The times., 1901-05-20

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working in this part Of the country for
some weeks. and has been able during
that time to spend all Of his Sundays at
| home.
YOUNG HOPKINS STORY.
Victor Hopkins, who occupies a room
| on the fifth hoor of the Kenmore Hotel.
! directly over the one that was occupied
by Ayers, stated yesterday that just after
hearing the three shots he looked cut of
the window Of his fathers room, and saw
| a womans head protruding from the win
dow of Miss NIinas' room
Young Hopkins says that he remembers
| the circumstance perfectly well, for in
| Withdrawing his head, he struck it against
the sash with considerable force. lie al
! terwaTd went downstairs with his father
! 10 investigate and descended probably
! four or five steps more than his father
| did They did not go all of the way to
! the fourth floor, bat only to the landing
/ midway between that and the nth floor
/ lie alterwaTd returned to bed ana TO
| aicep, as he heard and saw nothing to
/ startle him after the first shots.
James Seymour Ayers, the father of the
! murdered youth will leave Washington
! this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock over the
/ pennsylvania Railroad for his home in
! Port Austin. Mich. He viii be accom-
panied by Undertaken :. H Hines who
will be in charge of the remains of young
! Ayers. The body was turned over to the
! undertaken Immediately after the jury
! had been sworn over it Saturday morning
/ ana was removed to the undertaking es-
| Enlistment of S. II. Hines & Co, 1915
| Fourteenth Street. where it was en-
| balmed and placed in a casket
| All day yesterday such persons as de-
! sired to do so were permitted to view
| the remains. Mr.. Ayers has given his
permission for friends and acquaintance
| of his son to view the remains at the
above number until 1880 o'clock this
| morning, when the casket Will be closed
! IN preparation for shipment Mr. Ayers
/ has been deeply moved by the considera-
| ton shown him during his stay in the
! city.
Another torn dance card was yesterday
found in the room that had been occupied
| by Ayers and for time it was thought
I that it might be a part of the one that
! was produced in evidence at the Coroner S
| inquest Saturday, but this proved not to
| be the case 1t may be of some value in
] solving the mystery. nevertheless. for it
! shows that the same three men who
| danced with the lady who kept the card
! that was produced in evidence Saturday
! also danced with this lady. This would
/ indicate that the three were in the habit
/ Of being attentive to one woman and that
| they mOnopolized her time at the various
! entertainments which she attended
-FOUR DANCES ENGAGED.
| The zeal of the detectives will now be
! directed to finding what woman kept the
/ memorandum of her dancing engagements
! upon these cards. The card which was
] y Il
! front page of which read, ''1901-l901 Glass
Prot. Edward c. Davidson at his dancing
! academy. Monday, February Il, 1901" The
! programme on the inside called for eight
cen dances only four OF which had been
/ engaged. The nrst dance was blank, but
/ the second one, twO-step, had the name
| OF MI MlgSinS opposite II. The thlTU
! dance, waltz had been given to DR.. Mel
| son, while against the fourth another
two-step, appeared the name of James
! 5. Ayers. The fifth. sixth, and seventh
numbers on the programme had not been
I hiled in, but Ayers again danced with
her III the eighth dance, which apparently
was the last one which she danced that
night. 1t is reasoned that Ayers prob
| abty remained with the lady between the
two dances against which his name ap
peared, and possibly later in the evening.
THOUSANDS OF people passed and stood
IN groups before the Kenmore Hotel yes
terday. From early morning until late
at night interest was manifested by the
public, and efforts were continually being
made by the police to Keep the crowd
moving. Everybody had theory, while
detectives and newspaper men worked
necessarily to bring order out of chaos;
to separate each thread of evidence, so
that il might be weighed. considered, and
used at the inquest, which Will be con-
tinued today at the Sixth precinct
station.
People crowded into the hotel during the
day, until there was no room for more.
Others sought seats on the curbstones and
of several hundred persons passed and re-
passed the building, or We're jammed
against each other. No such excitement
has been known for years in this city,
especially in connection with a mystery
such as that presented by the Kenmore
murder. The crowd talked, asked for
1 latest developments and there was appar-
eEt a feeling of the keenest interest.
Franklin V. Hiilyard, employed by
Seventh Street firm, whose home is at 5Dl
j Street northeast, called last night at
the Hines undertaking establishment. 1915
Fourteenth Street northwest, and viewed
the body Of Ayers. Later, according to
the undertaken, Hillyard made q casual
statement, TO the effect that he had seen
a man resembling Ayers. and accom-
panied by a woman. at the Alhambra. a
summer garden in Northeast Washington,
/ last Tuesday night about $40 O'Clock.
At the undertaking establishment Il
was said, Hillyard after viewing the
body OF Ayers, stated that the man and
woman seen at the Alhambra were quar-
reling; that the woman called out to
another woman in buggy that she
( would fix her companion, and that the
couple then parted. 1t was also said that
HiIlyard described the woman who was
involved in the quarrel as rather short
/ weighing 70 pounds, with black hair.
The woman is said TO have worn a black
skirt.
II shall neither deny or affirm the re-
port was what Hillyard said last night
10 reporter, at his home. 1t is true. /
went 10 see the remains of Ayers. ! had
q
one Of the newspapers, and thought i
might have seen the man before. Re
specting my alleged statement made af-
ter viewing the remains, l have nothing
to say.
Mrs. Pickrell. a guest Of the Kenmore.
who played the piano for Ayers on the
| night of the murder, viii be a witness
| today at the inquest. She was seen last
night at her hotel Il do not know what
/ shall be asked" she said, 80 cannot
say anything about what shall
/ testify" Mrs. Pickrell said she could
not swear that Ayers danced with any
particular woman on the night of the
murder. owing to the time which has
passed. l DO not positively remember how
the women were dressed as they appeared
that night in the dancing hall" replied
Mrs Pickren TO question from the re-
porter
1t was said last night that the records
Of everybody living at the Kenmore have
been thoroughly investigated by the police
since the tragedy In one or possibly two
| instances, it is said. somewhat shady past
lives have been discovered, and this will
be brought out today, it is thought at the
hearing.
The following letter has been sent to
James S. Ayers, sr., by the former. asso-
ciates Of his son in the Census Office:
Washington, D. C.. May IS, 1901.
Nr. James s. Ayers, Kenmore Hotel.
Dear Sir: We, the undersigned, members Of
section ] Of the Agricultural Division Of the
Twelfth Census, 20 which the late James 5
Ayers, jr., belonged. desire 20 say:
That we deeply deplore the lamcntable occur
renee that has deprived you Of a SON and Us Of
a highly appreciated and priced cOmradc
As a fellow clerk, both in his official capacity
and social relations with those in the section TO
which he belonged too high words Of comIncn-
dati0n cannot he used. He quiet, orderly
attentive 10 his duties, and geutlemanly and
courteous 70 all
We. who by daily association knew him well.
are constrained TO send you this tribute 10 his
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