New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-16
Miss Conrad Becomes Violently
Hysterica| and Shrleks TO
Send the News to
Her Mother.
MAY GO ON STAGE AGAIN
verdiyt of Jury a Surprise
Held To Be Based on Sum
Total of the Twelve
Mems Opinion of
Mr.. Stokes.

A verdict oc mot guilty was returHe'
Yesterday after an hours deiiberation oy
the fury at tho trial Of the two sho"
girls. Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad
for shooting W. +. ID. Stokes and inc
scene in the courtroom following the an
nouncement by Foreman John r. rloiher
bordered on pandemonium.
'rhe Younger girl. Miss Conrad. whom
Assistant District Attorney Buckner hso
branded i'm MS summing up as ths
master mind" i'm a conspiracy to black
mail Stokes, became violently hystericaL
Her screams were heard in all parts OF
th. criminal Courts Building and soon
attracted an excited crowd TO the court
,oono doors. which clashed and jostled
with the crowd OF spectators that We're
fairly being driver into the corridors BY
the court attendants I'm an effort TO clear
the courtroom
II was nearly half an hour before the
excitement abated and Miss Conrad was
led from the courtroom, weak and with
nair disheveilcd as the result Of her emo
tional attack. supported by her counse!
and ner friend. Miss Graham.
The emotional tables were unexpected
" reversed. and Miss Graham who had
went almost continually throughout 'he
trial and had broken down on the VII
ness stand, remained calm and collected
aud acted as comforter 10 her nineteen
year-old friend. Miss Conrad had dis
nIaved 2 remarkable nerve up to the end
Of the proceedings.
Jury Surprises All in Court.
The brief deliberations Of the jury ana
the verdict itself. came as surprise !"
almost every one In the courtroom "ho
had followed the case verdict OF as
sault in the second degree. the lesser
crime charged in the indictment seeneu
at least 20 be expected.
While Foreman Flomer and his asso-
ciates on the jury said after~ard tha'
.t.v had hound themselves 20 a solemn
agreement IN the jury room not 10 dis-
cuss the incidents OF their hours confer
ance Il was learned, nevertheless. that
only four ballots were taken, ana AT no
time did more than one juror stand OUT
for conviction. Garlic r. wagner juror
voted three times for a conviction -ot-.
,seault IN the second degree, il was SAID
and went over to the majority on the
fourth ballot.
Tho nIea Of the Assistant District At
+orrav in his final address of four hours
to the iury had gone far 10 create the
impression that the jury would be won
70 the peoples side Of the case MI
Ruckner presented vivid analysis OF the
great mass Of evidence in the case III
v;dine the drama" as he called IT, INTO
tbroa acts. and working up TO a climax
Of tho time Of the shooting in the Naruna
onartmcnt He attacked the defehdahts
as adventuresses in search or money ana
notoriety through Stokes. ana PAID par
ticular attention to Miss Conrads re-
rarkablo" attitude and testimony on 'he
witness stand.
He referred to her as the most re-
markable combination of Kitten anu
wildcat" ne had ever seen, and called ner
unon other occasions this Accomplished .
gun lady" and the lady from Piatts-
burg"
Stokes Also Is Denounced.
The prosecuting attorney did not hesl-
tate TO denounce Stokes also In pltter
language as TO his reputation. but ne
constantly strove to keep the one real
issue in the case clearly before the jury
tho question for them TO decide wheth-
er or not the defendants had shot the
complainant in selfdefence.
"I don't care whether you like Stokes
or not" he told the Jury. II don't Ike
him. | am glad that he Is not my father'
NV father is Methodist minister ana
Is against everything for which Stokes
stands and Is for everything that stokes
is against Let's make out list OF men
in Now York we don't like, men who are
mean so that persons like these defend
ants can go out and shoot them. IL
would save us whole lot OF trouble ans
expense. wouldn't it?
"Rut that is not the issue here. MS'
Stokes is not on trial. There is no e"
dence in this case that he committed Il
crime. 1t IS merely matter % enforc-
ing the law as it is laid down for us. All
ask OF YOU is to throw out this maud
ling defence OF sympathy ana declue
this case on the law and evidence oelore
you-on the one theory of self-detence'
The Assistant District Attorney saiG
that the cry of money money. money
was the constant supplcatlon OF Miss
Graham to Stokes. He scofed at the
idea of "love" in her letters TO the COM
plainant and said that lust on Stokess
mart and 'lucre" on her part were the
principal clements of the case. Miss
Conrad, he said. had been the pilot In
the scheme, girl nineteen, but hard
as nails
What Will She Be at Twenty -fve?"
IF she can get away with this case on
the evidence Il nineteen" he said. what
do YOU think she will be at twenty-five
Mr.. Buclinur finished his summing up
at 1920 p. m, and Justice Marcus occu-
pied the following iifty-fve minutes In
charging the jury. At the request OF tho
District Attorney he withdrew the
charge of attempted murder" In the in
dictment. and left the jury to decide the
| case on the charges OF assault In the
first aud second degrees. He made II
clear % the jurymen that the age OK the
defendants. or the question OF the rela-
tions of the parties concerned was not
.or them to determine or consider
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