The times., 1901-05-22

did you infer that it was proposition
| of that kind2"
mo. sir: not exactly. OF course, if /
had thought of it | might have thought
1t would lead TO that. l didn't want to
encourage anything Of that sort, and 1
didn't allow it TO go to that extent
| When you went to his room on this
that kind?"
Fear of that-I had thought II was
| possible: that Is why 1 dressed so COM
pletely."
Why didn't you put on your corsets?''
When / wear that wrapper l never put
| on cOrsets."
| Don't you think woman would be
more secure with corsets?'
II never wear the corsets with this
! wrapper. / have worn that wrapper to
breakfast and lunch for two years.
Everything you had on was loose.
| them
.sYes. sir"
Where was this revolver when you
went in the room?"
! In his right hand"
| He had it in his right hand? Did You
see him draw it2''
He had it in his hand; that is all 1
How do you account for him being in
that room without any clothing on ex-
/ cept his undeTshirt?''
i don't account for it. 1 suppose he
| took oft his clothes"
| ence?"
NO. sir"
Didn't you say he had on coat and
| ''He had them on at my deor''
| Did Did you accompany him to his room?"
He waited for you at his room?"
Yes, sir
there?"
| No"
Did ycu knock"
Put my hand on the knob and he open
ed it,
And and you found him there undressed?"
Did you retreat from the room when
| you saw he was undressed2''-
Il didn't realize he was undressed. 1
| stepped in a step or two as he opened the
| door and he stepped back a step or two
| and l stepped in"
We're you 50 mortified you attempted
| to retreat?
He was between the door and me, and
/ started to run.
Did you attempt an explanation with
him."
Il just entered the room and started to
run"
"At once?"
Yes, sir And he shut the door with his
left hand and said. Now guess you will
listen to me- and 1 saw the pistol in his
hand as he shut the door"
Then he grappled with you, threw his
arm around YOU
''As 1 started to run, 1 saw the pistol"
What ARM"
1.-The left"
Had the pistol in his right hand?"
Did he raise the pistol 50 you could
see it?"
Yes, sir"
How did he raise it?'
That way IIlustrating.l. Just raised
It up ike this fIIlustratingl
Pointed it at you ?"
Yes. sir. He held me with his left arm
and pointed at me and 1 said Don't point
that at me- and threw my weight for
ward TO the right
And then you put up your hand?"
Just in a second or SO later; | can't
remember how it happened. it all hap
pened so quickly
Did he ever tell you before March that
he loved you?'
No, sir"
Never intimated such a thing?"
mo, sir.
Did he tell you that night?"
And Miss Mlnas. you feel quite assur-
ed. knows nothing that occurred?'
Were the shots loud and distinct"
They seemed very much so to me.
though l don't really. l can't really re- |
member. l can't realize how they sound |
ed
Was the room filed with smoker"
Il can't tell
The window was already openg'
THE window was open"
Curtain up?"
81 don't know"
You didn't raise the curtaIn?"
Il don't know. When | got in the win |
dow. got in between the lace curtains
some way. The first thing / knew | was
in the lace curtains and l didn't see any
shade. don't know whether it was |
down or up-'
What is your fun name?'
Lola Ida Bonine.'
How old are you?
fCrt
Where was your home before you came
to Washington
I've had Travelled in different places
through the South
TRAVELLING FOR TWELVE YEARS.
'Where are you from originality"
Il haven't had any home for so long. I
have been travelling for twelve years.
Where were you born?''
Macon City, Mo"
How long did you live there?"
II don't know"
How old were you when you left
there
Il don't know"
Where were you marrisd?"
"In Hamilton, No
DO YOU know what year?"
Did you live there Immediately after
ward?"
Yes. sir"
Richmond, Kan"
Live there for while?"
Yes, sir"
What business was your husband in
there2"
Druggist
Where did you go from Richmond?"
Florida"
Your husband in business there?"
mo. sir; we had an orange grove"
What place in Florida2
Sorrento
How long since you came to Washing
ton?"
About three years; yes. three years"
Did you ever have any experience in
shouting?"
Il had little in Florida"
ITO what eXtent?'
when Mr.. Bouine started to travel he |
mad an old revolver, and thought the best
way / could defend myself was To learn
he use Of it, and he had me try shooting !
at a tree, and / did Try once or twice, /
Ion't remember how much not to any
sXtent."
That is a country where the ladies gen
rally become proficient in the use of fire
irms2"
Il don't know that they did He only
lid because he was going to leave me
ilone. I was to be with the two chill
iren."
Were you living in town.
',No, sir; not then !