The evening world., 1911-12-12
as o o as I go, the door open lie ran
out.
CAN'T TELL HOW OFTEN RE
vOLvER WAS FIRED.

WAS FINeO
Q. Didn', Miss Conrad Are Upon him
before you got the door open? A. I dom
know, ] was too confused to know jus,
what things happened at the same
time.
q. Did you tell Ethel Conrad 20 re,
her gun and shoot his head on7 A. No,
cir.
q. How many times ala you IRE your
revolver. a. | can't tell, l can't re-
member.
over and over the situation went the
willy prosecutor In a desperate effort TO
shake tho girls story. He had her
physically racked and torn to shreds.
hut so far had been unable to trap her
into any fragrant contradictions Both
Buckner and hts victim seemed glad
when the Court ordered n nve minute
respite.
Leaving the shooting episode for a
few moments. Mr.. Buckner dropped
back 20 Miss Graham's visit to Stokes
at the Ansonla May II. He questioned
! her about the conversation the floor
maid. Agnes Haarte. q testified to as
occurring between her and Miss Ora
ham. The witness denied having told
the girl she was through with Stokes.
or having made a remark about
stokes's ~"red-hcsded wife"
Buckner then jumped back to the In
cldents and conversations that followed
the shooting. He wanted to know why
the witness told several persons before
she Was arrested that she had shot
Stokes In defense Of her mothers and
sisters honor and not mentioned the
fact that he. too. had hred the revolver
and had attacked her. She said she
had no recollection OF having made
such statements after the shooting.
The prosecution then took up the
third degree given to Miss Graham
by Inspector Russell the night Of the
shooting. He aueried the girl on her
statements to police officers. and asked
why she didn't tell them Mt that time
that she had shot Stokes In self-de-
tense. She said she was 90 wrought
up at the time that she cannot remcm
Der just what she did say.
GOT VAUDEVILLE EXPERIENCE
BEFORE THE JURY.
Taking a leap into the realm OF the
footlights. Mr.. Buckner asked Miss
Graham MANI questions about the brief
vaudeville engagement that followed the
sensational shooting affair. Objection
after objection Of ounse for the de-
fes,se was overruled. and the prosecutor
was allowed to make as much OF the
girls thespian experiences as possible.
var DuCNHeT pTOuuCeu pldCdTub, blBns
and handbills in which the girls were
exploited in blsriny ones. He even go;
them introduced az evidence despite the
frantic effort OF counsel to prevent II on
the ground that all the theatrical incl
dents occurred subsequent to the time
mentioned in the Indictment and had
nothing to do with the shooting or
events leading up TO It.
Miss Graham got 80 badly ratified dur
Ing the forensic display Of legal talent
that she hardly knew whether to an
swer yes or no" In fact. she for
got the most important thing claimed
by the defense In regard to the vaude-
Vile experience. that she and Mrr.
Singleton went TO Hammerstein the day
after the billing was posted and de-
handed that he take down the thin
sheets and other naring announcements
and ne refused.
The noon recess came like q welcome
breath Of spring to Miss Graham. as
well NJ her attorneys.
MISS GRAHAM sPURNs ROSES
AND NOTE SENT TO COURT.
While Miss Graham was on the stand.
n boy In the livery OF John N. Thicl-
man. florist. Of No. 500 Broadway,
Brooklyn, bore to the courtroom . large
box containing . heap Of American
beauty roses. The boy said the box
was consigned TO Miss Lillian Graham.
A our attendant relieved him Of his
burden and II was placed In an ante
room.
The box was tied with many yards
Of pink ribbon. and tangled in one
strand of the ribbon was an envelope
stamped with the name and seal Of
the Cunard line. When Miss Graham
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noon recess she was Informed Ct the
arrival OF the roses. but after she had
glanced at he box Inc the envelope
she smiled and walked away. She did
not take the envelope.
To the surprise OF every one In the
courtroom Mr.. Buckner opened the ar
ternoon session by announcing that he
had decided TO close the cross-exam-
ination.
Miss Graham was evidently relieved.
but the ordeal was not quite over. as
she was returned to the stand by her
own attorney. Clark l.. Jordan. for re-
direct examination.
Mr.. Jordan made the girl show the
seal from the injury to her finger sus-
tanned during the struggle with Stokes
for the possession Of the revolver. lie
then asked her to tell all about the con-
versation between her and Ethel Con-
rad after the latter had secured the
5000 from Stokes with which to send
Miss Graham to Europe. The p-osecu-
ton had attempted to show a con-
spiracy between tho girls to secure this
money. Miss Graham's contention had
been that h knew nothing of Miss
conrad's trips to the Ansonia until
a~fterward.
Ethel came TO me the day before
the shooting n told me to pack W
at once; that ! was to sail for Europe
the next day. I told her to stop joking
She insisted that she was serious ant
had secured $500 for me to 60 to Europe
and that the arrangements had beer
made with the ship. n all that.
told her It was impossible and asked
her where she got the money. Sh'
wouldn't tell me for a long time. ! in
sisted n she kept saying she hat
given her word not TO tell who CAV,
her the money,
WOULDN'T GO TO EUROPE Al
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