The Washington times., 1911-06-09
ATTORNEYS ADMIT
CASE AGAINST GIRLS
NAY FALL THROUGH
Fair Assailants of w. E. D.
Stokes Likely to Be Dis
charged by Court.

NEW YORK, June 81 guess those
girls did not know how strongly l am
opposed to parting with any of my
money" smiled w. f. D. Stokes to
his attorney, Terrence McManus, to-
day, when the latter called TO see how
the millionaire was getting along.
At Roosevelt Hospital he was cheer
full today, and predicted he would SOON
be out and go to court to appear against
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, the
two show girls who pumped three bull
lets into his legs, because. he alleges, he
refused to give up $4,000 for some tell
DER missives he had penned to Miss
Graham. Stokes, according to the doc
tors, is out OF danger.
In the Jail attached 10 the West Side
court the two girls were preparing to-
day for their defense. Neither Of the
girls has varied a hairbreadth from
the original story that they shot only
after Stokes had grabbed Miss Graham
by the throat and was choking her
They will plead self-defense.
Look for Discharge.
1t is admitted by lawyers that the
girls will probably be discharged by the
court. Stokes has no witnesses to his
story Of the alleged blackmailing de-
mard and the combined story of the
couple will probably outweigh his
Both girls have been signed up with a
engagement beginning In August.
The letters in the case are still miss
ing. Miss Graham has refused to dis
cuss them other than to admit there
are quite a number in the package and
that when they are published they will
make mighty interesting reading"
She insists Stokes invaded her apart
ment to bully her" into giving up the
letters because he had consulted his at
torneys, former Judge Olcott and Ter
renee McManus, and they had warned
him the girl would probably recover
substantial sum if she went to court in
a breach of promise action. Olcott ad-
mits he had started negotiations with
the girl to get the letters.
No Call Recorded.
Apropos Of Mr. Stokes claim that he
received a telephone call from Miss
Graham to come to the apartment it is
an interesting fact that a search Of the
telephone record of calls at the Hotel
Naruna on Wednesday reveals no trace
Of the Ansonia being Tung up.
Another detail of interest Is that the
police found the table In the dining
room of the apartment spread for din
ner, with places for three persons.
pot of steamng coffee was on the ia Bile.
Acting Captain Clark, of the detective
bureau, said II was the evident purpose
of the two girls with some expected
guest, to sit down to dinner at about
that the evidence would indicate the
shooting was A matter of impulse and
not premeditated, else there would not
have been any such plain preparations
for a meal.
Came Unbidden.
Miss Graham maintains that Stokes
came to her apartment unbiddcn anil
after she had tried bv strategy to keep
MIN from doing so; that after forcing dn
entrance lie made emphatic and per
emptorv demands for certain letters.
and when they We're not forth coming
that he set upon her in violence 1t
was at this tuncture that she claims to
have got possession Of the revolver, for
the bullets of which Mr.. Stokes furnish
ed the target. and used il for self-pro
lection She insists the violent and
serious scene that followed was inaug
urated and preCipitated by MI. Stokes.
Miss Conrad has a version that diff
fers in many respects from that "f Miss
Graham. 1t is understood she says Mr..
Stokes was paying considerable atten-
ton 10 her, an attention that was uE-
welcome She asserts that he dwelt up
on her good looks. adding that She was
too comcly in appearance to have 10
stage.
So far as the actual shooting and the
causes and incidents that led up to 1t
are concerned, Misses Conrad and Gra-
ham agree in the main They agree in
their assertions that Mr.. Stokes was
not sent for or invited to visit their
apa rtment on Tuesday evening, and that
the acts Of violence followed his de-
mand for the same mysterious letters.