Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-04
POLICE PURSUING CLUES
PROSECUTION LABORING WITH DE-
TAILS OF AYREs TRAGEDY.
Hearing of Witnesses by the Grand
Observation-Disclosures Likely
to Be Prolonged.

The grand jury today resumed considera-
ton Of the Kenmore Hotel tragedy. The
jury was in session until o'clock yester-
day afternoon, the usual hour of adjourn
ment being o'clock. Up to late hour
today the examination of all OF the seven
witnesses summoned to appear yesterday
had not been completed At the present
rate the grand jury will not complete its
investigation OF the case for several weeks.
No additional witnesses have been sum-
moned to appear tomorrow.
There were no developments in the case
today. United States Attorney Gould is
away from the city on legal business and
Assistant United States Attorney Taggar
was continuously engaged In connection
with the hearing before the grand jury.
Several alleged clues in the case have
been suggested to the police within
the past few days, and the detec-
tives are working hard to find from
the reports something that Will throw a
ray of light upon the affair. very little
Roadway was made in the investigation to-
day by the grand jury, and persons con-
nected with the prosecution are saying but
little about the probable result of their la
bors.
If the prosecuting officers have anything
in the nature of damaging testimony in re-
serve. there has been no evidence or 1t
about the court or police headquarters re-
Gently. II IS known InaC prosecuting Al
torney Taggart has tried to frame a theory
from the evidence he has heard, and no
longer ago than yesterday he said some
thing had turned up to explode every
theory. In his efforts to reach a conclu-
sion he has experienced difficulty because of
the conflicting statements OF witnesses con-
corning the condition Of the room of Ayres
the morning his dead body was found. Mrs.
BONNIE, in her statement, told of scuf1e:
but Mr. Taggart has failed to find from the
testimony anything to corroborate this part
of what she said. Witnesses have told
about the positions Of the several articles
of furniture in the room and this branch
of the case is now being investigated by
the grand jury.
Points of Interest.
1t is pointed out that the water basin in
the room which rested on the washstand
was filled with water while on the opposite
side of the room near where the head of
the victim rested in pool Of blood was
light table. Neither piece OF furnt-
ture had been disturbed. Another point of
interest In the case, and one which is puZ-
zling the prosecuting officers, is that there
are no bloodstains on the carpet between
the pool of blood where Ayres head rested
and smaller pool near the window, not
great distance from the feet OF the victim.
An explanation of this feature of the testi-
mony. it Is believed, would throw some
light on the position Of the parties in the
room at the time the tragedy was enacted.
mat AyreS reC6fVeU the InTee pistol SnOt
wounds in the manner described by Mrs.
BONNIE Is regarded by the prosecuting Of
ficers as matter of physical impossibility,
and in all the theories Of the case advanced
by those in charge Of the case her state
ments, except her ADMISSION Of having been
in the room, We're eliminated. 1t Is be-
lieved the work OF the grand jury in the
case will cover apertsd much longer than
was at first anticipated.
Several male residents of this city are
somewhat frightened because their names
have been mentioned in the case, and for
the further reason that they will be called
upon to give evidence at the trial. Some
of them are married men, and they do not
relish the idea Of being connected with the
affair.
The detectives learned yesterday that
Mrs. BONNIE had visited a phrenologist only
short time prior to the killing of young
Ayres. 1t was reported that the interview
between the woman who is now a prisoner
and the phrenologist was an interesting
one. Detective Horne is Investigating this
statement. Mrs BONNIE has been in the
District Jail long enough to become con-
tented. Her health. 1t Is stated. Is excel
lent. ana her physical condition appears
much better than when she reached the
prison.