Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-15

reaching the window to ascertain, II pos
sible, what the shooting was about. He
saw somebody on floor lower than where
he was, and he asked:
What's wrong down there?'
When he had repeated the question he
got the answer:
I've heard some pistol Shots
Mr.. Baker says he remained at the win
dow from three to five minutes to watch
for developments.
While watching I saw a form come from
4 window on the fourth floor and descend
the fire escape leisurciy to the second
fioor"
Was the form that of man or wo-
man. he was asked.
Il am positive it was that Of woman"
he answered. The woman was in her
night robe and stocking feet. She used
her left hand on the rail of the fire es-
cape and held up her gown with her right
hand. When she reached the veranda at
the second story she entered a room
The room indicated by Mr. Baker was
vacant, but the window was open and
person might easily have passed through
the room to the hall and gained access to
any part Of the building. Mr. Baker thinks
he may have been aroused by the report of
the first shot fired
on the landing of the fire escape the de-
tectives found several blood spots. one OF
them being nearly six feet from the Win
dow of Ayres' room. There was nothing
about the spots to cause the belief that
blood had spurted from the window to the
distant point, and it is believed 1t dropped
from the garments of the person seen to
leave the room by Mr.. Baker.
Blood Prints Found.
On the wall in the hall of the hotel annex
the fourth floor the detectives found
what appear to be blood prints. One place
indicates a finger print, while in other
places the supposed stains appear as If they
were made by bloodstained garment COM
ing in contact with the wall. Rooms near
these stains Were searched, but no blood
stained clothing was found.
II was intimated by people In the hotel
that the victim had had a love affair
which ended in this mornings tragedy.
Guests of the hotel say he was popular
with women, ard it was stated he had had
several quarrels or misunderstandings with
some of them. During the session of Con-
gress his friends say. he was attentive to
a daughter of a representative in Congress
from Michigan He had attended many
dances given at the hotel during the past
season. and as late as last night he was
one of a small party that enjoyed an hour
or two of dancing.
When the body reached the morgue Cor
oner hewitt made a more careful eXamina-
ton, to get the exact location of the three
bullets. The wound in the left hip he
found had taken a forward and inward
course. the bullet having entered from the
outer side of the hip. The wound in the
arm was of a similar character, and DIR.
Nevitt expresses a doubt that the man
himself, especially the one in the arm The
only garment on the man was an under
shirt, and the sleeve of this was burned
about the elbow. There We're also powder
burns about the wound over the heart.
Deputy Coroner's Views.
Assistant District Attorney Semmes and
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook participated In
the investigation at the Kenmore this
afternoon. The former had several pho
he tolyl iSt no pyf
IN the event Of an arrest being made. The
deputy coroner went over the ground and
also made an examination of the wounds.
He stated to a Star reporter that the
wounds, in his opniop, could not have been
Self-inflicted.
Detective Bauer attached some impor-
tance to the finding of ladys fan in
Ayres' room. The fan had been torn In
several pieces and the officer thinks 1t was
broken during "A struggle with a woman.
1t was evident that the fan had been
broken recently. There is no question I'm
the minds of most of those engaged in the
investigation that a woman was in the
room last night. The identity of this wo-
man is the question the police are now
anxious to solve.
Mrs. Warfeld, wife of the proprietor,
thinks Ayres was cleaning his revolver and
1t was accidentally discharged. This in
jury. she thinks gave him so much pain
that he ended his life. Another theory ad-
Vanced Is that woman in the room at
tempted to prevent him from killing him
self and In the struggle for the possession
of the weapon the wounds in the leg and
arm were inflicted. At a late hour this
afternoon no arrest had been made.
The father of the deceased, J. S. Ayres,
sr. lives at Grand Rapids. Mich, having
moved there short time ago from Port
Austin. He is in the insurance business.
His first wife. the mother of the deceased.
died several years ago The father has
been notified by wire of the tragedy. An
aunt of the deceased it is stated. lives in
this city. Coroner hewitt has decided to
hold an inquest Friday morning.