Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23
will necessarily be spent in the matron'
Dom and in the corridor.
AYRES' FATHERS VIEWS.
Regards Mrs. BOnine's Story of Dis
arminE His Son as Nonsense.

An interview with the father of the late
James Seymour Ayres is printed in the De-
troit News of the 21st instant when Mr.
Ayres passed through that city on his way
home with the body of his son. Mr. Ayres
is quoted as saying: THE boy was as
steady as a rock, and when that woman
said he had come to the hotel drunk knew
it was not true, 50 I traced it up. / found
that he had been in a hotel with some
friends that night and had taken two small
glasses of beer and two cigars, and when
they asked him to take another drink he
refused. saying that he seldom took more
than one. / inquired among his friends anu
associates and found that ne had been very
steady and had never been away from his
work for a minute.
My boy was good dancer and was fond
of dance after his days work was done.
That brought him into contact with that
woman. He was certainly intimate with
her for some time, but he told his friends
that he was going to break it all off. for he
would not allow himself to be entangled by
her. He told her so. and she went to his
room in the middle of the night and muir
dered him.
The story she tells about having taken
the revolver out of his hand is all nonsense.
He was an all-around athlete, fine run
ner, wrestler and boxer. and is it likely she
could disarm him? She is a French woman.
and old enough to be his mother. Why, she
The heartbroken father said this in no
tone of vindictiveness, but in one of calm
determination.
You can see from these testimonials how
he was regarded by his associates he
went on. producing testimonial signed by
the instructor and some of the chiefs of
the census department. to which the young
man was attached. Il can also tell you
that they raised his pay from $3.50 to $1,000
unsolicited. Those stories about his being
sporty were all wrong When We examined
his papers We did not find single letter or
photograph from girl That woman was
the only one he was entanSled with
Course of Procedure Undetermined.
Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon Attorney
Charles Douglass of the law firm of Doug
lass & Douglass, retained to represent Mrs
Bonine. was actively engaged in the trial
OF civil case before Chief Justice Bing
ham of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia. in Circuit Court No. l. Up
to that time, of course. Mr.. Douglass was
unable to give any attention to the Ken
more tragedy, and to a Star reporter he
explained that it would be very late in the
day before move, if any. could be made.
Mr.. Douglass remarked that he was not in
a position to say, prior to further consul
tation. just what the course of procedure
by his firm in the BONNIE case would be.
No reference would be made by the attor-
ney to the possibility of instituting habeas
corpus proceedings.
In the office of the United States attorney
for the District of Columbia no steps Were
taken today with view of calling the
death of Ayres to the attention of the
grand jury. United States Attorney Gould
continues to give his personal attention To
the case, however, and is frequently In
consultation with the police officials