The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-07

! sell in his black silk robe and Stokes was
ready to take the stand. the Magistrate
got word that ho was wanted at tho
! Mayors Office to take the oath for four
| year term as Magistrate. So il was not
until noon that Stokes. under questioning
| from Assistant District Attorney Sullivan,
began to tell the story of the night OF June
| !, when he went to recover his letters.
The defendants, dressed "a usual like
sister act in vaudeville white dresses
of the same pattern. small hats from the
same model wide sailor collars Of the same
design SAT near their lawyers. Robert
Moore and Clarke l.. Jordan MIR. Stokes
was represented by W. NJ: h Olcott and
was crowded with folks whose clothes
stuck to the vanished chairs and came
away with ominous sounds. whose collars
lay down and quit work early In the pro-
ccedings and who glanced cnviously at
the Magistrate. Freschi was the only
electric fans concentrated cooling breezcs
on him and he was able to smile without
effort.
Mr. Stokes made small pretence at
jocularity. He held himself stiiIly. re-
piled volubly in loud. high pitched voice
was dressed all in black with an old
fashioned black bow tie cutting across a
very low collar that exposed his lean neck.
/, From the first the attention of the cour,
room crowd fastened on the women--
Graham and Conrad whose pcrtness and
chatter sometimes caused one Of their
lawyers TO lean forward With a frown.
In tho crowd were several women who
lookci very mach rs IL they occupied
from time TO time front rows in the chorus.
There was display Of peekaboo waists
and silk hosiery much thinner than tissue
paper These auditors beamc1 on the
defendants and ylared now and then
lat the imperturbable Stokes
STOKES BEGINS HIS NARRATIVE.
Tho A nsonia man said he had gone TO
they "a the result of an enga cement
made over the phone at 2 p. NJ. on June I
with Ethel Conrad.
"She said" Stokes went on without
once looking at the girls. that her brother
had come to New York from NJ obile that
discussed some letters of mine which Miss
Graham had They had decided that
the bes. thing would be to return mo
those letters and she said that | could
havo the,n il | would call a: their apart
ments at p. NJ. sharp. We talkei about
, Miss Conrad losing her job at the Delined-
tor and ] asked her IL she had used my
letter to the Mail and Erpress to see about
getting another lob She said shc had not
bcca'ise hor brothor didn't think il would
be nice for her to be Under an obligation
TO one who was almost stranger
|
apartment house. got the elevator boy
TO call the apartment. received word to
, come up and then knocked at the door
The door opened q little. & few inches
4 and Miss Conrad looked out. How do yo,
a do; she ssid. ! am glad you are sc
, PROMPT She took me into the parlor
, and went into another room. After had
waited a while Miss Conrad returned
holding her hands behind hnr beck. Sh.
stood near the window smiling e. me-.
: HERE COMES MISS GRAHAM WITH PISTOL
From where I stood I had 2 perfect
view Of the corridor and | sew Miss
Grshem sneaking down on me with T
revolver in her hand 1t was pointec
9 downwsrd and she appeared to lie study
I and ConrCd. When caught sigh of hel
abe was chou: twenty feet away. shoul,
, Judge.
/ And then Stokes continued. risnl
from his chair end Eesturing vigorously
she csme righ' at mo. scrofm ng, Nov
TO insult good EWl. you cur ion tolc
, Ethel tha my mother ran Tn indaCcn
house IL, iSeo'tle Tnd tha' my sister Mrs
J, Andrews. had one in CinCinnCtl tina
.. another one Of my sisters he'd p.ac
I like that in Galloway. and that | had live
o in one. Don't you make q move. you dos
Z or III XIII you where you sand
r ARRANGEMENTS TO DISPOSE or THE RE.
Y MAINS
4 The defendants rocked in their sea-
. with le.ighter, nudging each other. Stoke
gaze them q shG-p look aHd went ahea
- with his story He said thai Ethel Conre
shouted 10 him to stand whe-c lac was AM
not make move, thai he was sa'c If h
= would do wha' they asked, oth'rwis
they would fix him Miss Conrad adde
#. that no one knew he had come there an,
that there were three men witnesses he
hind the wall who We're watching every
thing end listening to every wor utteret
a Miss Conrad said 30 me. stokes con
|. 'nued: Mcny prominent and rich me
a. well known ~ you have disRppea-e
and no one has ever gone TO Jail for i
p We've nPhe all our arrangements TO g
)" rid of you Now sit CT that desk Their
are pen and ink Write what we tell you
AZ But they had fight about what | was
write Miss Graham thought she kne
how to put IL and Miss Conrad insiste
'u thai she knew more about such mater
ID than Miss Graham
- SOMETHING TO BE SIGNED FIRST
~ FINALLY Miss Concal go: tho say aa
~ wanted me ia sign this. as ncH ',y ~
~ remember Il
Witnas~a'h. |. ". + u : okes. inasmuc
as did make on May =. malicious. fals
AMI slandcroH. s'a'-meu;s ahou' Mi
NJ Graham, o hcr great dntrimen' and dana 2
Il said, Now, Mss Conrad. when
gave you s39 to pay for Lillisn's nurs,
e' and then gave You 500 for a trip TO Bc
S GUM and spending money. had perfe
~ faith in you. Don't you think this il
'e pretty mean way to treat me- The mon'
20 / gave you was to get the letters Mi
V. Graham has.
I'd Il told them ! wouldn't sign a thin
They talked things over in the corn
nc for little while and | guess they mat
e' up their minds that when Stokes says
thing he means it. Miss Graham beg
Is TO advance on me. holding out the pistol.
70 NOT ONE CENT FOR TRIBUTE,
o, There is jus, one thing left for "
n, to do she said to me. You will ha
~ ~ to draw check for s25 or it's dea
a, for you.
III Il said to them both, If it's a choi
;" between signing check for one cent
Is deaUh | choose death" And Stok
raised himself from the chair and straigf
-, ened out his right arm with determine
Nv gesture. The defendants giggled al
subsidized 80 gentle cooling.
IN Il warned them that they were blac
matters and that they would go TO I
I'D electric chair II they killed me.
Ike No, we won't said Miss Conra
70 We're not crazy. There are two OF
and we have got three men Witnesses
DEATH sELEcTED.