The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-16
Jury TOOK - MINUTES
To ARRIVE At VERDICT
hiss Conrad Creates Hysterieal
Scene in Court Room When
Told She Vas Free.
Stokes Condition Too Serious To
Permit Of His Being Informed
Of Verdict.

OF erdlCt.
NEW YORK. Dec Dc The verdict
q not guilt Nha FrtIrncd late to.
DAY. freeing Lillian Graham aud Ethel
Ionrad % criminal charges on ehlcE
they had been held since last July Tor
shooting the millionaire hportnmau
and hotel proprietor. W = o Stokes
The Jury reached ne verdict in siiEh
" lras than an hours d~fberation -
- minutes to De- exact
The shooting fhow girls we're
Tried on an Indictment ~ thrc. counts
he nrHt charging an attempt tn mlr-
Ser Stokes. Of consideration ~ his
count. however. the jurors acre re.
heved BY Justice Marcus. at the -
auest az the district attorney The
tourt restricted the iurv to the second
tnd third counts. which charged 70
spectively. assault in the hrst degree
with intent 20 kili. and assault ia The
second degree. with intent 10 a. bodily
injury
While the jury vas dellberatIng the
two defendants were held prisoners ia
an adjoining room Waiting was OBJ
viOusiy severe ordeal for both
When summoned 20 hear the verdict.
Miss Graham appeared completely un-
strung and Was assisted into the cnurt
room. trembling in every limb The
more spirited Miss Conrad came I'M
assisted. but she seemed highly
nervous
Miss Conrad Hysteriesi
When the girls faced the for-man
be- announced the words. "Sot guilt, -
Miss Conrad cried Thank God. and
went into violent hystsrics. Shs aanN
10 tho counsel table. then Jumped ~
= again. shrieking and tearing her hair
and throwing her arms about Nildly
u was a surprise 20 the spectators. f1r
Miss Conrad had kept much the better
nerve OF the two defendants through
out the trial ON the other hand Miss
Graham. who continually Wept curing
the trial. and sobbcd tho moo" when
she heard the verdict. recovered her
self when she ssN her companion 50
Affected. and acted as the comforter
% her younger friend
IL Was ~ hrst thought that Miss
Conrad had misunderstood TIE verdict.
and her companion tried 90 assure a"r
that they we're free on I know.
she cried. tell mother we are free.
Tell her W. are coming home The
minutes before her friends succrc led
In duieting her.
Crowd Cheers Girls.
She recovered as suddenly as she
was attacked. and with Miss Graham
on her arm. issued from the court
room 10 BE- greeted with cheers by q
large crowd gathered outside Many
persons stepped forward 90 shake their
IH.f
and we're Wlhrled away to dinner
The Jury arrived 40 its verdict after
taking four ballots. ln three ui them
the jurymen voted each time N 20 .
for ncqulttal the one man dissenting
being IN favor of conviction on sec.
ond degree assault The spectators
who crowded tho court room. did not
appear 90 be- greatly surprised No
one was presenting Stokes except his
Xcounnci tits young wife. who har
been IN the court room most NJ the
dny. decided not t1 wait the outcome
n was said o. The Hotel AnsouIa some
hours later. that the verdict bad not
he~n announced to stokes up fo that
time BE was sHll fo he eth danger
ousiy ii and in core .lerah'e pain from
the recent operation Ger 'hr removal
OF an ahsccas on bis kidney
The SUMMING up argument which
Assistant District Attorney Hurkuer
made aEainef the Eirls was RI dumaf
ic feature OF the late afternoon scs
sion of court tle fourishof tho ~.
voivers with which ne girls had shot
Stokea and puuctuated bis recital OF
the shooting and hIs scorchirE denun.
citation of both stokes and fbe girls
By frequent snaps of the triEgers
Condemns Sho~ Girls.
law must be- enforced to hr on.
sobled. not to he laughed az. roreIcd
a.. spat upon and danced upon and
sung over on fhe vaudeville afaEe.
we're some of Wr nuckner.s words
lie referred to The contention uf cour
esf Tor the defense Thar Mr. stokes
could not Do punished and chat fhe
Girls had been punished enough Ur
said
perhaps DO is no punishment for a
man with sIr months bride and a
1tycar.old son fo haVo such fhIrrr
hawkcd about hIw in every village
and hamlet as have been published
iu this case And how have these
r Eiris been punished While stokes
vas nursing bis wounds. fnrv hung
hts bloody trousers outside 0f thea
ter and asked tha public t1 depost
tts money ln the box oTrr-
Charge % jury.
judge Marcus said .r DTS rfnrra fo
the jurors that the only theor, of Che
defense was se'fdefeuse IIe declared
that aIl the other matters BROUGHT ort
On the case we're relevant only fo show
ths relations OF the parties Tie eau.
toned the jurors nof fo Iet their emo.
tions overrun their reason simply be.
cause the defendants were women
Stokes vas shot vher he called af
the apartments Of fhc show rIrIs on
she night OF June O. fc sa.l be- Rad
gone there at the imitation of Miss
Conrad. with the expectation 1f raff.rr
letters he had written fo Miss Graham
and that when te Eof there the rIris
laid before him "a demand for money
with a flourish of revolvers and q
threat to shoot The Girls declared that
Stokes attacked them. and that he
CCsufiuusd On Tsnth Parsl.