New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-08
Saws She fire. in Self-Defence.

He teephone6 frequently 10 c.otns
rad for them. This evening MI StoSes
called AT the apartment house ana Ge
nnanded the letters from Miss conrad VIZ
told him that she did not have mem. he he
turnsd on me and grabbed me by tns
throat and started 10 choke me. | screamed
and shot in self-defence. japanese cdInss
n the door Of the apartment, haNlnS nsa, -,
Tha Iananese made no attempt to come to
our assistance
The two women. together WIN the
three japanese servants of Mr.. casey
who we're at least the first persons on
the scene after the shooting. were all
arrested. tho girls being charged with
felopious assault on the police books last
night. while the Jars were held as "sus-
picious persons
Miss Graham described herself as
vaudeville actress and singer. at present
out of an enga cement. Press noticeS
and circulars found in the apartment,
described her as "a great emotonai
Ysvchio artist. starring in vaudeville az
sisted by a company" She had appeared
with Nine. Genee in The Soul kiss ana
in THE Follies of 1909" Miss Conrad
registered as an artist. Both girls eX-
,.;ained that they kept revolvers because
they lived alone and needed them for
protection.
Ricvcle Patrolman Tully, who was the
first policeman on the job. said the girls
had made no attempt TO conceal them-
selves when he appeared. but stood CAIN
~ hv while he questioned Mr.. Stokes, ana
likewise while he identified them as MS
aesailants Later when they had TO
face the curious crowd which had gath
cred i'm the street at the doors of the
Var,,na. they became nervous and MISS
Graham was almost hysterical Her
companion supported and quoted her'
however. but both were crying when they
entered the police station, as prisoners d
few minutes later.
Use x-Ray on Mr.. Stokes.
little before midnight the surgeons
at the hospital examined Mr. Stokes with
the X-rav. but it was not completed, as
the patient seemed too weak. Shortly
afterward Mr. Stokes went To sleep HIS
condition early this morning was favor
able. but the surgeons could not say
when they would operate. They think
the bullets went clean through the leg,
as there arc marks on both sides.
Among the torn up letters found in the
room where the shooting took place was
one addressed TO Thomas l. Wilson,
manufacturer of acetylene Gas at Ottawa.
Canada 1t was signed ]. II. Wallace, of
No. Coz West 10Th street. and referred
20 a dinner enga cement and mentioned
en- actress named Miss Chase. on the
hack Of the envelope was a note written
in pencil which read:
Ny Dear: The bearer of this. Miss Con-
rad is leaving home under very sad cir
cumstances. | have met her on a ualn
which was % 20 TO Plattsburg, y. J. Miss
Conrad wants 70 become an actress; per-
haps Miss Chase can help her 10 meet Mr..
Frohman. OF course, you'll have 10 verify
the statement etc.
Put 81 that il may mean the helping of
human being who needs help.
Mr.. Wallace said that he did not know
any Of the persons concerned in the
shooting. He said he thought Mr. Will
son had written the note for Miss Con-
rad on the back Of the envelope and that
she had torn IL up.
Among the letters found in the apart
nent was one addressed TO Miss Ora
ham. which began Dear Lillian" and
was signed Your loving sister. Stella
Singleton" The letter was postmarked
San Francisco. There was nothing 10
show whether Stella Singleton was the
married or maiden name of the writer.
A man who said he was the step
father OF Miss Conrad called at the sta
ton and asked TO see her. When he was
told that he could not he went away i'm
mediately.
Mr.. Stokes is ffty-seven years old. He
was born and has lived in New York
City all his life. His only interests,
apart from large real estate holdings in
and around New York. have been in
horseracine and stock farms in Ken
lucky.
He inherited fortune from James
Stokes. his father. and from his mother,
who was a daughter Of Arson G.. Phelps,
of Connecticut. After being graduated
from Yale in 1874 he devoted himself
largely to managing his properties
With Peter Durye3 he owned the
Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm, near Lex