The evening world., 1911-07-06
saying she would 60 and e. IN. let

attitude" and the witness erected him
self 10 his full height and threw on
MS chest, at the same time placing hi
hands behind his back. Some OF tn
~irreverent I'm the crowd Uttered al IN
picture he made. while the two prett!
prisoners smiled their appreciation an
almost clapped their hands.
"A moment before she had reappea-eC
! had heard her talking 70 some one II
the next ROOM" continued Mr.. Stokei
as he sat down again. Before eithei
OF us could speak Z heard n sound be
hind me-. and. turning, / saw Nils
Graham stealing along the haiiws,
close TO the hall with a revolver pointed
toward me. / was standing near q
lounge which crossed the west side OF
the room. Mas Conrad was standina
guard ~ the door and Mas Graham
was approaching me along the on,y
route which I could get out OF the
place. go ] naturally remained where
] was.
Miss Graham was greatly excited. She
came up close, shoved her pistol right
against my side and said; Now I've got
you. you -. you! I'll teach you
. NVb Anh AAAFAAN NV ilNAAA' y ~
my dead mother. You old Ethel here
that my mother ran an immoral resort In
Seattle. that one OF my sisters ran ar
IMMORAL resort in Cincinnati. that my
other sister ran an immoral resort 10
Los Angeles, and that ] had been an
inmate Of one here in New York
. "rlL KILL YOU LIKE A DoG,'
4 GIRL SAID,
"Althoush I aid not move, she
Kept ssyinG. Come near me ana
7 III Nil you. I dare you 70 come
near met III kill you IKE .
dog"
Mr.. Stokes repeated this threat with
such emphnss that a damp wisp OF
f~orelock fell down In his eyes. He
Eiarsd straight At the show girls. They
stared back, smiling pleasantly and the
spectators thought II almost as good As
q play.
Continue. Mr.. Stokes" prompted
Mr., Sullivan.
Then Miss Conrad spoke up again
= and said 10 me. 10 a. we tell you and
you'ii he all right, II you don't wen
kill you Miss Graham snid: You
came here OH the sly-you didn't hin
anybody know yeu, but that's ali hxsd.'
N"'Tes. II Is all fixed broke In Miss
d. Conrad. We have three witnesses
here. Three men are In the next room
taking notes of everything that Is said
and done. They are listening to every
word Up to this point I think | had
hardly spoken a word. In fact I didn't
get much chance.
MISE Conrad Game closer to me
and said, You had better obey us.
Many . Nsw Yorker - prominsnS
-as you has disappsarsd n NOBODY
has been h wiser for IL. we've
arranged to get rid OF your body
nj You haven't . han for your
life uuless you , ~ we say
Ass Graham said: You sit down at
that desk yonder ard v-lte what I die
tate Then turn 81 to Miss Conrad she
said: Ethel w 4 shall : tell him TO
write
HE WAS HELPLESS WHILE
THEY TALKED.
II stood helpless while they were
discussing wh'-e I should l compelled
10 sign my name. Miss Conrad. ~ II
quoting som legal document, began
',1tnesseth that this person having
made malicious. false. ftlonious and
slanderous statements
"Thsn she halted and said 70
ma; You know what We want you
10 retrAot. Hiiiian put the revolver
70 his hsAA. az make him sit dow
+, ana tell him what TO write, and
ri stand alongside him ana soc
that no does st.
by this time ] had recovered myself.
7 said TO Miss Conrad. 7 thought you
told me LiiiaH had zone m the Battle
They both laughed and Miss Conrad
said, I'm the little French maid that
| fooled YOU
~ said to her. Miss Conrad. when !
! gave YOU $50 for nursing MI Graha
when she was sic ! had faith in you
Then, turning to Miss nrhha"- ' aid
10 her, Lillian. when l gave you 800
y $50 10 pay your fare abroad and $50 FOR
|. expenses after you Joined your sister. i
had faith IN you 100. 7 expected to get
back the eighteen letters which I wrote
4 YOU years ago. And instead ] ma you
I doing this. 1t - a pretty trick
Then both these young ladies'-Mr,
Stokes put a lot OF seorn into his
words--"then both these young ladies'
laughed. ] continued 10 address them.
] said;
Lillian, never made any state
ments rejecting upon you, your mother
or our sisters to Mtss Conrad or any
body else. and ! will not retract words
] never uttered. You might as well sad
this thing one way or the other riga,
now. ! won't sign anything
TOLD 70 WRITE A CHECK FOR
$4,000.
Miss Graham. who was holding he
pistol at my head. turned TO Miss Con
rad and I heard her say, II ne says ~
won't. I know he won't To this Mis-