The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
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DR.. GIazebrook Says Young Ayers
Could Not Have Held Revolver
So As to InfIiCt Wounds That
Caused His Death

WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-The principal
witness today before the criminal court
in which Mrs. Lola Ida BONNIE is being
tried for the murder of James S. Ayres,
Jr.. was DIR. Martin w. Glazebrook, the
deputy coroner for the District OF
Columbia, who conducted the autopsy
on the body of Ayres. He described in
detail the three wounds on the young
mans body, and the court cr1er,
stripped to the waist was used to Illus
trate the location and course of the
wounds for the instruction Of the Jury
DR. GIazebrook testified also that MRS.
Ronine gave him her version OF tne
manner in which Ayres came TO MS
death, asserting that the wounds were
inflicted while the pistol was in Ayres
hands, and illustrating how the Tragedy
occurred, but he thought that it was
impossible for the wounds to have been
inflicted with the weapon in Ayres own
hands. She told him that he was at
her. back and had his arms clasped
about her when the shots were fired.
Several other witnesses, who de-
scribed details Of Ayres' last n1ghu
alive, were heard during the day.
Three colored female servants related
incidents Of his life at the Kenmore
Hotel. One of them said that she had
heard Ayres order Mrs. Bonine to get
ont of his room and remain out. An
other testified that she saw Ayres and
Mrs Ronine coming out of the former;
room together, and a third test1ne
that upon an occasion Ayres had shown
Indifference when told that Mrs. BONNIE
was Ill.
The first witness called was Johns on
lan n q
Who was out with Ayres during the
frst part of the night on which he was
lrIiIed He said when Ayres returned
tn the Kenmore, about 1890 o'clock on
the morning of May 10, he was per-
Gobn A. Taaf and Michael Kane testi-
fed that Ayres was sober on the nlght
he was shot. a....
coroner who performed the autopsy On
Avres' body. was called. The face was,
Re said almost unacceptable on ac-
count of the mass OF blood which COW
ered f. and the arms were halt-IfeXed
in front of the chest. -.
1T CIazebrook then described the
three wounds on the body Of the Flctln
two of which, he said, showed powder
burns. and indicated that the weapon
had been in close proximity TO ti1e oooy
A colored chambermaid of the Ken
roora was then called. She testified
+bo+ IN one occasion last February she
vent TO Mrs. Bonine's room and found
her I'll The latter had asked her TO tel
A,,rae Of her own accord that she Mrs
Bonine) was sick abed, and to Suggest
that a little whiskey would do heI
good. She accordingly told Ayres Oh
Mrs Bonine's illness, but ne was sc
Indifferent that she did not suggest the
need of liquor for Mrs. Bonine.
Emma Brown. colored, who was 4
nurse in tbe Kenmore. testified that
eaboI1t two weeks before the tragedy sne
had seen Mrs. BoUne and Ayres COM
Ine, ont of Ayres' room about 10 O'CLOCK
on a Sunday morning; that Ayres nae
on only his trousers and undershlrt anG
that Avres went to the bathroom, ana
Mrs. BONNIE toward her own apart
ments. .,--,.-- az
nj lxnov hut that Mrs. Bonine had
ginnIv stood at the door; that Mrs
Ronine was fully dressed, and that
+bere were no signs Of excitement OF
fine part of. either Ayres or Mrs. 30
nine.
Mary Grayson, another domestic al
+ba Kenmore, testified that about
March 90 last she was working in
Avres' room when Mrs. Bonine came
in and that Ayres ordered her out tell
inc her not only to go, but to stay
swev. as he did not want her there
later Mrs. Bonnie had told her that
Avres was angry with her because he
Thought she (Mrs. Bonine) had told
neople about the hotel that he was
drinking, but that she had not done so