- to s of othe the attack upon i her reputation In b bi by t mo two 0 sleeping car con con- conductors who ho testified she sha had tras- tras led ded led night with ah young mm m and Mr Ir Stokes testimony that th Ir mat final separation January 1 1 1919 followed follo t two 0 appearances of of his hi wife partly disrobed before her soung cousin Hal K K of Chi ago The Tho trial brought vindication Indication for lor Mrs Stokes from froin C l 1 F Rathbun her tier husbands husband s a counsel it when hen hen on ot Thul Thursday he informed the court ind nd jury that thai he did not believe that that Mrs Mra Stokes ewer er was as an an In Inmate inmate Ir mate of the 1 k club or or that thatch ch h had associated with lIh negroes Rathbun pictured Stoke Stokes ai as a an 01 oil J man obe sed with the Idea Ide that his lin young loung oung Ife had haa done some soma I wrong long and ind belle belies log himself the worlds world 8 greatest detective had ha sought In in a legal to t i establish h the con of his Ideal lies Idea lie He may tavA hava done some lome things thIng thin which mako one o think he was was a 8 darned old tool fool said Path Rath- bun bun but he did nothing crIminal for there thero theroa a was no criminal Intent nn |