Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-08

Give me the cash / said all right,
and gave her the money
/; Farm Episode Basis Of Question.
The defendants attorney questioned
Mr.. Stokes sharply regarding Miss
i Graham's visit to his farm in Lexing-
ton, KY. The defense has contended
that the girl expected to find Of r
covered that she was visiting him
alone she left the following morning.
Didn't she leave because you tried
to insult herr" Stokes was asked.
He was not allowed to answer this
question but he replied that the g
manned at the farm about three days.
His attorney read the letter of In
vitation in which MISS Graham's sister
was asked to visit Stokes at the same
time.
But you did entertain so-called
fatherly affection for Miss Graham
didn't you . asked the girls attorneys
~ did feel kindly toward her" re-
piled Stokes, turning to smile at the
two young women.
What were your intentions toward
herr"
ITO be polite to her."
The prosecution closed its case with
the examination of policeman who
first reached the house after the
shooting. He said the girls told him
that each Of them had shot Stokes.
Gave Money to Miss Graham.
Stokes met Miss Graham at din
ner in Lexington. KY, he said. He
1nl Il
ten her while she was at Memphis,
Chicago and other points, and had
also entertained her at his Lexington
farm. She had come from Mem.
phis to Lexington at his tele-
graphic request. Che left the
next day" Stokes said. The first cash
present he had given her was $3.50
or $3O0-he did not remember which
on the occasion Of one Of her visits
to Lexington, he declared.
The bundle of letters that drew
Stokes to the girls apartment was
made public by the court. They all
begin with the salutation my dear
Miss Graham" or my dear Miss Lii
lian,"r and most of them concluded
with yours sincerely" or "Yours
truly"
Dispute 6oSW00n Counsel.
There was dispute between oppos-
ing counsel regarding the visit Mr..
Stokes said Miss Graham made to his
Lexington farm When Stokes was
asked as to the length Of time he had
invited Miss Graham to be his guest,
Stokes counsel objected.
Assuming" said Miss Graham's at
torney, that Mr.. Stokes inveigled her
to the farm and that as soon as she
would be alone with him there she
went away, would not that have a
bearing on the shooting?"
1t was then that Mr.. Stokes testified
that Miss Graham had left his place at
Lexington, the next day"
Advice to Young Woman.
In the letters from Stokes to Miss
Graham given out last night, there
were many bits of advice for the
young woman. One said
II am q cross, Grabbed and ugly old
cove, and such nice letter from such
pretty girl has turned my head. In
the first place, you know / am d.
vorced man, forbidden to marry; sec
ond, any man who has failed to retain
the love Of the woman who was des-
perately In love with him would count
1t crime to try matrimony on girl
for the second time. In the third
place, I am too old, 50 all can do is
wait for a widow or Divorce who has
had all the matrimonial experiences
she wants for life, anu so we will
just be good friends.
I'VE will go travelling and autoing
together and have pleasant tales and
such things. There are several dozen
widows and Divorces here I intend
looking over very carefully before II
return, but will make no selection be,
fore have talked it over with you.
'E Mentions Pretty Little. Widow.
There is widow, right small about
forty years old, very pretty and only
slightly damaged, that hear a lot OF
good about She is very shapely and
will get your opinion Of her She has
a nice little nose and black hair. She
says she does not like Chicago. The
dirty streets, the hogs and such things
remind her Of her late husband. New
York is where she wants to live, and
she has an ample fortune to do with
what she pleases. She Is little black
and white dream"