Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-08

oferating You from an attempt to WRONG
her. before you would permit her to leave?
Il did not, 40 such letter exists"
Let Us try as much as possible to keep
the scandal cut Of this case" suggested
Magistrate Frcsehe.
But the record shows he gave her money
and improper inference might be drawn,
protested Mr. Moore.
Nothing Of the sort" volunteered the
magistrate, re may have given it to her
out of the goodness of his heart
New York. July w L. D. Stokes
testimony WIS still unfinished when
court convened today for further ex-
|amination of the charge that an at
tempt to murder Stokes was made a
month ago by Mtss Lillian Graham and
Miss Ethel .conraf. The purpose of
these proceedings SIS. to determine
Whether Jhe evidence is sufficient 10
warrant sending the case to the grand
Jury. Boy the examination and cross
examination is conducted with such
thoroughness that it amounts praeti-
cally to a trial.
ON the stand yesterday Stokes gave
his version of the alleged attempt on
his life when he visited the young Wo-
mems apartment at Miss Conrad's in
Sitation to recover letters he had writ
4sn to Miss Graham.
| These letters were founI by detec-
.tives in the girls rooms a few DAYS
after the shooting and since have been
IN the possession of tile district attor-
ney. In them Stokes.swho said on the
stand yesterday that hes,was 81 years
old, for the most part ad3bted toward
the young girl an attitudesbf fatherIy
counsel, advising her against the stage,
against Intoxicating liquors and about
life in general.
The two defendants and Miss era
hams sister, Mrs, John Singleton. wife
OF wealthy California mining man.
who accompanies them in court. lis
tened to Stokes testimony with fire.
quent derisive smiles. All three dress
IN the daintiest of summer costumes
ana present refreshing sight i'm the
torrid court room. -The,~xoung de-
PENDANTS were dressed alike TODAY in
striking gowns of white serge. trimmed
with satin. Stokes Wore s6Tnbre hIaclf
When Stokes resumed his testimony
he said he was not sure how many
letters exhibited Yesterday We're his.
He thought about eight. He told of a
VISIT made to his office on May q last
by Miss Conrad. which was the first
time the letters We're brought to his
notice. She came into his office, he
said highly excited and was unable
to speak for some time.
continued, she told me she had been
out to dinner the night before. She
met Miss Graham. she said. at the din
ner and the young lady was in dis
tressed circumstances. with little mon
ey and 10 clothes and that she had
taken her home to her rooms.
When | went out this morning to
business. Miss Conrad said, 4 left
Miss Graham in bed after me. | for
got my pencil and returned for it..
When | got into the room, | was
shocked to find note on the table to-
gether with bundle of letters, the
note saying that Miss Graham had
committed suicide and she had adj
dressed the letter 10 the press.
Miss Conrad also told me" contin-
ued stokes, that some of the letters
were mine and some belonged to other
men. She said she rushed into the bed
room and found Miss Graham in bed,
her face all blistered and burned
where she had spilled carbolic acid. \
doctor was called and pumped her
out, Miss Conrad said, and saved her
life.
Miss Conrad told me then that her
father was Russian prince and that
10 years ago he came from Venezuela
to Louisville. Ky, where he eloped
with her mother, Miss Conrad told M
she vas born in Bluefields, Venezuela
She told me that her father, the prince
owned a mine worth 100000, but that
he had been killed in riots there and
that her mother had sold the mine foI
$4,000, which sum she invested in rea
estate. But revolution and bloodshet
| caused the burning up of the real es-
tate and she and her mother came tt
New York, where the mother collect
ed 100000 Insurance.
'"Then Miss Conrad told me that hel
mother had married an ugly man wht
had squandered the insurance money
| and left her poor. She had to work
Miss Conrad said Her brother, sh'
Itold me, would come from Mobile anC
| take her back to Mobile with him. Sh'