Show HOOTING SHOW GIRlS 1 J illian Graham and Ethel Coni Conr Conrad Con- Con i r I rad Freed of the Criminal f Charges Arising From the J Wounding of of- W. W E. E D. D Stokes SCENE WHEN VERDICT IS ANNOUNCED s t of Defendants in n Hys Hys- Ten Minutes One uror Favored Conviction of Second Degree Assault GREE ON FOURTH BALLOT EW FEW YORK Dec If A A verdict of not guilty was returned late lay Jay ay freeing Lillian Graham and hel Conrad of criminal charges on onich ich they had been held since last 1 he bc for for shooting shooting tlC the m millionaire and hotel proprietor W. W Bej E. E U j Stokes The jury reached its vcr ver- ett t in slightly less than one hour hourI I t. Tho hc shooting hootinG show hoW girls gIrs wore were tried an Indictment of or three counts the st charging an attempt to murder okes Of or consideration of or this count we er the Jurors were relle cd b by I tl ti o Marcus a ai at the request of ot the attorney The Tho court restricted i jur Jury to the second and third I which hl h charged respectively as- as lt In the tile first degree with Intent to toI jL ill I I and assault In the second degree th Lb i Int Intent nt to do bodily Injury I When rhen summoned to hear the verdicts verdict s s j Graham n appeared unstrung and andU U S assisted Into the court room trem- trem l ug ng g. g The more spirited Miss Mie Conrade Conrad 10 no e unassisted d but nervous Us 3 Conrad Hysterical n Then hen the girls faced the foreman he the words worda Not X l guilt ft C Conrad cried Thank God and andt t hysterics She sank ui lie counsel l table ble then jumI Jumped d up tIff in shrieking and tearing her her- hair t her bet arms abo about l wildly lId It Itis is s A surprise to fo the spectators rs for forsa sa 58 Conrad had kept much the bete bet bet- e nerve ot of tho the two defendants 13 the trial n the other hand Miss Graham d P continually wept during tIe the trial N sobbed the more when she heard v v verdict r lct r recovered covered hers herself tr when sheI she I her companion so affected and nd act ct aa i u tho the comforter to her ner younger r nd nd I tk ft was at first thought that Miss I l irad trad ad had misunderstood the verdict I Lh her companion tried to assure her herI herit I it t t the they were tree free h h. h I 1 know she said Tell Toll mother u arc free rree Tell her here we e are coming he 1 he begins begin's girls girl's h hysteria continued ten tan raint rain rain- t b Jury arrived ed at Its verdict after tr ballots On three of them the Jury Jury- voted otell eleven elc to ono for acquittal Is LODO man dissenting being in favor ta If L conviction of second degree as- as pi It Summing Up t IP p summing up UD arguments which tM IMant tant District Bucker llo e against the tile girls w wits vf s dramatic i I e flourished tl the revolvers with wHit which eX girls had shot Stokes and h his lils recital of f the shooting 1 b by freit tret Ire fre- it t snaps of th tile the trigger Ii e 0 referred l lo to the contention of o set isel I for tor the d defense that Mr Ir Stokes il 1 Continued on Tn fe Two wo icI I SHOOTING SHOW SHON SHOWGIRLS GIRLS ACQUITTED Lillian 1 fan Gr Graham aham an and Ethel to Con Con- is rad d Freed Feed r o of C Charges for or Wounding r Sto Stokes es I Continued From Page loJe On One could not bo punished and that the girls g had been punished enough He I Isaid said Perhaps it is no punishment for a aman aman I man with a a. six months months' bride and a a. I year old old car son to have ha such things talked about him in every cry village vil vil- 1 lage lago and hamlet as have been pub pub- I In this case And how have these girls be been bean n punished While Stokes was nursing his wounds the they thet hunS hung his bloody trousers outside of or a theatre and asked ed the public to deposit deposit de de- posit its money In the box office Mr r. r Buckner did not spare Stokes He referred to the sick millionaire as a cool cool calculating c. rogue who always had md been strong and was cautious He pleaded with ith the tho Jury to forget sympathy and consider only the tho argument argument argument ment of or self Speaking of the thc relations between Stokes and Miss Graham he sal said scornfully And the they have o the hardihood od to call can that love Its It's not love Its It's pursuit on the part of Stokes and lucre on the part of Lillian Graham The principal motive of ot tho the final act continued Mr r. Bucl Buckner ner is Js money money money money When hen Miss Conrad came on the tho scene he continued wasn't to tobe tobe tobe be any more pamby business The most extraordinary woman I ever met he said of or the younger de defendant de- de What a combination of oC kitten kitten kitten kit kit- ten and wild cat Nineteen and hard as asa asa a nail There Thore was no more cambric tea lea business after alter she entered Miss Conrad glared at him hint as he spoke The prosecutor asserted that Miss ollER Conrad concocted the whole scheme to get mone money out of Stokes and that she wrote rote the tho letters Miss l Graham left left left- when she made what he said was a a. fake lake attempt at and suicide suicide and had the older but weaker and less intelligent woman coP copy it It He accused Miss lIss Conrad of brushing some Borne of the writing with water to imitate tear drops They Tile never expected to shoot Stokes when the they bought those guns ho he went on Theres There s no use shooting up a a. man when you ou expect to get het a i signed statement statement statement state state- ment out of him that you can turn into money mane Favorable word as to Mr 1 Stokes Stokes' condition condition condition con con- was given Iven out late tonight The attend attending InS InS' physician said his patient is well on the road rond to recovery Mr Sir Stokes is ignorant of the acquittal acquit acquIt- tal of Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad Conrad Con Con- rad said Josiah Thornly and did not even know that the case had hod gone one to the JUr jury I dont don't care caro to Jeopardize the tho chances of or m my patients patient's recovery b by discussing the case with Uh him or allowing any anyone one else to do so so |