Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
LIE COINTE HELD.
Grand Jury Will Look Into the Din-
mOnd Affair.

mOnd Affair.
A handsome young woman, VINO says she
is Mrs Henry Bunting of New York, but
who ia known here as Mrs. Harris Dolly
Ballard and Mrs. Murphy, figured In Judge
Miller's court this morning as the prosecut-
ing witness in the case of the young
Frenchman. George LIE Cointe, whom she
charged with having robbed her of dia-
mond earrings and a solitaire diamond ring
while at her room in house "A { street,
near the Baltimore and Ohio depot. Law
yer Warren Stone represented the pris-
oner. Mr.. Mullowney. for the government,
called the young woman to the stand and
she stated her charge.
I'VE met by agreement that night, she
said, land went to several restaurants,
where we had drinks. Then l Wen, with
him to his room and remained awhile, and
then he went with me to my room"
Soon after she reached her room she felt
unwell and mentioned this fact to George.
The latter then fixed her a dose of some
white fluid and told her to drink 1t.
Il drank it," she said. land was
drugged."
Il don't know"
Did he get it in your room?"
NO SIR
missed her diamonds. and accused him of
having taken them. He also claimed that
he had been robbed Of diamond stud that
she had given him.
she had been robbed she pretended to 5e
friendly with LIE cointe as she wanted to
recover her diamonds. She called at the
house of his wife. and while there he came
in. She had known his wife before this
occurrence. During their visits to saloons
she paid for most Of the drinks. When
she met him on one occasion after the
robbery she said he threatened to burn
her up" If she prosecuted him.
On cross-examination witness said she Is
known at the house on c street as Mrs.
Harris" but the name she has assumed
and uses elsewhere Is Dolly Ballard"
Counsel then questioned her about her
friends. and she said a man named Tom
Murphy, a New York horseman, occupies
the room with her. and pays the rent. She
went over to Baltimore and saw Murphy
about the loss Of her diamonds.
Are you a married woman" Lawyer
Stone asked.
"Who is your husband?"
Il decline to answer"
But" said the court, you must answer
the question"
His name is Henry Bunting
Where does he liver
In New York.
Counsel produced a number Of notes and
letters purporting to have been written by
the woman. Some of them she admitted
having written and others she said were
not in her handwriting.
Detective Boardman told the court of the
arrest, and said that the diamonds had not
been recovered.
The young woman denied that she had
ever threatened to have Lee Cointe locked
up If she could not get him.
young man named Alexander H. Mar
tyr, who rooms with LIE Cointe at 2O7 C
street northwest, was then called to give
evidence in behalf of his roommate.
he told the court that a few evenings
ago the woman came to his room aboHt
midnight and said she wanted 10 see
George. He told her that George was out.
anu she SAID she would wait till he re-
turned, as she supposed he was out with
another woman He said she told him NJ
her love for George and said she Womb
nave MIN II 1t cost her life. She also said
that Murphy was an old man, that she
nao $o,oOo OF his money in the Columbia
bank, and when she got all she could GET
she intended to shake him and 20 or with
George. eO VIZ WAN
LIE Cointe had told him that this woman
was jealous of him because he was trying
to make up with his wife. ON the occasinn
OF her midnight visit to the room he said
she undressed and went to bed, He ran
downstairs. but afterward returned and
sat up until 3 am, when she wrote a note
to George and left.
Mr.. Mullowney cross-examined the wit
ness who said he was a Photographer. and
had worked in New York. He said he had
NOT worked any since he came here in
December, and has been living on money
he saved. In New York he had worked as
conductor on the Metropolitan railroad
Counsel said he could show that his eli
ent bought a bottle of bromo-seltzer. and
this was what he gave the woman
The woman, however, said he did not give
her bromo-seltzer. What he gave her did
not effervesce. When further questioned
she said that Martyr took her home and
she gave him dollar to pay for break
fast for George and himself
Martyr denied that she gave him the
dollar.
LIE Cointe was held for the action of the
grand jury and was committed to tail in
default of $1,000 real estate security.
LIE Cointe. 1t will be remembered, was
one CT the central figures of an exciting
shooting affair that took place some time
ago in house near by the Globe Hotel
and not in that hotel. as has been stated