The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-16

ne, ar shed n tear Why she is as hard as
nails And clever? Well, you saw her
When she first Went on the stand she took
the cue that day for emotional acting
and tried to sweep this case ont of court
ON the wings of high tragedy But she
saw several Of Won men turn your heads
away during her outburst OF hlstrioniC
rmot ion and the next dav she came back
to the stand and played comedy role
and tried - laugh TN" case away. She
was the prime mover, the master mind
" all thai came after May last Are
YOU going to lot her get away with III
"tp to the time she arrived the Graham
girls letters were hasty .carclessly worded
scrawis, containing no element of the
dramatic. no real pathos nothing but n
sordnd desire TO get money. But enter
the nineteeu- year old tragediennc! The
comedy queen Then We got a suicide
letter from Lillian Graham phrased care.
fully in pathetic language, No scrawl
this time That letter was copied. written
hv Miss Conrad and copied 10y Miss
Graham. u waS part of the scheme pro
noted by Miss Conrad TO got money from
Stokes There was art IN IL Ink AT tho
bottom was carefully blurred with wet
finger 80 make traces of tear drops.
This voung ady fresh from Platts-
burg where she learned the value ot
gun a. a dictator of the English Ian g,iagc,
was filed with a brilliant idea after her
conversation with Stokes. She rushed
hack 10 her cham, giggling, lust az she
giggled on the stand, and told Miss
Graham what a Chump Stokes Was. lo-
gether they -Chemed out the great plan.
don ( think they meant to murder Stokes
when they bought the revolvers. They
wanted to do Il little debating. Why
couldn't they have sent him his letters
in an honorable way. Because they
were pair of adventurcsscs lurlng on
the old Codger the old cove, to their den
so as to hold him up at the point OF their
nj 10
sign something that could be used IN
suit for Slander or for blaCkmail.
pisseCtiug the testimony concerning
the shooting and ridIculing at every turn
the story told by the young women, MIR.
Buckner wheeled on Miss Graham. And
here" he shouted. here is the one who
clung To- his red neCktie ar slapped him
in the face "a he was bleeding this weep
ing willow" He mentioned tho warning
to Stokes that other famous New Workers
have disappeared and have never been
heard Of again Said BuCkner
Don't you recognize the lady of Platts-
burg in thisy Don you recognise the
Conrad touch?" (Smiles from Miss Con-
rad He closed by asking the Jury 10
find the pair guilty. saving that compass
sion and mercy were not for Jury but for
the court
At 325 = NJ. Justice Marcus began a
charge which was considered by both
sides 10 be absolutely fair. First of all
murder. taking that action because OF
the attitude of the prosecution. He
defined assault in the first degree and
assault IN the second degree. explained
the difference between testimony and
evidence and what should he taken into
consideration in determining the Credl-
hilty Of witnesses The Cusc had COW
cred "A wide range of testimony. he con
tlnued. hut the single and sole issue for
the jury wis, nId IL" defendants shoot
in sell -ictcuC'' Miss Graham : age at
the time she mot Stokes was not materia !.
The Jury need not consider the contention
that Stokes and not the District Attorney
worked up the evidence for the pros"Cu-
ton, that ~ means Of Stokes : wealth
the country was secured for evidence
against the characters Of Miss Conrad
and Mis- Graham.
Then the Justice interpreted the law Of
eelf-d"teuCr, saying that the burden of
showing that they We're in danger lay with
the defence, and that the jury must con
slider whether they used every measure
of escape or avoidance of danger before
resorting to their pistols Even if they
were in their own house they would bo
supposed 10y Ia" law to run ont rather
than take up firearms.
II the jurors Thought stokes meant
only To fr!ghten the girls in order to get
his letters, they would find the defendants
guilty. But they had right 10 consider
testimony a. to StOkcs's dangerous
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