The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-09
MISS GRAHAM SPRINGS
SENSATION At TRIAL
SHOW Girl Declares NJ. adams. Pol
<y King. Wa slain by Mil
lionAire Hotel Man.
Bares Her Own SOrdid Romance.
Amid Tears. in Which Stoke,
Played Star Part Man
Alleges Stokes Threatened 10 hill
Her II He ibid Not Recover
His Love Letters.

NV NONh. Dec An almoHf
constant roW OF tears Accompanied
the recital ehich Lillian Graham gave
today ~ the sordId f0nanc~ which
led up 90 her shooting william B. ID
Stokes. the miuIoaire hotel propr.e-
tor. on tn" night ~ June :.
The hearing Uas punctuhted with
sSnHatiOnE ono came shsu tho
Young woman ~as asked 10 her sister
Mrs. Stella Singleton. had ever talked
10 her about Stokes
"She told me- that Z should h~ ,ery.
very careful and uot zee him any
more than I had co. replied the VII
nesH. because he waf very dan
rcrou- mau. and not 90 trust him.
She told me. too. not ~ enrsEe him.
because she had good reason Go be
ileve that he had murdered Al Adams
"On the night that Mr. Adams Vas
murdered she saN Mr. stokes come
out Of a back entrance of The Ansonia
between ~ aud ~ O'Clock SHE said
that Mr Stokes had said. next morn
ing. ne had been iu bed az = clock
the night before she sa.d that y hen
nhs opened tho door she saw Mr.
Stokes rushing down stair. muttcr
INK something
Was Supposed Suicide.
Al Adsms. the policy king died
A. the Ansouia on October 7. 1907.
and the death 'Sas recorded as a case
OF suicide.
Prompted by her counsel. q T.. IOr-
dan. the young woman sobbcd her re-
plies 20 questions which covered her
girIhood in California and came
gradually up to her relations vith
Stokes. These made up story Of
her having hsen lured 90 Mr. Stokes
farm and OF her having been detained
there Tor Two nights and forced to
sign self defamatory letters relcaslng
him from responsibility IN order 20 be
allowed 90 20 away ln peace. The
statements In the letter. she said.
we're not true
She testified that during her ac.
qnaintancc With stokes be- paid her
81 200. which. she asserted. frU $500
short Of i.10O which she said -he
had earlier given him Tor Investment
and which h. had reported had been
lost
Stokes Was Intruder
The girl told the story OF the shoot
Ing positively that she had invited
stokes % her apartment Ethel con
rad opened the door and when shc
heard them talk nr She rushed ont
aud demanded to know Vhaf busincs 70
be had there
lite grabbed nae hy the throat and
tried 90 choke mo- she said "ffr
forced me- back into my room and
against tho bureau He cursed me
and called mo terrible names
thought he was goiug tb kIl mo
opened the drawer where tho re
volvcr was he seized the weapon
4 and struggled With me- Tor if 40
last ! got my finger on the trigEer
and % went on. Then he cut the Elu
away from me. and ] ran into tho
front room Miss Conrad cried fo
him Drop that gun or 600 shoot
Then she shot The next fhirg 0 r.
member 7 rau our info tlr hail.
screaming for help
Threatened 20 Ku Girl
Mss Graham. eher asked what
Stokes had said. replied
lie said q came hero after ms Ief
tsrs. and I'm not go.ue tp leave with
out them
"Did be- say anything more char ,ou
haven't told usf continued tar 1t
tornoy
when hc took mo hy fha throat ha
said You won't have to commit su.
eide when J gct through with toI