The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-26
A STAR WITNESS
FOR MRS. BONNIE
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| Yes, am looking for Maurice" (Mrs.
| TONNES SOM replied Mrs. BONNIE. Mrs.
Bonine went to Miss Manas' room and
after fe wmoments left Miss Minas
then retired. That was about II o'clock.
| Miss Minas then described what she
knew of the tragedy. She had been
awakened by three pistol shots, followed
cries for help and gurgling sound !;
then fall and then all quiet II was
paralyzed with fright she testified
l rushed to the door and piled several
chairs against it to protect myself.
then sank into rocking chair | think
must have tainted. After sometime 1
went to the window and looked out. All
was as still as death. / walked the
moor, suffering intense agony. / made
up my mind that / would wait until
daylight and then look out in the hall
when it got light opened the door and
looked out but there was nothing outside
to occasion the disturbance had heard
concluded that it had all been night
mare
Then, she said, she busted herself in
her room until breakfast time when she
went down stairs. There she met Mr..
HOPKINS who told her what he had heard,
and she became satisfied it was not all
dream She then sent the boy Dan up to
call Mr.. Ayres. After the discovery of
the body Miss Mnas said she was very
much unstrung, and blamed herself for
not having cried out She wept at her
place at the table in the dining room and
testified that Mrs. Bonine came over and
sat beside her and comforted her. She
teStlhed that Mrs. BONNIE was very COM
posed that she ordered her breakfas,
and inquired about all the details of
what Miss BONNIE had heard. Mrs. Bonine
remarked, What a pity it was you did
not cry out when you heard the groans."
Miss Minas testified that after the in
quest on Sunday Mrs. BONNIE came to
her with paper containing the account
OF Miss Minas testimony in her hand and
expressed regret that she had told what
Mrs. BONNIE had said on the night of the
tragedy. Mrs. Bonnie called her attention
to Bakers testimony about the color of
the dress the woman on the fire escape
wore and said Miss Minas' testimony
would direct suspicion toward her. Miss
Minas testified to the disagreement be-
tween Mrs. BONNIE and Ayres during the
holidays and to the fact that Mrs. BONNIE
subsequently complained because Ayres
no longer danced with her.
On cross-examination Miss Minas tes-
tilted that in her room the night of the
tragedy she had talked with Mrs. BONNIE
about a trip which they had arranged to
make to Falls church the next day. The
noises which she heard in the middle of
the night sounded to her as if they came
from the hail O. III not recognize the
voice as that of Mr.. Ayres. She heard no
evidences of a struggle. On the Monday
night before the tragedy Ayres and Mrs
Bonine were entertained in her ROOM
She gave them ice cream and cake. She
saw no evidence of ill-feeling between
them on that night.
When Miss Minas was excused Miss
Mary Woolums was called. She had the
room under that occupied by Ayres and
window at o'clock on the morning that
Ayres was killed. 1T was, she said,
thrown upon the wall of her apartment
Next morning Miss Woolums left and did
not return until Thursday night. She
then expressed fear of going to her
room, wherenpon Mrs. BONNIE volunteered
to go with her. After they arrived there
Mrs. Bonnie asked her about the shadow
and requested her to explain how it had
appeared
On cross examination Miss Woolums
said that Mrs. BONNIE had volunteereds
to go to the room with her and that she
and not Mrs Bonine had first adverted
to the appearance of the shadow on the
wall. a f
Adjourned