The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-07
Stokes LETTERS
FIGURE N TRIAL
PACKAGE or EIGHTEEN WRITTEN
TO MISS GRAHAM ARE HAND.
Ed TO COURT.
MUCH ADVICE WAS GIVEN
Stokes Told Of His Affection Fol
Charming Widow Who Was
Reminded OF First Husband
by the Eirty Streets
and Pigs.

New York, July GA package o
eighteen letters written In by-gont
years to Miss Lillian Graham wei
handed up to the judges bench thi.
afternoon in the court room wher,
Miss Graham and her cnum Miss Ethe
Conrad were arranged on a charge D
attempting to murder w. r. ID. Stoke.
the miliionair hotel man. They has
Been found. the detectives said il
close keeping and they had Eeen i.
the young woman's room and constl
tuted the prize to recover which
Stokes said he had risked hislife.
Stokes pale and worn told his owr
story OF the shooting. He had beer
summoned to the apartment he salt
by Miss Conrad who tild him THAI
Miss Graham had left for Europe ant
Tas angry, he said, when he saw ht
had been deceived and declined tx
sign an alleged statement setting
sortn that he had DETAINED Miss Gra
ham and her relatives. He had also
declined to pay $4,000 under threat
Of death, he added and tnereupon Miss
Graham began to shoot.
Stokes said that he told the girl
that black mail was prison offense
and that Miss Graham said 'T'li say
I'm crazy while Miss Conrad assert.
ad, according to stokes 1--WE will say
he came to our apartment and at.
tackled us and we killed him in self
lefense. We have three witnesses
70 all this who never would let him
out alive"
When Stokes disarmed Miss Ora.
ham after sustaining two wounds,
Miss Conrad, he said, was in the par
lor and some one began firing then he
assumed it was she. He was shot
again In the calf Of the Les. There
were four shots but they all went wild
he said
Stokes started for the hall then.
There he said first the two girls and
later three Japanese seized him and
throttled him while q short, stout man
aided them. The police finally rescu-
I'D him and he said he handed pa
trolman the revolver he had taken
from Miss Graham.
On cross examination opposing
ncounsel attempted to have Stokes
ell of his attentions to Miss Graham
Turing the four years he had known
aer, but he proved an unwilling wit
aess and the lawyer met with con-
tant objections.
Stokes met Miss Graham at a din.
aer In Lexington, KY, he said. He
lad taken her out automobile riding,
Jad written her while she was at
Memphis, Chicago and other points
md also had entertained her at his
lexington farm. The first cash pres
9nt he had given her was $3.50 or
900, he did not remember which en-
the occasion of one of her visits to
Lexington. Stokes concluded his tes-
.imony shortly before adjournment.
Letters introduced.
The case win continue tomorraw.
The bundle of letters that drew stokes
% the girls apartments was made
public by the court. They all began
With the salutations my dear Miss
iraham' or "My dear Miss Lillian
ind most of them concluded with
yours sincerely" or your truly" In
the letters from Stokes to Miss Gra-
nam given out tonight we're many
bits of advice for the young woman.
One sent early In December 1909
warned her that the stage held but
"a heartless social life' and urged
her instead to marry some rich
Young fellow whose cornpanionship
will be worth more than all the worth
ess admiration of a cheap stage"
In another the writer said II am a
,ross, crabid and ugly old cove and
such nice letter from such pretty
sirl has turned my head. In the first
1lace you know ! am a divorced man,
'orbidden to marry; second, any man
who has failed to retain the love OF
he woman who was desperately in
owe with him would count II crime
o try matrimony on grl for the
'econd time; in the third place.I am
90 old SO all I could do ID to wait
or widow or a divorcee who has
III the matrimonial experiences she
wants for life and so we will Just be
rood friends.
I'VE will go travelling and autoing
ogether and have please~t tales and
ONE things. There are several dozen
sidows and Divorces here. intend
boxing them over very carefully be-
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