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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-07
MISSES ETHEL CONRAD AND ILL.,
LIAM GRAHAM.

told the court that Ethel Conrad threat
| ened him with death IL he refused to
sign a check for $4,000 and added that
| he replied:
IF it's a choice between a check for
one cent and death. give me death"
| The young women gurgled hilafiously.
Stokes looked grimly over their heads
| and went on with his story.
The introduction of the letters and tele-
grams was unexpected today. II hap
pened that Robert Moore. one of the law
yers for the girls, heard that Assistant
District Attorney Sullivan had gotten pos
session OF them from A. III. Gleason OF
| the Ansonia, who had them from James
Cummings. the Ansonia house detective.
| Cummings found the batch two days
after the shooting in a closet of the sit
ting room of the girls at the Varuna-
| So Moore, leading up to them in his cross
| their admissibility. and the magistrate
| ruled that they should go into the min
utes.
Widow or Divorce.
At one time Lillian Graham was occu-
plying an apartment at the Ansonia, and
Stokes was in Chicago. Widows were
| swarming and a selection by Stokes was
impending. Stokes wanted some advice
| himself and outlined the situation, In
part, as follows:
my dear Miss Lillian: 1 am a cross.
grabbed, ugly old cove, and such nice
letter from such g, pretty girl has turned
my head. In the first place, you know
am a divorced man. forbidden TO marry.
second, any man who has failed to retain
the love Of the woman who was desper-
! ately in love with MIN would count il
| crime to try matrimonv on a girl the
second time; in the third place. am too
old, SO all ! can do istto be polite am
some day I will come across a widow or
a DIVORCE who has had all the matri-
monial experience she wants for life. an:
SO We wifi be just good friends. W. Will
go travelling and automobiling together.
There are several dozen widows and
Divorces here / intend looking over very
carefully before return. but l will make
no selection before / have talked it over
your very sincerely.
Wishes Her Luck.
On June /. 1907. Stokes wrote to Miss
Graham about q toothache and a chill
and wished her luck in a stage career.
He mentioned also q colonel of encarna-
dined complexion. Here is portion OF
the letter:
my Dear Miss Graham: How are you
and your sister and her little son? ] had.
while In Lexington. a toothache and
| chill had toothache for over month
and only yesterday got at the core. The
dentist and l differed. but l could stand
the pain no longer SO yesterday he tried
my plan. have perfect relief today.
The colonel looks rosy. You say you ex-
pect to be at Memphis in the Fairyland
outdoor show until September or October
Well, I'll be on the outlook for a place
for you then. II you need anything l
will help you Sorry you have spent that
81 ,OOO but q star at $1,000 week has 10
buy $45 or $50 hats. Well. well. l hope
the day will come when you get your pay
at $4,000 q week. Yours truly
wv. e. D. STOKES"
Solicits Their Company.
A special delivery letter addressed In
Stokes handwriting to Lillian Graham.
Memphis. Tenn. readdressed to the girl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-07

care Auditorium Annex, Chicago. and
again readdressed to the Fairyland The
ater Memphis. Tenn, informs Miss era
ham that a colored cook has been en-
gagged for the New York season. The
letter sets forth, among other things:
Lexington Ky.
my Dear Miss Graham: | am here
expecting to have the pleasure of enter
tanning you and your sister for few
days on your way north.
Certainly / will try to get you job
in New York and at better pay, but you
know | have always told you the stage
was no place for you. l have opened a
house and have a tine old colored cook
and waiter. and shall be very disap-
pointed not to have the pleasure OF See
ing YOU and your charming sister.
wv. f. ID. STOKES"
There was little letter on June IL as
follows:
"My Dear Miss Graham: I am not mad
at you. / am dead tired. I have worked
myself nearly dead of late. Say. If the
stage Is your vocation. just work hard
and | will try TO get you a good position
when you come to town. You say Mr..
kingdom is nice to you. Well. If he is
as nice as his sister he must be very
nice.
Yours very truly.
wv. +. D. STOKES
penciled communication on one OF
June II, 1907, offered to put his car at
Miss Grahams service.
Wants Her to Buy Keepsake.
The last letter that appears I'm the
batch gathered up by the -Ansonia houss
detective and turned over to the distric-
attorney was written September z, 1910.
stokes was in New York. Miss Graham
was In Paris. He addressed her Rus
de la Grande. Chimere. care of the Amer
lean Express Company. He said:
my Dear Miss Lillian: BY the nearest
accident I learned today that you are
i'm Paris at the above address. Why did
you not tell me that you were going
away? ! have been right sick, but / am
all right now. Your friend. Mr. Duff.
and that other foreign gentleman often
speak of you and ask about you, and IL
was through them that / heard of you
II you have nothing better to do some
day when you are strolling down the
boulevard buy a little something as p
keepsake for me. You can get this little
check cashed at Monroe q Co. or there
is a young man In the American Express
office who knows me very well. Any
how, deposit IL to your credit, and when
the money comes in blow IL on some-
thing. w. ~. Stokes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-07
Solicits Their Company.

A special delivery letter addressed In
Stokes handwriting to Lillian Graham.
Memphis. Tenn, readdressed to the girl
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WIDOW HIS CHOICE
w, e. D. Stokes Prefers "JuSt
to Be Friend"
LETTERS READ IN COURT
Messages to Lillian Graham, One of
the Girls Accused of
Shooting Him.

NEW YORK, July Nv. Z. d. Stokes
testimony was still unfinished when court
convened today for further examination
of the charge that an attempt to murder
Stokes was made a month ago by Miss
Lillian Graham and Miss Ethel Conrad.
The purpose OF these proceedings is to
determine whether the evidence is suffi-
cient to warrant seEding the case TO the
grand jury. but the examination and
cross-examination is conducted with such
thoroughness that It amounts practically
to q trial.
On the stand yesterday Stokes gave
his version OF the alleged attempt on his
life when he visited the young women's
apartment at Miss Conrad's invitation to
recover letters he had written to Miss
Graham.
These letters were found by detectives
in the girls rooms a few days after the
shooting and since then have been in the
possession of the district attorney. In
them Stokes, who said on the stand yes
terday that he was fiftyseven years old,
for the most part adopted toward the
young girl an attitude Of fatherly coun-
sci. advising her against the stage,
against intoxicating liquors and about
| life in general.
The two defendants and Miss Grahams
sister, and Mrs. John Singleton. wife of
a wealthy California mining man. who
| accompanies them in court, listened to
Stokes testimony with frequent derisive
| smiles All three dress in the daintiest
of summer costumes and present re-
| freshing sight In the torrid courtroom.
| Some Of the letters that w. +. d. Stokes
expected to get back the night he was
| shot up by two ladies Of the chorus i'm
| the Naruna apartment house. at Broad
| way and S0th street. were introduced in
| evidence last evening at the close of the
+! hearing before Magistrate Freschi to de-
| termine whether the markswomen-Iil-
| liam Graham and Ethel Conrad-should
be held for the grand jury for attempted
murder. Including a few kilograms, there
| were a dozen messages from the proprie-
| tor of the Ansonia to Miss Graham, writ
| ten mostly in 1907
| They were made a part OF the court
| record at the close of an eight-hour ses-
sion in the Tombs police court. in which
Mr. Stokes, holding down the witness
chair most of that time. told with con-
siderable dramatic effect his own story
of the things that happened to him when
he called on the chorus girls the night
of June I.
Girls Highly Amused.
And all the while the two girls giggled
and Uttered and simpered Mr.. Stokes
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
GIVES AUTO FOR TEAM
Each offered $3.50 For Their Bargain
and Are Satisfied.

and Are Satisfied.
John Truitt, Of New Castle, Del.
who owns a fine driving horse and
a rubber tired runabout, while Out
driving, met on the roadway south OF
New Castle J. Frank McWhorter and
his son, PurnelLJ McWhorter, OF Mid
dletown, working on a stalled automo
bile.
Truitt asked them if he could do
anything for them, and they state!
that they would like to get their MI
chine going. After watching the men
for some time Truitt said How would
you like to trade?"
McWhorter answered: IF you mean
business then jump out"
The trade was made and the auto.
mobile was towed to New Castle and
is now in commission McWhofter
says that he has a $3.50 team, and
that he would have been allowed but
5000 on the automobile Truitt has a
machine for which he has refused
$3.50. Both parties are satisfied.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
MINER SAVES EXPRESS
TRAIN FROM WRECK
Finds Chain Wrapped About
Track; Signals Engineer,

A daring attempt to wreck the New
York and Buffalo express on the lie
high Valley railroad at Warrior Run
near Wilkes Barre, Pa, was frusrat-
ed by the presence of mind Of Evan NJ.
Evans, miner, who. waving his lit
tie miners lamp. brought the train to
a stop a short dis ance from the OBJ
struction There were 300 passengers
on the heavily loaded train.
The obstruction. some thirty feet Of
logging chain, wrapped about the off
side rail of the northbOund track so
tightly that it took some time TO re-
move it, would have thrown the train.
running at fifty miles an hour as it
was, over the embankment which at
that point is steep.
It was a luck accident that pre-
vented the wreck Evans, walking
home, stumbled on the chain and SEE
ing with his miners lamp what it was.
and knowing that the express hal not
passed, instantly turned and ran ~
the heavy grade.
He had not gone more than 3 0
yards when the train swept around a
curve and. frantically waving his min
ers lamp, with its little Pickering
light, he managed to warn the engi-
neer, and the train was stopped a
short distance from the obstruction.
Railroad detectives are working on
the case. but so far have no clue. They
believe that the wreck was planned
in the hope of robbing the wrecked
express. cars.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
TURKS CONCEDE
LOSS OF TRIPOLI
Demand Damages and AGknOWI-
edgm3ni Of Suzerainty,

The headquarters Of the Young
Turk party in Geneva, Switzerland.
were advised from Salonika that two
delegates from the party Of Union and
Progress had been sent to Port Said
to seek an interview with King
George. who is on the way to Cal,
eutta on board the steamship Medina,
and to ask him to intervene and end
he Turco-Italian war.
The Turks are prepared, it is said,
20 concede the loss of the city of Tri-
poll but wish a heavy indemnity and
an acknowledgment of their suzera n
ty in Tripoli as in Egypt
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
AERONAUT MIX A SUICIDE
Well Known American Sportsman
Leaned From Channel Steamer.

Well Known American Sportsman
Leaped From Channel Steamer.
The American consul in Paris
Mr. Mason, has been notified from
Calais that Edgar W. Mix, the well
known American sportsman and bal
loonist, committed suicide by jump
ing from channel steamer Sunday
night.
Mix left a letter to the captain Of
the steamer indicating his intention
to end his life A search of the boat
resulted in the discovery of an over
coat and a hat, in which were his ini
tials and Mix's business card as man
ager Of the European division OF the
General Motors and Exports company,
of Detroit. Mich. Mr.. MiX's home was
in Columbus, o.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17

again. | don't know how to express
my thanks for the good it has done me
and l hope all suffering women will
give Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial. 1t was worth its
weight in gold. Mrs. J. =. ENDLICH,
r. +. d. No. Z, Erie, Pa.
Lydia i. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
are on file in the Pinkham laboratory
at Lynn, Mass. from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints. such as intlamma-
ton, liberation, displacements, fibroid
tumOrs, irregularities, periodic pains,
backache, Indigestion and nervous
prostratiOn. Every suffering woman
owes it to herself to give Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound trial.
If you want special advice write
MrS.Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it.
1t is free and always helpful.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
DOCTORS FAILED.
RESTORED BY PERUNA.
Catarrh of the Lungs
Threatened Her Life.

Miss Ninette Porter. Braintree. Yer
mont. writes; Il have been cured by
Peruna.
Il had several hemorrhages Of the
lungs. The doctors did not help me
much and would never have cured me.
Il saw a testimonial in a Peruna
almanac Of a case similar to mine, and
/ commenced using it.
Il was not able to wait on myself
when began using it, I gained very
slowly at first, but could see that it
was helping me.
after had taken it awhile I COM
menced to raise up a stringy, sticky
substance from my lungs, This grew
less and less in quantity as con-
tinued the treatment.
Il grew more feshy than I had been
for long time, and now I call myself
we'll"
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
Women Fight Street Duel; One KlIIec

Women Fight Street Duel; One Killed
In a desperate duel on the princi
pal street of sapulpa, Oklahoma,
Lily Marshall and Mrs. Laura Smith,
an Indian, fought a duel until their
friends dragged them apart The Mar.
shall woman is now in jail and Mrs
Smith is dead. Both are rich oil land
holders and the fight was the result
of a lovers quarrel.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17

VlgOr and cheerful
ness soon disappear
Wien the kidneys are
out of order or dis.
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom.
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If the
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
Give elrI 5000 Heart BALM.

Kate Prestaz, seventeen years Of
age, was awarded $4,000 by a federal
jury in Scranton, Pa, in her breach
of promise suit against Jacob Sura-
vitz, of Ohphant, a wealthy widower,
for whom she worked as housekeep-
er. This is said to be the largest
breach of promise verdict ever award
ed in Pennsylvania.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
Two Found Dead on Wedding Day.

The Chicago police are investigat.
ing the death of Stella Gera and Frank
Myocek who were to have been mar.
ried and who were found in a gas
filled room in that city a defective
gas fixture is believed to have been the
cause Of their deathhs. The bodies
were found by Adolph Myocek. who
was to have acted as bes mtan, and
who, with a bridesmaid, called to es
cort the couple to church.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
Threw $50 Blasting Cartridges Into a

Threw $50 Blasting Cartridges Into :
Bonfire.
A boyish prank of throwing 45C
nitroglycerine blasting cartridges into
a bonfire they had built in Rochester
N Y, resulted in an explosion that
instantly killed one boy and two com.
panions died within four hours.
The dead are: John MCGUIRE, aged
fourteen; Archie Clark, thirteen years
old, and William Perry, aged eight
years
The force of the explosion was SO
great that window glass was generally
shattered within a radius of hundreds
of feet.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
Ten M From Pork. !

Six persons are said to be in 5
critical condition in Camden. n. J., and
four others who ate at the same meal
with them are in a serious condition
at their homes in Philadelphia as
result of eating r5rk that is believed
to have been cholera infected.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
stnlen Mail pnnoh Enund.

The mail pouch believed to have
been stolen from an Erie railroad
train between Middletown and Port
Jervis, N. Y, has been found at Port
Jervis. There were only a few letters
left in it. The police have arrested
John Lsufap.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
Burma Bank Fails.

A dispatch to the London Evenins
News from Rangoon, British India
says that the Bank of Burma failed
It's deposits on June 30 last totalled
$3,750 30.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17

almost helpless. /
went to three doc
tors and they did
me no good, so my
sister advised me to
try Lydia Z. Pink
hams V ge ia Bile
Com pOUnd d, an d
when l had taken
only two bottles L
could see a big
change, so l took
six bottles and l am
now strong and we'll
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
SHE
SUFFERED
FIVE YEARS
Finally Cured by Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.

Erie, Pa. -" / suffered for five years
from female troubles and at last was
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17
Women as Wen as Men arc Made Miserable
by Kidney and Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourage and lessons ambition; beauty
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17

by druggists, in fifty
cent and One-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
BY mail free, also a
pamphlet telling all
nhn, mamr,-R nnf
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17

Unless there is daily action of the bow
els, poisonous products are absorbed, ,
causing headache, biliousness, nausea,
dyspepsia. We wish you would ask your
doctor about correcting your constipation
BY taking laxative doses Of Ayers Pills.
Made by the J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass.
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17

child urinates TOO often, ifthe urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-vet-
ting, d pend upon it, thecause Of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made niser
able with kidney and bladder trouble
and boti need the came great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-R is soon realized. 1t is sold
Milford chronicle., 1911-11-17

including many of the thousands Of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
who found Swamp-Root TO be just the
remedy needed. In writing Dr. kilmer
& Co, Binghamton. n. v, be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, DR.
Kilmer's Swamp Root. and the addJe
Piuol1arr1fOr7 ~ t,0+41e
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-27
COP ARRESTED
THREE TIMES
OFFICER cHAs. CLARK IS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY BY CITY OFF,
GALS TWICE AND BY COUNTY
OFFICERS oNcE-Is UNDER $500
BOND ON CHARGE OF AS
SAULT.

Being arrested twice by the police
authorities and once by the county
authorities, besides having charges
preferred against him by the cap
tain of his watch, is the record
made by officer Chas. Clarke, of the
police department, yesterday. Clarke
is charged with assaulting Angelo
Apostle on two occasions yesterday
morning, and in addition to the two
charges in the city court, he is held
under bond Of $500 in the county
court. The condition of Apostle was
reported as serious last night.
The trouble grew out of Officer
Clarke's having arrested Apostle Sun
day. Clarke claims that Apostle cursed
and abused him and also that he
threatened him and that he was told
by friends that Apostle had made 9TH
er threats against him. The two men
met at Thiesen's bar yesterday morning
and had the first trouble, and at this
time Clarke Is charged with striking
Apostle with a beer bottle.
Sometime later in the morning they
net again and had another difficulty,
in which Clarke is charged with as
saulting Apostle with an iron weight
In accordincae with the usual rule,
when charges were preferred against
Officer Clarke by Capt. Simpson yes
terday afternoon, he was suspended
from duty for twenty-four hours and
will be tried by the board Of public
safety.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-27
A ROMANTIC
EXPERIENCE
ENDS HAPPILY
BUD BOOTH, YOUNG ALABAMA
BOY, GETS MARRIED, ARRESTED,
FINED AND RELEASED ALL IN
ONE DAY-sENTENcE is sUs-
PENDED.

Bud Booth, a young man from Es-
Gambia county, Ala, had a number of
varied experiences yesterday, including
being married, arrested, sentenced, etc,
but finally ended up by being released
and allowed to go on his way rejoicing
with his young bride.
Booth came here from his home
above Atmore with young Miss Dris-
coll for the purpose of marrying the
young lady, but the father of the bride
objected and following the couple here,
had the yong man arrested. When
Deputy Sheriff Cusachs arrested the
young man, he found that he had a
pair of knucks in his pocket and he
was placed in the county Jail on the
charge Of carrying concealed weapons.
In the meantime, the father Of the
young girl, who Is apparently, not
more than sixteen years Of age, re-
Tented and consented for them to be
married, which they did, Judge Henry
Bellinger performing the. ceremony.
Immediately after the ceremony the
but the bride was allowed to accom-
pany him, and they seemed to be con-
tented and happy in the prison so long
as they had each other.
Yesterday afternoon Booth pleaded
guilty to the charge against him and
was sentenced to pay a fine of 500 and
costs and the sentence was suspended.
Then 1t was that the old adage about
all the world loving a lover was proven
true, for every official connected with
the case agreed to donate his share of
the costs in the case, and the happy
young couple were released to pursue
the matrimonial life which they had
begun under such romantic expe-
riences.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-27

money and she would not tell me. 80 I
| told her that If she would tell me /
would see that 1t was paid. She left
me to come back the following day. /
was short OF money and wired to Mr..
G. d. Weeden for 800 and Mr. Allen
had nothing to do with it Mr.. Weeden
answered me saying that he did not
have that amount and could not be re-
sponsible.
In the meantime Ella came out and
Mr.. William B. Allen did not want to
marry us. Thereupon, Ella refused to
marry me. but 1 did not strike her at
all All did was to grab her by the
arm and tell her to get out, as she
had ruined my life. She got out and /
did follow her to the cab, but for the
purpose Of trying to get her to come
back, as I was sorry.
/ do not write this to obtain sympa-
thy, but merely to let the public know
that I am not half as some parties
have tried to make me appear. I did
turn the gas on, but was not ac-
countable for what did.
This ] solemnly swear to be the
straight truth. (Signed)
LEONARD JULIAN BOUTWELL,
Boutwell, will probably be examined
by lunacy commission today, he hav-
ing been turned over to the county
ddtuOT1LI0b LOT I1lS purpose.
Attempted Suicide in New York.
The following wire from New York
sheds some light on the movements
Of Boutwell, since his last visit to PEN
sacola some six or seven weeks ago:
New York, June 26.-Leonard ].
Boutwell, of New York, who, at Pensa-
cola, Fla, yesterday, beat the young
woman he was to marry when they
met for the ceremony at the home OF
Archdeacon Allen of the Episcopal do
cese of Pensacola, feigned an attemtp
to commit suicide by hanging in the
West Y. M. c. A. building in West
Fifty seventh street in this city, on
June 6, last. He then said he was re-
lated to a senator from Maine and
afterward that he was a son of ex-
Congressman Boutwell, of Illinois.
Hugh G. Boutwell,, the ex-congress-
mans son, denied this.
Boutwell, said that he had been mar
ried in Chicago, and that his wife,
with their two children, had desert
ed him in New Orleans. He was then
let go with a reprtmand.