The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-13
CONRAD GIRL
 TELLS STORY
coMRADE OF LILLIAN GRAHAM RELATES STORY OF SHOOTING
 OF. w. E. D. STOKES.
Asks Court to Make Prosecutor Quit Making Her Laugh-Stokes Recov- ering From Surgical
 Operation.

1 New York, Dec. 12.-Whle w. P. D. Stokes was under surgeons knife for an operation which is ex- | pected to restore him to health, Ethel l Conrad, charged with Lillian Graham with attempting to murder him last June, was cn the witness stand this l afternoon corroborating every feature of the testimony of her chum, tna. they had shot the millionaire in self | defense.
 Mir. Stokes operation was for an abscess of the kidney and it was said tonight t had been successful ! Miss Conrad, statuesque in appear ance. well poised in manner, and firm and clear of voice, made striking con trast to the older but weah voiced, and less self f-contaiaed Miss Graham, as she succeeded the latter on the wit. ness stand.
 Miss Grahams ordeal had lasted through two and a half days of steaoy examination and her pale and almost haggard face showed today that she had felt the strain severely. However, she stuck to every material point of her story, particularly as to the | shooting, and likewise denied every material charge that Stokes had made against her. Miss Conrad. on the oth- CT hand was smiling much of the time and convulsed the court by several of her sharp replies.
 I T wish" she said, when her cross examination was reached, .that Pros- ecutor Buckner would stop making me laugh. 1 don't want to laugh"
 The girl explained her friendship to Miss Graham by saying that the latter had nursed her so devotedly during an illness last April that she decided never to leave her. Buckner questioned the witness | closely as to her past life, particu- larly as to a visit she made in 1910 to Plattsburg, N. r.. where she oecu- pied, she said, the house of a friend, MT. Farley" who was away for the summer.
 While there she admitted that she had drawn a revolver upon man named Louis Miller, while on an au- tomobile ride with him. She forced him to write a statement, she said of what took place on the automobile trip and then told a sheriff that she had attempted to kill a man and she 1 wanted to be arrested. This state ment she promised to have in court tomorrow if she could find 1t. Miss Conrad followed Miss Graham on the staHd. She said she is lg years old and first met Miss Graham last April. Then she narrated in great detail how she called at Stokes hotel
 Miss Conrad. she Is a dangerous woman" the witness testified Stokes said to her when he heard the news. You are a beautiful yonag girl and you must get away from her infIu- ence. Now Miss Conrad, you go home and nurse her..
 T suggested that he send her to a sanitarium." went on the witness but be said, sOh. no, ca.1't be mixed up in this thing
 Then he said, She has some let ters of mine. Miss Conrad for God sake get me back those letters.
 The Baltic of the White Star Line he said, sails tomorrow. She must be sent away on that boat. If give you $200 for her expenses. To give you more, only she might com init suicide CT the way over and the money would be lost
 "Before left MT. Stokes put his hand on my shoulder and said. Im doing all this for you. because yot are young and beautiful. By the way, what is your bnsiness?
 T was afraid to tell him I wa: an actress. so I said I was an ilns. trator. Then he promised to get ms 8 position.
 Then she said Stokes spoke of his boy and how proud he was of him.
 sDo you know Miss Conrad + give si00.00o to young girl like yot to have a son like that for me- Stokes said. testified the girl. l Il thought it pretty queer of hin