The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-26
BUSHES TO AID OF
ACCUSED SISTER
Mrs. Singleton Says She Intro
duced Miss Graham to
w. E. D. Stokes.
BITTER AGAINST HOTEL MAN
In Possession Of Evidence Which.
May Cause Sensation
at Trial.

New York. June 25.-Help FOR the
Two young women who shot w =. d.
Stokes came last evening In the per
son of Mrs. John Singleton. the sister
OF Lillian Graham. She was a pas
senger OH the French liner Provence.
Mrs. Singleton did not deny that She
brought with her papers and letters
which would furnish a sensation at
the coming trial. She choked with
tears when she spoke OF her sister.
and became much excited when She
discussed Stokes. She declared en-
pha,ically thatishe was in position
TO tell much about Stokes which would
snow that her sister was not guilty
OF attempted blackmail, but rather
that she was d Victim
II have come TO ala my sistcr'' she
said. and think | am in a position
TO do so. Stokes d'd not cxpect
would come. He knows what know.
and he would hate TO hear some OF the
things Will ,ell on the stand If an
opportunity is given me-" M
Mrs. singleton denied that there was
any misunderstanding between her Sis
ter and herself. ~ love my sister more
than any one In the world. and
have come back to help her tight for
her good name, or what will be left
OF I. Tor no matter how innocent, the
stain or this arrest must always re.
main. II is in TINS as in every other
case--the man Will so out with his
good narae, the woman must suffer"
Do 1 know Mr. Stokes? she said. II
lived at his hotel FIVE years ago and
! introduced my sister to Stokes. She
was then young girl of seventeen
years. Stokes came TO see us UNI
introduced, as the proprietor of the
hotel, to know whether he could do
anything for u.s. Then he used 10
come and ask me how my pretty Sis
ter was. In this country we protect the
dogs and other animals but we offer
no protection to young girls"
Mrs. Singleton fastened from Paris
as soon as she heard thar her presence
was needed. She was surprised, She
said, that the American sense of JUS
tice would allow the keeping Of two
girls in prison in view of the circum-
stances. She was met at the pier by
Clark L. Jordan, of 1874 Nassau Street,
lawyer for the young women i.
While Mrs. Singleton was preparing
to land. Lillian Graham and Ethel
Conrad were sitting IN the Criminal
Court building, under the care OF
Deputy Sheriff Haley, waiting for the
fixing OF their bail.
& Magistrate F'reschi refused TO ac-
cept the bond OF Giuseppe Fusco. but
said he would accept bail from Rafael
Marazzi a builder at 40S East One
Hundred and Sixteenth Street. When
the magistrate announced that he
would refuse Fuscos bond Sheriff
Haley notified the girls that they
would have to return TO the Tomhs
Miss Graham fell into chair upon
hearing the announcement and burst
into a flood of tears. while the Conrad
girl had mild attack of hysteria.
Their counsel. Clark l.. Jordan, rushed
from his chair and assured them thai
he would have bal for them before the
day was over.
Marazsi had offered to go on the
bond on Friday, but was rejected after
an investigation which showed the
property at 4oS East One Hundred and
Sixteenth Street. which he offered, was
not worth 100000. as ne said but only
worth $4,000 Yesterday ne Offered
This property and some bonds as
Well
Miss Conrad is on the verge of ner-
vous collapse due to her long confne-
ment in the Tombs. and all through
the examinations that she has been pu.
through she laughs wildly at first and
then breaks into tears. She said yes
terday that she did not mind being
detained in the West Side Court SO
much, but that tho treatment she re-
ceiced in the Tombs had made her ner-
vous.