Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-02
THE MYSTERY LIFTING.
The Blonde Art Student Grows Steadily In
Importance.
WHAT PEOPLE III THE BOARDING HOUSE SAY
ABOUT THOSE CONNECTED wrrH THE sKooTrNa-
CLAIM THAT FROST AND MRS. LIE coNrk ARE
VICTIMS OF CONSPIRACY.

CLAIM THAT FROST AND MRS. LIE coINTk ARE
VICTIMS OF A CONSPIRACY.
From the conversation Of boarders in the
house in which the LIE Cointe-Frost shooting
| took place the theory evidently obtained among
them is that Mrs. LIE Cointe is innocent Of all
wrong and that she is the victim Of put-up
job, in which Charles Frost also got caught
since it was necessary that q man
should be involved in order to make
Mrs. LIE Cointe's apparent guilt. capable Of
proof Mr.. Frost is still at the boarding house
at 608 18th street. while Miss Eaton is in her
own quarters in the adjoining portion Of the
house.
WHAT THE BoARDERe SAT.
The expressions Of the other boarders are all
on the side Of Frost and number O. people
have come forward and told Of little incidents
that are thought to throw . new light on the
situation. In the first place it is said that Mrs.
Rogers, the lady who keeps the boarding house,
was not q desirable boarder. It is also alleged
that week ago Mrs. LIE Cointe charged Miss
Eaton with having maintained improper rela-
tons with her husband and even demanded
that her husband was concealed there at the
time. Miss Eaton, is is said, refused to admit
her and stormy time ensued.
Afterward. 1t is alleged, that sort Of armed
peace was patched up between the two women,
and the fact that Miss Eaton still insisted on
being friends with tho woman who had made
such charges against her attracted some atten-
ton.
An ALLEGED THREAT.
young woman who boards in the house
said today that on Friday last she remarked to
Miss Eaton that it was strange she should con-
tinue the friendship and that Miss Eaton re-
sponded, 81 have q trap laid for her and I will
catch her yet"
WHAT LIE CoINrE TaLp FROST.
Today the wounded man, Frost, said that on
Saturday, when he was going to the train with
LIE Cointe, the latter remarked to him that he
had had no intention of taking his wife with
him. as he was going to Baltimore to meet a
woman there.
Saturday night when lie Cointe came in the
first time Frost says that he was in his own
room and that when, later, he started to go into
the adjoining house one Of the men there told
him that LIE Coihte was around looking for
some one and advised him to be careful
to which he answered that he was going to see
Miss Eaton and had no intention of seeing Mrs.
Lie Cointe at all. People in the house say that
the Frenchman frequently abused his wife, aud
that the only wonder is that she stuck to him
80 through thick and thin.
TRYING TO SLIT THE CASE.
Frost's brother, Mr.. J. W. Frost, is in the city
ana mas Deen working hard trying to get
to the bottom of the facts in the case,
and this morning he visited the district
attorneys Office to do the best he
| could to keep lie Cointe from being admitted
| to bail. He says that he has proof that Satur-
| day night when his brother went to his own
room and it was thought he would not return
| Miss Eaton asked another man in the house to
come up to her rooms. This. he thinks is
proof that the two people who were shot are the
victims Of a conspiracy.
| Frost is still very sick man, but it is prob
| able he will recover. and Mrs. lie Cointe is for
hidden by her physicians to see any one as yet
| or to discuss the case at all.
| MISS EATON FINDS BoNpsMAN.
About clock yesterday Mr.. James A. Main
| appeared and qualified as Miss Eatons bonds
man in the sum of $500, the amount Of the bail
required having been reduced with the consent
OK the government.
Miss Eaton's brother, George II. Eaton, was
expected to arrive in the city today. He is a
member of the firm of George H. Eaton & Co.,
Boston firm, manufacturers Of presses and
machine tools. 1t is stated that Miss Eaton is
not on tine best of terms with hor family and
does about as she chooses, being given an
| allowance of 81, 600 year.