Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19
WANTS A NEW TRIAL,
A Remarkable Affidavit Submitted in the lie
CONT Case This Morning.


CONT Case This Morning.
George D. LIE CONT, the young Frenchman
who Was convicted on the charge of assault
with intent to kill his wife on last Decoration
day, appeared before Judge Bradley in the
Criminal Court this morning on the motion for
new trial. He was represented by
Lawyers Thomas and Gencste, who defended
him in the trial which ended with his convic-
ton on December 5. lie CONT, as usual, looked
well and showed no ill effects of his six moths
confinement in the District jail. None of the
other parties who were interested in the case
were present in the court room
In their motion for new trial the LAWYERS
for the defense filed IN affidavit in support of
their claim OF new evidence discovered since
the close of the trial. District Attorney Cole
stated that, in his view OF the case the affidavit
was not OF sufficient importance to
carry any weight, even If true, and
he was in position to prove that it was not
true. If, however, the court held that the
affldavit contained evidence of importance, Mr..
Cole asked that he be given until next Saturday
| to reply to it, inasmuch rs it was not placed on
ME until late yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Geneste then, after reading the motion
Tor new trial. read the affidavit in question.
WHAT MISS CONNOLLY KNOWS.
The affidavit was signed by Miss Robeccs
Connolly, who resided in the house in which the
shooting occurred on May 80 last In her affi.
davit Miss Connolly stated that while she was
conversint with the details of the shooting she
was induced by arguments made bv C.
7; Frost not to come forward to tell
what she knew in tho matter. as she
was told that the government would not
want her, as they intended to establish con-
| sPlfaGy between defendant and Miss Eaton to
Nil Mrs. Le CONT, and that her testimony il
given, would show that this was not the case.
Miss Connolly further stated that when she
read the testimony as given by g. c. Frost,
Mrs Le CONT and Mrs. Rogers and saw the in
Jusuce that was being perpetrated on defend
ant through Its untruthfulness, she decided
that 1t WAS her duty to state the facts as she
knew them.
Miss Connolly said that she was more or less
IN the company OF c. c. Frost, Mr.. Bruce,
Mrs LIE CONT and Miss Eaton during the even
ing of the SOth Of MAY up to few minutes OF
the time Of the shooting. She had been out
walking with Mr.. Bruce, who had a room d.
rectly under the ones occupied by Miss Eaton,
ana returned at IL pm. When she and Mr.
Bruce went out to walk they saw C. c. Frost
carry some bottles up to Miss Eaton's room
rev minutes before IL pm. she went to her
own apartment, which was in the other house
WHAT MIR. BRUCE FEARED.
After going to her room she returned to the
second floor for water, when she saw Mr..
Bruce come in. Mr.. Bruce. wanted to know il
she knew where Frost was, whether he was in
MRS. LIE Coint's room or had left telling her
that George LIE CONT had returned home and
ne was afraid defendant would find them
together. On deponen. answering that she
DID not know, he suggested that if Frost was
on that side of the house he
Rogers rooms. She and Mr. Bruce went there.
knocked, and when Frost came out Mr. Bruce
informed him OF his errnnd, saying that he was
afraid Mr. LIE CONT might have caught him.
Frost thereupon answered that he expected LIE
CONT back, that being the reason why he left,
and that he knew that LIE CONT had gone ont
again. Mr.. Bruce Immediately inquired
whether 1t was his intention to return there,
but Frost would not commit himself, saving
however, that he would not talk to him there
AT MRS rogers door, as she was in q bad humor,
had been all the afternoon in Mrs LIE Coint's
room II they would go to his room Bruce said
no would come over and talk to them as soon
as Mrs. Rogers was quiet asking Mr. Bruce to
leave the door ajar so that he would not mako
any noise on entering. In going over to Mr..
bruce 9 room he and Miss Connolly met Mrs.
lie CONT on the stairs in her short skirt and eauze
vest ana sack. On seeing MIR. Bruce she ex-
citedly and iaughingly said that Mr. LIE CONT
had returned, but that she had fooled him
nicely. Bruce and Miss Connolly waited for
some time, expecting Frost, when, all at once.
at about l or 1:3o, they heard corks popping
ana voices. Recognizing Frosts voice, Mr.
Bruce said: "WiI you listen, that fool has gone
back there and is liable to be caught by lie
CONT"
FROST AND MRS. LIE CONT INTOXICATED.
Mr.. Bruce went upstairs into Miss Eaton's
room and asked Mr.. Frost, who was in to 1icated.
to go home. Mrs. LIE CONT, who was also very
much intoxicated and did not know what she
was doing, asked Mr. Bruce to mind his own
business. On his demonstrating that she was
married woman and that her husband might
come In and find Frost and her in that con-
dition she answered that her husband had
gone out for the night, and Frost
said he would take care Of himself Thereupon
Mr.. Bruce caught Mr.. Frost by the collar and
tried to pull Kim out of the room, but failed.
Deponent then went home and shortly after
heard the shots.
Miss Connolly said that had she known or had
reason to believe that such statements would
be made as have been made on the trial by
Frost and Mrs. LIE CONT she would under no
Since the 30th Of May she has seen Mrs.
LIE CONT several times and Mrs. lie CONT in
formed her on several occasions, once while
still In bed, Immediately after the shooting,
that she did not believe her husband
ever shot at her or ever intended to
hurt her and that were it not for her father and
Mr. Frost she would be glad to drop the whole
matter. but that she was helpless, as her father
was anxious that her husband should 20 to the
penltentiary. as he was afraid that if LIE CONT
him. '-
WHAT MRS. LIE CONT Is ALLEGED TO HAVE SAID.
Deponent further stated that Mrs LIE CONT
often expressed to her a wish to see her hus-
band or to communicate with him, but that she
found it impossible, owing to the strict watch
that was being kept over her by her father, but
that she did send messages through Mrs
Sayles
One Of the reasons given by Mrs. LIE CONT
as to why she submitted to the will of her
father was that she was helpless, had no means
OF support, and that her life would be a bur-
den to her II she did not comply with his, her
fathers, request.
In conclusion Miss Connolly stated that she
knows that the quarrel Of the Thursday even.
ing prior to the shooting testified to as having
been caused by Miss Eaton was in truth due to
Miss Fidler, and that she, deponent, heard
Mrs. LIE CONT apologize to said Miss Fidler,
saying she was sorry that she had made fuss
when she had no cause to do 90.
This affidavit was accompanied BY another
one signed BY Le CONT himself to the effect
that ct the time Of the trial he did not know
that Miss Connolly was acquainted with the
facts in the case.
NOT MUCH CREDIT GIVEN.
Judge Bradley evidently placed not very much
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