Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-12-16

New York, Dec IA verdict of
mot guilty was returned late today,
freeing Lillian Graham and Ethel Con-
rad Of the criminal charges on which
they had been held since last June for
shooting the millionaire sportsman ard
Motel proprietor, w. Z. d. Stokes, in
the legs The jury reached it's de-
cision after somewhat less than an
hours elaboration minutes to be
exact
Gre Count withdrawn.
The shooting show girls" were tried
on an Indictment of three counts. the
f1rst teinG attempted murder of Stokes.
Eut OF consideration of this most seri-
Gus charse the jurors were relieved by
Justice Marcus, who sstoun5ed the de-
fense by the eleventh hour announce
-nen- fnas the district attorney would
restricted the jury to the second and
third counts. which charged respective
~ assault in the first degree, with in
tent 70 kill and assault In the second
degree, with intent to do bodily in
jury
Miss Graham Requires Assistance.
While the jury was deIiberating the
txo defendants were held prisoners in
Ole OF the ante chambers OF the court
r0O1L- The suspense was obviously Sc
we're for both OF them When sum-
mohed TO hear the verdict Miss Gra-
ham appeared to be completely un-
strung ana had to be assiste dinto the
ccuru COM She was trembling in ev
cry limo The more spirited Miss Con-
rad came CEs ssisted, but she seemed in
q highly nervous state She had been
overheard TO say, while waiting for the
We o5ct- 7 can't stand it until he gets
trough Lillian
Miss Conrad in Mysteries
A moment later. when the young
women faced the jury and the foreman
announced Net guilty. Miss Conrad
lcnt fysteT1cs. She sank down upon
The counsel table jumped up again |
and shr1ek-ng at the top of her voice, |
tore her hair and threw her arms |
about xild1y- This surprised the spec |
tat,rs. for during the trial Miss Con- |
rad had kept up keI nerve much better |
hand. Miss Graham who wept much /
during the trial and only sobbed the
more when she heard the verdict, re-
covered when she saw her companion
70 affected and acted as the stay of /
her younger friend
~Tei Mother We Are Free"
It was at first thought that Miss |
Conrad had misunderstood the verdict /
and her companion tried to assure her |
that they were free oh. I know she |
paid Tell mother we are free, Tell |
her we are coming home,'' These /
were practically Miss Conrad's only
coherent words during her hysteria, /
Enfch lasted fully ten minutes Final |
u her friends. her brother and her |
rcCnseI succeeded in quietfng her /
cheered Outside Courtroom
She recovered as suddenly as she
vas attacked. and, with Miss Graham |
70. be greeted with cheers by large |
crowd gathered outside. Many persons /
stepped forward to pat the girls on the
lack and shake their hands. They |
ed away TO dinner Robert NJ Moore. /
Of ecrnsel. said that Miss Conrad's
lysteria was no surprise He said she
lad beer on the verge Of it through
out the trial and that her violent gig
=scs during her ordeal on the stand
were hut evidence of it,
Four Ballots by Jury.
The jury arrived at its verdict after
the jurynen voted II to 1 for acauit-
tai. the one man dissenting being in
favor Of conviction for assault in the |
second degree The spectators who
greatly surprised No one was pres
ent representing the complainant, |
Stokes except his counsel His young
wife, who had been in the court most
OF the day. had decided not to wait the
c-teorre- 1t said at the Hotel
f-sscnia some hours later that the
rIed In Stokes up to that time He
vas said TO be still dangerously all
s-1 in considerable pain owing TO the
recent or<Ta ton for the removal of an
sbsress on his kidney
District Attorneys Summing Up.
The summing up which Assistant
District Attorney BucFner made
against the girls was a dramatic fea-
court He f1ourished the revolvers
with which the girls shot Stokes and
accompanied his recital of the shooting
and his scorching denunciation Of both
nappinE the hammers of the v-ea pons.
law must be enforced to be en-
ncb1ed not to be laughed at. giggled |
at spat upon and 1anced upon ami
EandaVslI6 ct
were some of Mr.. Buckner's words. He
ftserred 10 the conten-ion by the coun
III for the defense that Mr.. Stokes
could not be punished and the girls
ted been punished enough He said:
How Have Girls Been Punished?
Perhaps 1t is no punishment for a
nan with a six months bride and a IA
year old son to have such things
hewked about him in every village and
hamlet as have been published in this
state And how have these girls been
: runishedz While Stokes was nursing
his wounds they hung his bloody trous-
public to deposit its money in the box
office" The main contention of the
prosecution was that the defendants
'7red Stokes to their apartment to
he refused TO comply with their de- |
nards and that there was not, as the
any basis for self de-
renkz- Mr. Buckner spoke for three
hc.rz and half
The Judges Charge. II
Atts- announcing the withdrawal of I
he rrsf count in the Indictment. Judge
in his charge TO the Jurors
that = rs ror.l- theory or the defense
) defense He explained that
! Il sChef matters brought out in the
.ase were relevant only to show the
.efaticns of the parties He cautioned
me jurors not to let their emotions
way their. reason. simply bscau:e the /
we're women
Had Heard Much Of bad Men" {
Stokes is over 30 years old There s