The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-19
SENSATIONAL CASE
WILL GET HEARING
Two Fair Assailants of Mil
lionaire Stokes to Be
Tried This Week.
tNational News .ion)

NEW YORK. Nov. 1S-Broadway
haol'ues are manifesting considerable
interest in the forthcoming trial of
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, on
the charge Of shooting w E d.
Stokes. the multi-millionaire hotel
man The case will be called in the
criminal branch Of the Supreme Court
during the first part OF the week OF
Nov 20.
Both girls are in town and express
their confidence in speedy acquit-
tai. Mr. Stokes refused to make a
statement today, but judging from the
activity in the office OF Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Buckner, who is to lead
the prosecution, strenuous efforts will
be made to secure conviction
Detectives have been working on the
case since the hearing of the girls last
summer, and it is expected that some
sensational testimony will come to
l2nt. Clark Jordan, counsel for the
girls, declined to outline the defense.
but lntimates that his fight will in
clude the Introduction of important
testimony bearing on the millionaire's
relations with his clients.
Talk For Scandal.
The shooting of Stokes occurred on
the evening of June s, last and fur
nished talk for scandal loving New
York for several weeks. The victim
is the owner of the Hotel Ansonia
and the possessor of large fortune.
He is we'll known along Broadway and
has been in the limelight many times
during the last score of years.
Stokes is past the three score mark,
but had been friendly with Lillian
Graham, according to her assertions,
for number of years. The girl al
leges that Stokes ruined her life,"
and cast her aside. She further states
that the aged millionaire refused to
leave her in peace but circulated scan
dalous stories about herself and her
mother. 1t was because OF these per-
secutions, she states, that the shoot
ing occurred.
Both the Conrad girl and the Ora
ham woman have figured more or less
in the news of the day because of the
sensational events that marked their
Se%A va
singer and pianist of some repute in
Paris where she studied for some time
She made bid for notoriety by at
lacking her music teacher because of
the discharge of one of his employees
She is also said to have endeavored
to pass at Lillian Nichole Graham, who
achieved great success in Paris re-
vues
Miss Conrad's chief bid for notoriety
named Miller in Plattsburg, because of
alleged SANDER, and her attempt to
publish letters from John Farley the
| strike breaker, after quarrel. In
fact, it is because OF Miss Conrad S
| Plattsburg exploit that the shooting
of Stokes came about. Miss Conrad,
according to Miss Graham, recited
the Plattsburg affair and advised her
to make Stokes "eat his words" Ac-
cording to the girls the millionaire
came to their apartment in search Of
| letters he had written Miss Graham
and was shot after his refusal to sign
a statement retracting the alleged
SANDERS against her.
What Stokes Says.
w. E. D. Stokes, who described him.
self in one of his letters to the de-
| PENDANTS put in evidence after the as
| sault, as "cross, Grabbed, old cove"
| states that the Conrad girl called him
| on the phone and invited him to the
| apartment she shared with Miss Ora
| ham that she might return packet of
| letters he had written Miss Graham
On arriving at the apartments of
the women, Stokes alleges that they
demanded $4,000 for the return of
| the letters, and, that upon his refusal
Miss Graham threatened him with
! revolver Stokes says he again refus-
ed and that Miss Graham shot him
| twice before he was able to wrest
the weapon from her. During the