The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-08
HELD PRISONER
AS WOMEN USE
HIM FOR TARGET
w. F. D. S t 8 K e s, in.
Grasp of Japs, Shot
I hree Times.
A S S A | Z A MT S
CALL II "A ssDUEL a
Multi Millionaire Hotel Propri-.
etor Found Wounded, Lying in I
Apartment House, While
Two Girls Admit Shooting. 4.
Contradictory Stories fIi
Told About Affair.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch.1

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n New York, June Nv. Il. d. Stokes,
ulti-miilionnire proprietor of the sAn-
sonIa Hotel, WINS found about @ O'Clock
of ti,c varuna Apartment House,
Broadway and EiEhtieth Streets. with
bullet wounds in his legs and n revolt
vcr In HIS hand. In an apartment on s
tho same noor were two young women
Lillian Graham, n singer, and her ~
friend, Ethel Conrnd--in n ntnte OF in-f
tense agitation, while huddlcd together
In one corner were three Japanese
mcn-Ecrynnt..
Stokes told the police that the girls
had shot him, and they did not deny
II. and later Issued a statement from
the Roosevelt Hospital, through his:
council. that the girls had tried TO h
blackmafl him over certain letters.
Held by Jnpanese.
He also accused the Japanese OF hold u
Ing him while the girls took shots at
him. On the other hand. the girls. af -&l
ter they had been taken to the West
SlXty-eighth Street Police Station, said
thai Stokes had demanded from Miss
Graham certain letters which she had
not thought 1t worth while to retain.
and that on his failure to get them he =
had seized the actress by the throat.
Then Miss Conrad rushed In from tho
bedroom and started the shooting. y
which they alleged stokes returned
with the pistol he wrested from Miss Z
Conrad .;44.
The japanese protested absolute In,
hocence of the whole business. They
represented themselves as being the
chef. the butler and an extra waiter
employed by Patrick Casey, the yaude-S
Vile agent They declared that they
We're harmlessly preparing dinner
which Mr. Casey proposed to give to hts
friends. and that they had naturally
run out to sec what was happening
when the shots began to go off. They
even denied that they had caught hold
OF Stokes while the duel, as the women
described 1t. was in swing.
From the mass of contradictory y
statements which the vapipus parties
to the disturbance gave Out to night
1t appeared that Bicycle Patrolman An
drew j. Tulley, of the Twenty-eighth I
Street Precinct about 8 O clock was rid
Ing up Broadway in an automobile full {;
of tired and happy orphans. whom he I.
was escorting home from their day at 4
Corey Island. a citizen rushed up TIC
him and shouted that there had been
Il shooting in the Yaruna Apartment
House. He Jumped off and ran ups
stairs to the fourth floor, There he h
found Stokes lying by the banisters of \
the stairs, bleeding freely in the legs
Two women shot me-" he called to 4.
the patrolman They've hit me three
times. They've in that apartment
Those Japs there held me while they
plugged at me. will explain eysre.
thing later
Had Pistol In Hand. Xii
'rulley noticed that Stokes had are
vo}ver In his hand, and took It from
him. He went into the apartment.
pointed out as the one belonging to
Mr.. Casey, and found Miss Graham
~ - Il, Sfar lea sou H..
ton He took them bacl, to their own
rooms at the end of the hall. and
there he found on the mantelpiece ana
other revolver. When his asked the \
girls what had happened, Miss Graham
would say nothing. but Miss Conrad
admitted that she had sAot Stokes.
The apartment which the girls occu-
pied consisted of large sit .ing-room,
facing on Broadway; n bedroom and q &
kitchen. twas in confusion. and ilit- &
tered over II were number of pieces
of torn letters. On the walls wereHaf
large number of photographs of actors 4
and actresses. but as the girls had sub
let the rooms only two weeks ago. the s
police could not be certain whether
the pictures belonged to them orStc Il
tie regular tenants
Mr.. Stokes was taken to the Roose- IS
Welt Hospital, but before he left De-
tective Devery saw him, and he stated q
to- night that MIR. Stakes had told him J:
that his reason. for going to the apart
ment of the young women was that he Y
might get from them some letters, AZ
half hour after the shooting the girls y.
were taken In patrol wagon with tho {
three Japanese. servants to the West
Sixty-eighth Street Station.
There they were arratgned on tho
charge OF feloniols assault. They ap-iS
pc.,red to he very much distressed by
their situation, and kept handkerchief, X
before their faces already almost hid
By straw bonnets OF the latest fashion,
smart blue suit. however, gave her
that she was Lillian Graham. a singer,
twenty-five years OF age The only 4
address she gave was 225 West Eigh.E;
tieth Street. and she denied that she{,
had any oiic to whom she could ap-3(j
peal for assistance.
When 1t came MSS Conrad's turn
she broke down completely. va
Fears the Disgrace. iSs{
Il cannot tell you she sobbcd, az 4
her name was asked Please don,tS&
take II. cannot tell you II my v
brother heard OF Sit he would never IN
forgive me. ! could never go homais
again" N
THE police lieutenant questioned her.
with as much kindness as he Gcoufd.s4
and. then called the matron and babe
her take this Two women awi... ~ 81 W
In a little while the MA tron came
back and said that the younger girl,s{8
name was Ethel Conrad and her age