The evening times., 1901-11-25

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med blue velvet hat looked strangely, out
of place.
Were you acquainted with Ayers?" was
asked 1
q was.
Were you friend Of the defendant.
Mrs. Bonine?"
Z was, was the reply, with glance
at the accused woman. until this affair
happened"
Attorney Gould began a careful ezami-
nation and the witness seemed Over-a1X-
fous TO tell her story
The halls were dark that night she
said. 4 saw Mrs. Bonine in the hall that
night. She told me that she was looking
for Maurice. She cane to my room, but
went away after few moments. This
was the last time l saw her that night
Heard Shots and GroaBs.
Z was awakened in the middle OF the
night by shooting" she said. Il heard
three shots. in rapid succession 1t
seemed Ike a nightmare. I heard cries
for help. Then came a pitiful groan;
then a gurgling sound; then dropping
noise. and everything was as still as
| death.
q ran to my door and barricaded it
with chairs. I sat down, and must have
tainted When 1 got up I looked out Of
the window, but everything was quiet. In
the morning I was suspicious and asked
one of the walters to go up and see If
Mr. Ayres had gotten up. was afraid
he might have lad something to do with
the noise
a Man Cried for Help.
Were the cries for help uttered by a
man OF a woman?" was asked
THE cries for help and the moans were
uttered by a man, was the reply. THE
! fall came quickly after the shots, and it
| was ali so sudden that I could not under
stand anything The sOELfng noise which
I heard seemed to come from man
| Gould you recognize Mrs. Bonine' S
voice in the room?"
4 could not"
Describe the cry which you heard
1T was 4 deep groan- pitiful sound
It was very pathetic.
At this point Mrs Bonine leaned oYel
to Attorney Fulton and held an earnest
conversation with him.
Conforted by Mrs BOnine-
Rcsuming. Mr. Gould questioned th
witness as TO the dances held at the Ken
more and as to the scenes in the dininl
room at the Kenmore on the morning fol
lowing the tragedy
81 was crying at the table" said tn
witness, and Mrs. Boninr came to m
and comforted me. She ordered her break
fast at the same table. When I told he
that was sorry did not scream whe
heard the shots She told me that II VA
, a pity 7 did rot scream
? I saw her next OF the following sun
: day IN her room at the hotel She ha'
, a copy of the paper in her hand and sal
that she had read my testimony Sh
, ! said she was sorry that I had describe
the wrapper in which she left my room
. as the woman seen going down the FIRE
escape wore wrapper Just like it
Further examination brought out tn
fact that the witness had called on Mrt
L Bonnie on the day following the TRACED!
and that she che witness) had had tai
=. with the defendant
i told her that the thing would re
: main mystery and that the guilty part
would never be discovered She replied
oh. yes; they VIII.
g Cause OF the Differences
Miss dinas told Of Mrs. Bonine teael
ing Ayres TO dance. Their relations. 81
4 said. were friendly, but after Christina
they had a falling out, because the d
e fendant reproved him for drinking. Mr
Bonine had often referred, she said,
g this falling out
Attorney Douglass cross examined L
T witness. She said that she had movt
into room 2I q week before the TRACED
IS She moved because her ether room, y
n 10. was too small This was taken
: Miss Lawless-
: When asked where the shooting appea
.e ed to come from. the witness replied,
ie thought it came from the hall
/ Didn't you connect the sounds with
le mans voice because you thought the
le were burglars in the halI?" the Witne
was asked.
II think that may have had somethi
Mt to GO with it, was the reply.
he Did you recognize the voice Of Aye
d. in the room
Us Il did not
t There might haye been two voices
I'd the room. them
lis Yes. there might"
in Did you ever sleep with Mrs Bonine
ce Yes. slept with her for a week
4e Didn't Mrs. BoniRe wear her hair il
nd knot when in bed2'
nd Il don't know
spent a Social Evening.
en- Miss aifnas testified that on an occasi
as a few nights before the tragedy NJ
an Bonine. Ayres. and the witness had spe
nIeasant evening in the room of the L
49, ter and had eaten ice cream and cake
- Mrs. Bonine and Mr. Ayres we're VI
Ne 7oIIv.' she said, "and exhibited no
feeling that I could see"
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