The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-08

that there was nothing in them to cause
anything like uneasness she hadn't been
back long before MIR. Stokes began to
telephone to her about them He ddn Z
like the idea of having Miss Conrad where
she could lay hands on them, he told her.
Late yesterday afternoon. the girl con
tinued, Stokes came 10 the Varuna and
they discussed the letters She was
alone in the sitting room with Stokes
and Miss Conrad was in the adjonlng g
bedroom. She says that she told Stokes
that the letters were destroyed, but he
doubted her word and kept demanding
the letters.
Then Stokes came toward her. 40 she
told the detectives and the police mat ron
in the West Sxty-eighth street station,
and tried to choke her She had gun
metal revolver handy II was a 80 cali
bre-and she aimed it at his legs and
fired Miss Conrad came running in from
the other room. and she too had "a pistol
handy. Both girls opened fire again.
Mr.. Stokes got close enough to Miss Gra-
ham to grasp the revolver. and he tried
to get it away as the three of them moved
toward the door. Out in the hallway
tiAc VI ~ OItUtu
and the three Japanese appeared.
what. shooting?- one of them said.
according to the girls. and then they
ducked back into Casey's apartment.
But Stokes says that the Japs caught
hold OF him. pinned down his arms and
kept him from returning the final round
that was aimed at him. He was about
ready to have outside help by that time.
and he yelled for somebody. When he
did that. he says. all five. women and
men. ran into the Casey apartment.
When the three reached the hallw ay
In the scuffie. the girls say. Stokes man
aged to get the revolver which the Graham
girl was pressing against his body. 1t
was then. they said. that he fired at them
John Bloom. the superintendent of the
building. was on the tenth floor and heard
him. When Bloom got there Mr. Stokes
was leaning against the grating Of the
stairway. and pointing to the open door
way Of the Casey apartment he cried
Those girls in there shot me-"
Bloom didn't wait TO see more than that
Stokes wasn't badly hurt and then he
jumped into the elevator and ran down
TO send for an ambulance. Stokes called
after him 10 get Or. Thornley,. Bloom
telephoned and then ran out to Broadway
to look for a policeman.
In one Of the automobiles that was
bringing back from Coney Island a load
OF children from the orphans celebration
was Bicycle Policeman Edward J. Tully
He ran upstairs with the superintendent
found Stokes lying on the floor of tn.
hallway alone. and AZ his direction wen,
into the Casey apartment Stokes re-
peated 10 him that the girls had shot him
and added that he wanted the three Japs
taken along too for helping the girls
The gunmctal revolver which Stokes
had caught from the hand of Miss Gra-
ham was beside him and he handed il
over to the policeman.
DR. Tn ornlny came in Mr.. Stokes 5
automobile. He helped the owner of
the Ansonia, who didn't have to ba car
to the waiting automobile They went
directly To Roosevelt Hospital.
The two girls and the three Japs we're
hu stled into a patrol wagon and taken
to the West Sixty eighth street sta
ton. Lillian Graham walked in with
in black and part Of her face was
hidden. behind very close fitting
poke bonnet Of straw The Younger
girl. Ethel Conrad. had every appear
ance OF being frightened out of her wits
she kept on" mana across her face and
drew her own bo"l shaped nat As far
down "a she could. The Graham girl
spoke right up and told her name, her
age and where she llv"d and added that
she was IA singer. Ethel conrad refused
To say word and the lieutenant called
tne natron ana had them taken To the
women cells.
1he Japanese trio walked up TO the
oesk WIN broad Smiles on lhelr faces
Two Of them. Roy Motto, who Is butler,
and loshlo Mura, chef. SAID that they
hven az tAe Narlna. Inc other one,
who SAID he was butler. gave his address
IA i45 East Twenty seventh street He
said that George was tn" only name h" had
Haven you got any Japanes" name"
asked the lieutenant Yes. b" had but
he couldn't remember ~ He had an
American name. johnson SO a. Gcorg"
johnson he was booked. The three went
back to the cells.
when tn" surgeons examined Mr.
Stokes wounds they found that The
bullets had gone clear through the flesh
OF the calves, but II VS. SUSPECTED that
bullet was sim IN th" thlgh An N-ray
photograph was taken and an operation
may follow BLOOD poisoning was the
only danger apprehend"d Mr. Stokes
young WE and W r.. - Stokes. Jr., his
son ny nus hrst WIFE. went 10 the hospital
early IN IN" evening
Ihe presence OF so many Japs in one
apart men' was something that the police
wanted To kno" about when they all got
to the Narlma. Detectives Flynn. l,evsry
ana Walsh had been sent up from the