The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-22
he Twelve Men Who Are to Decide the Fate of Mrs

Gould. holding up pistol.
Yes" was the reply. but there is no
blood on 1t now
There was blood all over the barrel
here. and all over the handle explained
the witness, Indicating THAT he meant by
pointing to certain parts OF the weapon.
'I opened the revolver and took out three
empty shells and three loaded cartridges,
Of 30 caIibre."
Prisoner Examines Revolver.
Mrs. Bonine eyed the revolver carefully
as the policeman snapped it and twirled
it around as he spoke She showed no
other emotion than that OF keen interest.
Articles III the Room Located.
officer Brady carefully described the in
terror of the room, giving the location OF
the articles OF furniture
The first Of the grVesonle exhibits to
be presented by the Government was the
green window shade which hung on the
window of Ayres' room. This is dingy
ragged affair with bloodstains across the
bottom. Officer Brady identified the shade
Did you see any hairpins on the floor
Of Ayres' room?'' suddenly asked Ar,
Gould
NO sir" vas the quick reply, q did
not see any
When the door Of the room is opened,
IS there room enough for a man to coz
! ceaI himself behind it27 was asked
Ayres' Undershirt shown.
! q don't think that there is" was the
reply. Mr.. Gould then produced the IN
/ dershirt wora by Ayres on the night OF
/ the tragedy This IS common, half
/ cotton affair almost covered with blood
! stains There was an intense silence as
| the policeman and Mr.. Gould held up the
/ garment and exhibited it to the jury The
+ bloods tains were pointed cut and ideEti-
! fed. The holes in the garment made by
The bullets we're shown and the burnt
/ portions of the shirt were pointed out.
As the garment was being shown, At
/ torney Fulton leaned over to Mrs Bonine
/ and engaged her in conversation until the
! shirt was removed.
The garment was admitted as q Govern
/ Inent exhibit
/ Identified Son of accused
Officer Brady recognized Chesleigh
Bonine, the son of the accused woman.
as the boz who had told him to 90 up
to the Kenmore Hotel He was then ez-
| cused-
Policeman HoIton- Wolfe, who accompa-
/ MED Policeman Brady to the room, was
! the next witness called He COTrobo-
rated all of the statements made BY the
previous witness. He said that he found
no hairpIns anywhere in the room.
\ recess was taken at 1925 o'clock.
The Furniture Changed.
Officer Wolfe resumed his testimony
when the court reconvened at 1:15 o'clock
On cross-examination by Attorney Doug
lass. for the defence, he stated that the
Arrangement Of the furniture in the room
! differed in the photographs from the way
in which the articles were placed when he
! first entered
He said that there were two pillows
on the bed, one lying on top Of the other
There was but a single indentation in the
top pillow.
Gave wrong Room Number.
Policeman B. F. Williams, who accom-
panied the other policeman to the room,
was next called. He is a little man with
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plies IN a snappy way. He began by say
ing that Ayres was found in room 26' in
the Kenmore later ne said that 1t
might have been room 2O-' He said he
took charge of the room after his arrival
at the hotel, and retained charge until
Coroner hewitt arrived. He locked the
door after making an examination
The body, the witness said, lay with the
feet toward the window and with the head
lying across the rocker Of the rocking
BLOOD on the Revolver.
The revolver found on the trunk was
covered with bloody handDrints. Some
| blood had trickled down the handle. On
the window outside there were blood
stains which looked TO have been made by
someone dragging a bloody cloth over the
| stone ledge. There we're spots on the
fre-escape-
The Government offered in evidence two
photographs OF the dead body These
we're passed over TO Attorney Douglass
/ for inspection. AS he studied them Mr.,
Bonnie and Mrs Meacham leaned over
! and closely scrutinized them.
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