Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-01

two rooms were open. He changed his mind
and went upstairs for the purpose OF asking lie
CONT what he meant by taking him down to
the station and then not going over to Balti-
more at all. When he went upstairs he saw
Mr.. t.e CONT coming across from her room to
Miss Eaton's.
Miss Eaton was at the head of the stairs
when he went up and went into Miss Eaton
room with her. Mrs. LIE CONT was passing be-
tween the two rooms several times. Witness
impression was that they had some more wine
in the front room. but he did not 20 into the
back room with Mrs. lie CONT at all She had
on Light flannel basque and, he thought, a
dark skirt.
PUTTING on THE MOTHER HUBBARD.
Witness did not know how long he was in
the back room when he was changing his
clothes, but it was long enough for him to take
of some Of his clothing in order to put on the
Mother Hubbard, which was too tight fit for
him to put ON over his clothes. 1t was the plan
for Miss Eaton to dress him up as Turk, and
it was his impression that she was in the front
room DIRE ssing herself Turk. Witness still
has the clothing he took off that night, though
1T took an order from the court for him to get
them back. He has not worn them since.
By the time he had put on the Mother Hub
bard and was looking around for tho sash he
heard the voices raised in the front ROOM
On redirect examination by Mr.. Clagett
Frost stated that when he went back to Miss
Eatons room he let himself into the house with
latch key which Miss Eaton had given him.
On Decoration day. before he left for Balti-
more, lie CONT invited his wife to take a
drive, and said he would take her out to a
cemetery and plant her there if she wished.
This point was further brought out by few
questions by the counsel for the defense Wit
ness thought that the cemetery he referred to
was Oak Hill, but he did not know that lie
CONT had two children buried there, nor was
the invitation that was given to visit the graves.
OFFICER onIANis EVIDENCE.
Officer Thomas Oriani, the policeman who
arrested LIE CONT after the shooting, was next
placed on the stand by the government He
identified the defendant having served with
him in $780, Saw him on 18th street about
o'clock on May 81 Witness saw a man ON 18th
street and followed him down tie street and
saw him meet LIE CONT on F street between
11th and 18th streets. lie CONT said
he wanted to give the man some money
to get a breakfast. After the man moved of
witness and LIE CONT stood talking about old
| times. Witness asked LIE CONT why he did not
60 home, and the latter said that he had Dor.
| rowed some money from his wife and did no,
waat to let her know that he had spent
it all. LIE CONT asked him whether the
windows in his room we're OPEN fol
il they were. he said, it was o
sign that his wife had gone to bed and he would
| 60 in. When the windows opened defendant
went in the house. A little later witness
heard sounds of a quarrel in house No. COZ
| He went down F street and later heard pisto
shots in the house, He ran back and findinp
| the front door open rushed in. Going upstair.
1 he met Miss Eaton running down. On thf
third floor he entered the room on the north
side OF the Eall and found Ii
CONT and Frost in the room struR.
Cling for pistol. He separated them and tool
| the pistol away. Frost was badly wounded and
/ his clothes were on fire. He took Frost 10 ths
hospital and LIE CONT to the station house.
Offcer Oriani identified the pistol which die
the shooting and said that when he took it from
the men there were six empty shells in the
! chambers.
DIDN'T KNOW HovA MISS EATON WAS DRESSED.
On being cross-examinei by the defense thu
witness said that he met Miss Eaton ON tn.
stairs but could not remember how she wa,
dressed. The front door was open two or thres
inches. He examined the room where thu
shooting occurred and found bullet mark In
the door jsmb and another bullet on the bed
/ He took Erost's hat coat, trousers, vest and
shoes to the station house. He found
them partly on shed and partly in the baci
4 yard. Frost was dressed in night
1 gown, which Was on fire at the time he separated
the men. II was $50 O'Clock when witness me,
4 LIE CONT first Tor he remembered the Latter
askinG him what time il was. He noticed .
1 light In Miss Eaton's room, but saw none in the
room that was occupied by the LIE Cointa