The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-13
GIRL
 ON THE GRILL An Amusing Witness She Has the Jurors Laughing by Her
 Sprightly Answers Never Dined in the Apartments of Pat Casey-What the
 Graham Girl Told
 Her of Stokes
Especial from United Press.)

D. Stokes, millionaire hotel proprietor, was still in a serious though not crit ical condition, today, as result of an operation, last night. for abscess of the kidneys, Ethel Conrad, one of the girls who shot him, was on the witness stand in the criminal court building, telling her story of the af- fray.
 Stokes, according to physicians, showed remarkable, recuperative pow CTS and his recovery now is expected.
 Miss Conrad proved to be peculiar witness. She acted as if believing herself the star in a melodrama.
 Some members of the jury turned their faces away to keep from laugh Ing. F
 Miss Conrad was an adept witness, quick of wit and with an amazing knowledge of legal technicalities which enabled her often to avoid a She often appealed to Justice Marcus and asked, Must I answer that?'' Invariably the court decided in. her favor.
 Assistant District Attorney Buck ner went after her as /to her means employed a short time on the stage at $25 week. Later she had joined Mrs. Leslie Carter's company.
 You were discharged from the Car ter company in Philadelphia, because of the nOtoriety you gained when 'ac- cidentally' took an overdose of laud- anum, weren't you?' T was not dis charged" snapped Miss Conrad. Wasn't that a suicide attempt?' sneered Buckner. 'It was not a sui eide attempt at all," she replied. "l accidentally took too much laudanm because I suffered from insomnia
 She said she served as a model in department stores and that her broth CT, Max, helped support her.
 'Tsn't it fact you were support ing Miss Graham?''
 T am not in the habit of supporting anyone."
 Miss Conrad denied that she had Casey, theatrical manager. It was Casey's Japanese buffers who man handled Stokes after he was shot.
 '.Pd tell you if I had ever dined in the Casey apartment" she pouted. nas alss ss ssass Sss ss iss
 She told he that he had ruined her, that he never paid his debts and that he never kept a promise and that he was a man absolutely lacking in character said Miss Conrad.
 'D1Q .Ou EIC<1Q L1lC ldkfOuS SulCIuS 4 letter the night you say you found Miss Graham suffering from carbolic acid poisoning?" asked Buckner. 2t'Yes''
 Isn't it fact that you and Miss Graham wrote that suicide letter be- Stokes?'' That is absurd" was the reply.
 'Did Stokes tell you. on your first visit to him, on behalf of Miss Ora ham, thatsyou made great imrres- sion >on him?" "Yes," giggled Hiss Conrad.
 The witness jeered the States attor- ney at all times
 "Yes" or "No' she would answer a question and then would add. eHow silly you seem to be-" She kept the court room laughing and Buckner himself was forced to laugh at her salliea.
 "You say that Stokes put his hands on your shoulder the first time he saw you. Didn't you consider that ride?" asked Buckner. Just because one puts ones hands on ones shoul- ders, that doesn't indicate much," she said, amid laughter.
 Miss Conrad denied that she had told Stokes that her father was a Bosnian nobleman, that he owned a valuable mine in, Biuefields, New, or that he was killed in a South Ameri- can revolution. as Stokes swore.
 Miss Conrad declared the purchase of pistols with which Stokes was shot was a matter of no reconciliation
 She denied that she told the clerks in the store where. they bought the pistols that she wanted a pistol that would shoot straight at close quar- ters
 | Buckner succeeded in arousing Miss Conrad's ire to the fighting pitch dur ing the latter part of his examina- ton. ,'
 You got s2oo from Stokes. on June ?, by promising to send Miss Graham to Europe, didn't you?'' "Yes, but when Lillian forced me to tell her where I got it she refused to accept it''
 "Why didn't you return the money ?' demanded Buckner. "We wanted to consult an attorney"
 'sWell, Stokes never got it. did hep tNo, but 1t wasn't our fault It was stolen from our apartment the same time the Stokes letters were stolen by the detectives-and you know it, Mr. Buckner.' shouted the girl, rising from her chair.
 Here Justice Marcus told Miss Con- rad not to lose her temper.
 You said today that Stokes took Miss Graham's revolver during the struggle and fired two shots," said Buckner. Why didn't you tell the same story when you were arrested ?" Because I didn't want to tell those policemen anything" she replied "They were just lot of tattle-tales and I wasn't going to tell them a word"
 Buckner then announced he was through with the cross ss-examinatron