New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-14
HEED CALL OF STAGE
StokeS'S ASSaiIantS Prefer Roof
Garden to Grand Jury.
NEED MONEY, SAYS COUNSEL
Detectives Suspended Because Of
Missing Letters on Trial
at Headquarters.

Miss Lillian Graham and Miss Ethel
Conrad who are held for the grand jury
on the charge OF attempting to murder w.
T.. d. Stokes, Will not appear before the
grand jury to tell that body their side OF
the case. but they will go before the foot
! lights at Hammersteins Roof Garden on
Monday night I'm the sketch. Those Two
Girls"
Their press agent announces that they
had intended making their debut In vaude-
vile IN an act based upon the shooting
itself, but court engagements made that
Impossible for the present. Those Two
GIFTS Is song and dance speciality, with
a pianologue thrown In for extra measure.
Clark l.. Jordan. OF their counsel, sighed
when re confirmed the press agents story.
They need the money to help defray tho
expenses OF their trial" was his comment.
This is the fret instance on record, II IL
! said, that two persons accused Of a crime
so grave have appeared I'm vaudeville be-
fore their trial.
Earlier in the day Mr. Moore and Mr..
Jordan talked over the advisa bility of their
appearing before the grand jury. and
finally decided that too much risk attached
| tendant dangers outweighing the possible
attendant advantages
The four detectives who searched the
girls apartments the night Of the shooting
and were suspended on charges arising
from the missing letter mystery" re-
tanned George Gordon Battle as their at
torncy, and were on hand early at Police
. Headquarters yesterday for their trial.
d. J. Mckay. First Deputy Police Com
missioner, presided, while on his left hand
/ sat Mr.. Buckner. Assistant District Attor-
ney, ready for action as soon as Commits
sloner Waldo made good on his probable
felony talk.
A. II. Gleason. one Of Mr.. Stokes's at
torneys. and Cumming, the man who
swears he found the Stokes letters. were
also among those present. The witnesses
examined yesterday were John Bloom,
superintendent OF the Varuna apartments;
Paul Mcmahon, a porter at the same
house; Mr.. Moore and Deputy Commits
sioner Dillon.
There was only one mild furry OF tx
element during the entire time these men
were repeating in substance the stories
they had already told under oath, either
at the Stokes hearing or the Cumming
inquiry. Detective Devery. one Of the de
PENDANTS. has to be thanked for It. While
Mcmahon was testifying Devery sprang TO
his feet and accused Bloom OF signalling"
the witness what to say. Bloom lost no
time in denying the allegation. but Mr..
/ Mckay asked him TO move over and take a
seat behind the detectives.
Mr.. Battle read into the record the
stenographc report Of Mr.. Dillon's cross
examination of Lieutenant sullivan, who
was the first Of the four placed on trial
on the charge Of disobedience TO orders.
Captain Russell. who was inspector al
tho time OF the shooting, said he had or
dered Sullivan TO make a thorough search
Of the apartment and seize all writing he
might find. Later he said he ordered
sullivan to carry back the immateral let
ters he had found.
Mr. Battle said he hoped to prove that
Mcmahon was not in the apartment at all
when the detectives made their first seach.
Bloom and Mcmahon himself both testi-
fed he was and saw the package tied
with the faded pink ribbon. The trial will
be resumed this morning.