The evening world., 1911-12-11
Strenuous IS -Examination
Again Sends Girl Who Shot
Stokes Into Hysteria.
HER PAST UNDER r
Prosecutor Buckner Relentless.
ly Goes Over Story of
Life Since Childhood.
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encourage his attentionsT A. No. sir.
q. As a matter Of fact. didn't she en-
courage the friendship a. much a. pos
stble7
Counsel objected and was sustained.
q. Didn't you hear at that time that
Stokes was . man who supported vari-
Gus women7 A. No. sir.
q. And You had no ambition to get
on his payroll in that capacityf A.
Indignantly No. ar.
The prosecutor then took up one by
one the many letters ana notes the girl
had written TO Stokes during their
several years association. He wanted
to know why she continued to write 80
frequently when hcr notes showed
Stokes had disappointed he- by not
keeping an appointment OF some sort
or . promise to call up on the phone.
Miss Graham said stokes always had
such Q good excuse for not having ap-
peared whom expected that she kept OF
making new engagements with him.
At this point Mr.. Buckner inquired
for details Of the transaction In which
Miss Graham said she gay stokes
sl.7oo TO invest for her. The witness
said she got the sum In cash from
Mrs. Singleton in February. 1907. and
gave II to Stokes.
Juror No. Z then asked n the mass Of
letters the prosecution was reading had
been written by Miss Graham before
or after giving Stokes the money. Miss
Graham said most Of them were writ
ton afterward. A. the majority of the
notes were undated Buckner could not
rsfuts this claim directly. but attempted
to lessen it, effect by reading letter
after letter and emphasizing the fact
that the money matter never entered
into the correspondence.
DENIES she WAC TRYING TO
MOLD UP" STOKES.
Touching on the declarations Of AZ.
! fection In Miss Graham's letters written
before she visited Stokes at Lexington
and while their relations were stu on
q purely friendly basis. Mr.. Bucknsr
wanted to know why she used such ton
der phrases II she had not matrimonial
or other designs on Stokes. She said Il
was because she was very fond OF him
and no Of her.
Weren't you trying to make him
realise that n no didn't close the bar
gain pretty soon you would leave the
hotsif" pursued the prosecutor. with
ruthless insinuation.
Attorney Moore made strenuous OBJ
lection to Buckner's method Of examina.
ton, but the Court allowed the prose-
cutor 70 proceed.
A the prosecutor continued 70 ham
mel at the contents Of Miss Graham's
letters. tho girl's nerves began to
weaken under the strain. She plucked
and pulled at her sable boa. and the old
twdtchinx Of her upper lip n right
eyebrow returned.
Mr.. Buckner wanted to know why she
wrote % a~ffectionatsly after Stokes had
told her he would eve marry, but
wanted to find a widow" for . friend
Q. II you were a pure. straight girl. a.
you say you were at that time. and this
old divorcee wrote you about "widows''
In the way he did. why did you continue
to write and call him 'dearie?" A. ]
knew him better later on. I didn't un
derstand his reference to widows At tina,
time.
Q. We're you 80 innocent that you
couldn't understand this mans refer.
ences to "widows' and 'friends?'
A. I didn't understand.
Q. And yet you were living at the An
sonia. weren't your A. Yes. sir.
Here the jury was excused for a five
minute recess and Miss Graham retire<
to a chair behind the Jury box and CAV,
way 10 the days first outburst of tears
No one went TO comfort her. and aftel
a few minutes she returned to the stand
shifted piteously for a time and turnet
her eyes once more upon the smooth
tongued Assistant District-Attorney.
The witness took refuge In answer
such as II don't remember" II do no
recall" II know nothing about IT,
whenever Mr.. Buckner tried to get he
to place the Approximate date Of wrttinI
undated letters to explain just what sh
meant by such phrases as II must 80
you on an important matter" don
forget to come down" and this 10
real secret and q true one" with whic
her letters were filled.
INSISTS REGENERATION" WA
WRITTEN At LEXINGTON.
Picking up tho letter of "~exoners
ton" In which Miss CIR" ham relieve
: Stokes Of all responsibility from tho n
suit OF the Lexington visit. Mr.. Buckn,
called attention TO tho TACT that Il "
IN Anson!a Hotel paper.
-. (Q.) Did Mr.. Stokes have Ansonia pi
u per At Lexington. where you say !
. made you write this?
a. Yes. sir. no had several kinds
paper.
y Mr.. Buckrer then produced the 9th,
q letter Nlss Graham claimed Stol,
made hor write AT tho same tina
Lexington. This second ie,tor support,
the frat exonerstion note,
To tho discontinue OF the dsfens
Mr.. Buoknor showed the jury that &
!, isttsrheads OF the two slips OF pap
were slightly different, as though Il
hotel had changed the design Of l
letterheads,
: Can o explain how these ~
notes. written practically. ut the Bar
{" moment. should be on two kinda Of IL
terheads?" asked Mr.. bucknsr. Mi
D. Graham couldn't.
Mr.. Bucknor probed deeply into NJ!
Graham's story OF having been fore
10 write the note OF generation att
/ her night under Stoses's roof at Lee
ington. stokes had tsstiasd thst DO I