The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-09
MILLIONAIRE is
SHOT BY GIRLS
". E. D. Stokes Wounded II
Young Women's Flat.
WENT TO DEMAND LETTER.

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New York's Richest Men In Hospii.
With Three Bullets In Legs, One u
Which May Prove Dangerous Wour-
New York, June S.-William I.gi
Dodge Stokes, owner of the Ans.
hotel and one of the richest men il
New York, was shot three times an,
seriously wounded by two young wo
men, whose apartment on the fourth
loor of the fashionable Varuna, al
Broadway and Bightieth street, he
was visiting.
The young women were Lillian Ora.
ham, twenty-five years old, singer.
and Ethel Conrad, eighteen years Old.
an artist. Each fred three shots, Miss
Graham's bullets infiicting two wound.
and Miss Conrad's one.
The first two shots from the singers
revolver penetrated Mr.. Stokes right
leg. One, in the thigh, may prove dan
gerous. The shot fired by the artist
penetrated the lower part of Mr.
Stokes left leg.
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tion house that she was twenty-five
years old and a singer, and Ethel Con
rad, three years her Junior, who didn't
specify her occupation, were the two
girls, who had small apartment in
the Varuna. at 225 West Eightieth
street. They have been there only
three or four weeks. Miss Graham
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the station after she had been waiting
for some one to come and bail her out
She said that she and her marie,
sister lived together at the Ansonir
four years ago and that they knew
Stokes at that time. A year ago sh .
and her sister went to Belgium. where
she was to study music. The sister
remained on the other side and Mist
Graham came back to this city and set
up light housekeeping in the thre -
rooms and kitchenette in West Eight
eth street.
She had some letters which Stokes
had written her and though she b.
lieved there was nothing in them TO
cause anything like uneasiness she
hadn't been back long before Mr.
Stokes began to phone to her aboui
them. He didn't like the idea of hav.
ing Miss Conrad where she could lay
hands on them, Miss Graham says that
Stokes told her. d.
Stokes went to the Varuna and the,
discussed the question of the letters
She was alone in the sitting room with
t., tl,
adjoining bedroom. She says that she
told him the letters were destroyed
but that he doubted her word. They
had an argument that grew more and
more one sided, because Miss Graham
said she didn't want to have trouble.
Then Stokes came toward her, so
she told the detectives and the matron,
and tried to choke her. She had a lit
tie gun metal revolver handy, it WIS
30 caliber, and she aimed it at his
legs and fired. Miss Conrad came run
ming in from the other room and she.
too, has a pistol. Both girls opened
fire again, but either they didn't shoot
straight or else they intended to shoot
low. The three bullets that struck
Mr.. Stokes lodged in his right leg.
Soon after Mr.. Stokes was taken to
the hospital his attorneys had a long
talk with him. Mr.. Stokes told this
story to the lawyers
81 got a telephone message from II
woman calling herself Ethel Conrad
of whom l had never heard before
She told me where she was and said
she had some letters that l had written
to Miss Graham. She said Miss Ora
ham had sailed on the Baltic and that
If l wanted the letters l must come
right away, as she expected to return
to New Orleans with her brother at
any time.
81 knew of Miss Graham, but /
couldn't remember that l ever wrote
her any letters. l decided anyhow
to go up and see about it. / had no
sooner been seated in the parlor of the
apartment before both women faced
me and the door was locked behind
me at once. believe the women were
alone in the apartment.
Miss Graham then said she had
! some letters of mine and wanted
| $4,000 for them, but she made no
move to show me any letters. Then
both women drew revolvers from their
dresses at about the same time and
pointed them at me. 1 thought they
were only showing a little bravado and
that they would soon cool down, but
! the first thing | knew Miss Graham